Be my guest!

Hi, and hello, not your usual blog this week, not sure what came over Gilly but she asked me to be her guest blogger, I think on the QT she is away on a secret holiday with no internet.

But, no matter how its came about I feel very privileged, if not honoured, to be asked to step into her shoes, even for one week. 

So lets see how I get on filling them.

When I was first asked to do the blog I thought what can I write about, first thing that came to mind was Gilly’s weight loss trials and tribulations, no, you all know about that from Gilly herself, then I thought, talk about Gilly the person, again, we all know about Gilly, so I decided, talk about ME.

So me, I’m the brother in law from Brum, I’ve known Gilly since she was 6, yes that long, so she can't be all that bad, and she calls me Richard most the time, unless I’m annoying her then I'm called all sorts of things, but secretly I think I'm her favourite brother in law, secretly in my head at least.

I have some obsessions and issues, 2 obsessions to be precise, holidays and food, thats 2 in 1, and exercise, now the first one is more a compulsion, I love holidays, I try to blame Jane (my long suffering wife) for booking all these holidays, but really it is me pushing her to book them. Then when I'm on holiday I love to eat, I love to sample the local produce and when abroad I hunt out the local restaurants, no picture food here please. And when we are sat in a cafe having a coffee, it's nice to have a cake to go with it.  

Then my second (3rd) obsession. Exercise, in particular cycling, and when you think cycling I'm not talking ‘gym bike’ for 20 minutes or a cruise down a canal tow path. No. Try Newcastle to London non stop in 24 hours, yes really it can be done. 

Now my issue.

Recently, when I got out of bed and looked in that mirror, I saw something I don't want to see (Gilly stop laughing and you Mark), a food baby, yes I have a belly on me and I don't like it, in the last 10 months I've put on 8lbs and I don't want to be a MAMIL (for those that don't know, google it, its safe, you wont need to delete your browser history), I want to be more Chris Froome, thin and stealthy, able to sprint up those hills (Oh its good to dream), so I have 4 months before the biggest Velo sportive of the year to lose 8lbs, but I also have 4 months to go on holiday, I’m on one right now, we are away in Cornwall with their cream teas and scones, so this week is a “just stay the same, don't add weight please” sort of week.

Wish me luck, and if Gilly can lose a stone I'm sure I can lose 8lbs.

Well that was me, I enjoyed that, makes you thing about life, hope you enjoyed my ramblings and if you didn’t, the complaints department will be open next Friday.

Now this is where Gilly puts her thought for the week, so I better try and do the same.

Cycling never gets easier, you just get faster.

And say hello to Jason Isaacs ;-))