At this point I discover whether life gets a bit crazy for a while — or not much happens at all and things pootle along in life as normal. Last Thursday a film crew from Slimming World came to Warwick to interview me. When they met me outside my workplace the surprisingly down to earth pair of them were in a classic and clearly cherished Land Rover Discovery.
The vehicle, the tools it carried — and the people that drove it seemed simple, normal and practical. It was there with exercise that I truly started to turn the tide in my battle with diabetes. As we walked we talked little did he know we were twalking and he was enthusiastically demonstrating and explaining his rather impressive steadycam walk.
This unusual and clearly well practiced gait allowed his upper body to remain largely motionless while his legs seemed to move almost independently from his torso. I had to master the art of nonchalantly putting one foot in front of another, sitting on park benches, looking thoughtfully at the world around me and then the most complex and difficult to pull off kneeling down on cue to take pictures of flowers. I realised quickly I that deep down inside me beat the creative heart of a talented method actor and I even took some actual shots with my phone as I bent earnestly over the flowerbeds.
While this thespian triumph was playing out for all in the park to see I clearly missed my calling in life his companion gently teased details out of me regarding my journey and what had motivated it. The social media team had told me in advance that they planned to edit it down to two minutes.
It was part of a press release — and also a small insight for potential new members into what was possible. I was to be a teaser trailer. The indoors in this case happened to belong to my consultant Angie — who possesses not only an infinitely generous nature but a kitchen and armchair that was waaaay more photogenic than my own. She had kindly offered to let me use them for the afternoon while the film crew were there.
First things first however. After we arrived to set up and Angie had made a discrete exit to the local pub for dinner with her family I needed to change clothes, and switched outfits. When I entered it the camera was on a tripod and an arm chair had been pulled out from the wall so that it faced toward the best possible natural light.
I almost heard metal strike metal, and felt it being driven into surprisingly soft emotional wood. I locked myself down and clammed up a little at that point because I felt my composure unexpectedly slip into uncharted territory. I think the resultant thought process is something regular readers may have to encounter again further down the line….
Just when you think you have a handle on things eh? After this we moved to the cooking segment — and I immediately voiced my thoughts on it. I plan to cook a chilli! Surprisingly they seemed fine with this — so I started chopping away and talked about the recipe as they filmed. At the end of it I started ladling it onto plates for them — and instead of the poor camera crew being stuck on the way home trying to find a Slimming World friendly pork pie at motorway services they got to eat my dinner instead!!!
Instructions — throw the chopped tomatoes in with the mince, stir it all in so its mushed up then add the garlic and spices with the stock cube. Then add the tomato puree. Recent searches:. Create a new lightbox Save. Create a lightbox Your Lightboxes will appear here when you have created some.
Save to lightbox. School teacher James Pepper, who lost 10 and a half stone in less than a year, stands with cardboard cut-out of himself a year ago after he has been awarded the Slimming World's Man of the Year at The Ritz, London.
Slimming World's Man of the Year Brian Semple stands next to a cardboard cut-out of himself in when he weighted 28st 8lbs or kgs, after losing 15st 2lbs or 96kgs, at the Ritz Hotel in London. School teacher James Pepper, who lost 10 and a half stone in less than a year, stands with his mother Margaret and a t-shirt he was wearing a year ago, after he was awarded the Slimming World's Man of the Year at The Ritz, London.
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The couple took a trip to Scotland in , which motivated Ken to make changes to his lifestyle. During my journey to hospital, I suffered a cardiac arrest and my heart stopped for ten minutes.
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