Chewing the Fat

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  • First week done

    Not the best start to my first working week of the year. Picked up that cute lil Norovirus bug that’s being super spread around here.

    Monday, felt rough in the afternoon, threw up at work. Got home after haircut and proceeded to spew everywhere.
    Tuesday, threw up four times during the night, got up at 7am and it came out both ends for a couple hours. Napped when I could. High temperatures and muscle fatigue followed.
    Wednesday, a little less sick a little more diarrhoea (isn’t that an Elvis song? 😂). High temps and muscle fatigue on-going.
    Thursday, no sick, little diarrhoea. Temps back to normalish, less muscle fatigue
    Friday, dragged myself to work. Solids returned. Temp normal. Muscles back to their elite competitor levels. Had to Usain Bolt to the toilet a couple times for false alarms but otherwise feeling better.

    Summary:
    Throat sore like a cheap whore.
    Johnny Cash at the back.

    Positives:
    Lost 3.5kg this week. Means I’m on the way to my Q1 weight loss target already.

    Negatives:
    Norovirus is pretty shitty. 0/10 would avoid in the future.

  • We start the year 2025

    We start off 2025 with some little milestones for weight loss.
    Rather than aim for a big number, we’re looking at smaller manageable chunks for the year

    Start of the year: 129.4kg
    End of Quarter 1: -5kg
    End of Quarter 2: -5kg
    End of Quarter 3 (deadline my birthday): -5kg
    End of year: -20kg total.

    Breaking it up into smaller chunks means monthly goals are attainable. If there’s a bad month then it can be course corrected without any major stressors.

  • End of year – 2024 Update

    Well the year is almost over. 2024 has been quite a year.

    -Personal:
    Dad turning 70
    Eldest nephew turning 18
    10th Anniversary of losing Mum
    Had lots of fun breaks from work this year. Saw my Leeds people lots of times. More in 2025.
    Only worked 8 working days in August. Need to work non in 2025.

    -Health:
    Still have <insert medical condition here>. However, now technically pre-<medical condition>. So that’s a huge fucking win, especially in about 16months (April 2023 – August 2024).
    Eyes are better. Got new glasses in Feb, nearly cried ahaha.
    MET MY END OF YEAR WEIGHT LOSS GOAL BEFORE CHRISTMAS. FUCKING MADE UP AT THAT!! (Just need to make sure Christmas doesn’t dent it 😂)

    -Work:
    Work has been mostly a shit show from start to finish. We’ve lost some very good people due to how they were treated by management.
    The HR c*nt got fired because she thought it was funny to make a joke about my medical condition to 3 people in the office. She didn’t expect me to take it as far as I did. Good riddance.
    One of the execs somehow still employed. (See above about losing good people).
    My end of year review was good, maybe even great and I was given further autonomy to make the decisions that matter, without oversight from the top. Finally.
    Still fighting with Head Office about petty things over integrations into our ERP solution. They’ll see that I’m right.

  • We are live!

    Welcome to Chewing the Fat!

    My wittily titled blog about all things Saprobie and Phill.
    It’ll be full of fun and less fun posts. Probably some mh related things.
    Work and personal good and bad.
    Sit back, get some <insert snack of choice> and enjoy

    Thanks, Cheers, Thanks, Bye.