Medical Insurance, Rubber Gloves & KY Jelly

So I finally (after two and a half years) got round to going to Sagicor to get my medical done so I can have some piece of mind with the health and life insurance.

Had to jump through several hoops as expected with the usual round of tests and endless questions.......

So, completed the questionnaire and then it was off to do weight, height, blood tests, P in the bottle etc, etc

Then it was into the examination room and strip down to the boxy's ready for the check over. So I'm reading a notice on the wall about the importance of washing your hands regularly and thoroughly and I happen to glance around and see some of these sat there on the trolley.....

I'M Already Getting Worried............ Then I see this...................................

I'M Already at this point putting my jeans back on when the doctor comes walking back in.............

I'm stuck....cant go anywhere... there is no escape route, In the Examination Room, NOBODY CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM!!!!!

Well as it turns out, that is not a part of the examination :-) :-) :-) Heart rate was up for a little while but as it turns out I'm as fit as a fiddle, Lungs, eyes, ears, heart are all good and blood pressure is well within normal range both at rest and immediately after physical activity, sugar levels are normal and I'm going to live forever :-)

Good job they didn't do a brain scan (Or in my case a scan for a brain) Not so bad after all then .... :-)

Just Some Blasts From The Past

Came across Some old photos when I was clearing up my Facebook account which I'm not really using anymore.

Anyhow, here's a laugh for you, my brother Tony and I way,way, way back in the day....

My First Administration Job, Service Advisor @ King Ford, Skelmersdale, England.

Oh Dear......... check out the moustache :-/ in my defense it was fashionable back then

Its That Time of the Year ...... Again......

Well, in my last post I showed you that I have been trying to get myself fit, or fitter at least. Well this is the time of the year when Digicel (Our biggest mobile phone network provider) and the Digicel Foundation host their annual 5 Kilometer Walk/Run event to raise funds for children with special needs.

Being as I had only started back in the gym in the August, the thought of running a 5K in October was kind of daunting but at the time I was working out and being put through my paces by my friend Oneal who doesn't really give up when it comes to training. So my company Stewarts is a big supporter of several charities and organizations and they just happen to enter a corporate team each year which I became part of......

Originally, given my state of fitness I decided that I would take the WALK option, but, Oneal had different ideas and we embarked on what became a merciless training regime. Here's the route in Downtown Kingston.

Time For An Update....

As usual its been a while since I put anything up on here, In fact its been nearly a year already......

So, thank you to Martin, Katerina and John for kicking my ass via email and prompting this update :-), I didn't realize it had been so long.

For me the last 12 months have been a bit of a roller coaster year with various things going on, not least of all is that i started back at the gym last August with all intention of losing all of the weight I had piled on. I'm sorry to say that I haven't put all of the commitment into the gym as I thought I would be doing and social engagements kind of kept me off routine but hey, what u gonna do :-) I am glad to report though that from a massive 200+ lbs and a 37 inch waist whilst on a break in the U.K, I am now a fighting fit 168lbs and sporting a 32 inches around the gut, Happy days, Still more to go though cus Ive still got a bit of a pop belly (Read beer) but I'm working on that so watch this space. Here are  a couple of the Work In Progress photo's.

The mid way result being........