The original photos were taken 4 years ago...
If you think I look good then you at odds with my wife who says I look old and ill - but then she says I have no will power, so she is not always right (despite what she claims)
So far I have lost a grand total of 5 stone 8 pounds and still have 8 pounds to go to get to my target weight and a "Healthy" BMI (down from "Very Obese").
I have lost over 6" in girth!
I do 1 hour physio exercise every day and 1 hour down the Gym on Tuesdays ... and am always hungry!
The main benefit has been that I am no longer in pain from my duff knees, can walk without using a stick, go up and down stairs with ease, my Blood Pressure is 120/80 and my resting heart rate is 62bpm: I turned down a knee replacement in July as I do not feel that I need it just yet
- back to the bottom of the waiting list...
The only down side is the cost of replacing all my clothing and the fact that other projects (primitive tech - flint knapping, making gut thread to sew a fur blanket, making a good Iron Age costume for work at Castell Henlys Iron Age Fort - making camp furniture, making a Steam Punk outfit, extending my Base Camp in the woods etc etc) are on hold until I sort out a full set of clothing!
I am aiming at making
1 x Wool "Fleece" jacket - from blanket wool
1 x Wool body warmer - from blanket wool
2 x Wool shirts
2 x cambric shirts
1 x Ventile Jacket
1 x Cotton twill jacket (started)
1 x Ventile trousers
1 x Cotton twill trousers
1 x "Pocket Vest" from canvas
I still have to draft and do mock ups of the trousers, shirts and the blanket wool items!
I have had to wait (and use "disposable" charity shop clothing as I slid down the size scale) until I had an idea of what shape I would end up before comitting to making my new patterns!
other stuff will have to be either Charity Shop or Surplus shop buys... or recut old kit.
So far the sale of some of my old kit has funded (in part) buying the new fabric for the jackets and trousers but new fabrics are expensive if I want quality kit!
