I hope the world is ready for me!

Hi all,

Well I always said I'd NEVER blog but here I am.... it's amazing what a sore back and being bored can do for you ;)

This blog will be about "things" as in anything I feel fit to post about, it may go months between posts or maybe everyday, time will tell, but to give you a idea it will cover travel, railways, my life and anything else....

Now I know I'm over weight, I have been from the ago of 6, I'm now on the wrong side of 40 :( about 3 years ago I got off my backside and did something about it, I joined a gym, went to it 6 days a week, walked, did weights and I was eating much better, over 2 years I dropped from 148kg to 101kg, I was happy about that and my life was much better, also it was much easier to do most things.

15 months ago I spent 2 months in the Philippines getting to know my long time girl friend in person (that sounds bad!) anyway we married and we came back to my county (New Zealand) in the last 12 months together we have set up a home and got our live together working very will, only problem was my weight became something I didn't worry about anymore, which brings me to today......

Today as I sit here doing this blog my back is painfully sore, sore to the point of not being able to do anything! sitting ok for 2 minutes, standing the same, laying down, it ALL is painful! how did I get back here? I after I lost the weight I promised myself I would NEVER PUT IT BACK ON, but here I am with my weight back up at 129kg :(

The painful back has been a big wake up call to me this week, and I know now that I have to get back to the gym, and watching what I eat, just so I can enjoy life with my wife and hopeful have a family one day!

Anyway I hope you will enjoy my wandering around in life as much as I do! thanks for reading. and just to finish, here's a couple of You Tube video's I made of my time in the Philippines last year (yep, you tubing was one of those "other" things I was never going to do!)

Jeff