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Oh Pitta, my Pitta

Small flat piece of unleven bread

Do you wish you had been touched a little by a magic sprinkle of yeast

Oh pitta, my pitta

You could then have grown into a great big bloomer, french stick or god forbid, a foot long sub

But no poor pitta, destined to be an unappreciated flat failed pancake hidden on the salad plate

Or just a forgotten half eaten greasy mess left from that 3am drunken after pub kebab

 But my pitta dream not of what you could be or would like to be

Appreciate yourself little pitta for all you give to me

So i went and got my weekly shop, super healthy salads i didn’t even know the name of, and a little 200gm of mature english cheddar as my treat for the week, just as there are a lot of chocolate addicts on this site i was a serious cheese addict, i was a vegetarian for a  long time and cheese sandwiches are so easy when you’re running around.

But, alas, no more, according to the experts (sods) only one ounce a day, if you look at an ounce you can see why cocktail sticks were invented, so having prepared my super healthy salad i take my one ounce and put it on top of the salad, hmmmm!!! look at the chopping board 7 ounces on the board one ounce on my plate, sure it would look better the other way round, i know time for a bit of artistic manipulation on the plate, so put the cheese on it’s own and move the salad away from it,

that’s better the only problem being that a large piece of carrot is now between two tomatoes, which looks way too phallic, not to mention making me feel inadequate and i don’t want to eat it hand over fist (that’s for all you friends fans out there).

 So final decision hide it under a piece of  lettuce and pitta bread, so watching the telly munching a way the last thing i get to is my piece of lettuce the cheddar camouflage, yay it’s like getting a good prize in a christmas cracker that piece went in one bite but god did it taste good

 blogging for a nation, realised today i’m the only active member in france, so just to clear one thing up    they are french fries not freedom fries!!!!!!!

catch you later

ps thanks for all the great feedback on my last blog

I’ve read a lot of blogs this evening, and what has really struck me, is that really great people don’t see that in themselves or they see it only for brief moments,

so if you walk down the street, head bowed low never seeing eye to eye with strangers that pass you by, or do you look in the mirror and dislike or hate the person that you see, or avoid the camera to escape an unwanted souvenir of your present state.

If you find some clothes you love but buy the size smaller to avoid the derision of the size zero bimbo working in the store, and when life hurts and tears rain inside hidden from all others.

When all feels lost, when loneliness is it’s strongest in a crowded room, close your eyes and see yourselves through the sight of others, not those who are damaged themselves who make comments to hide their own fears and pain.

You may think others see your size or give accusatory glances of greed and self satisfaction, but you do not see what others REALLY see, the stunning smile, the gentle eyes the hand made to be held, or the hard working mother keeping everything together, the struggling student and the independent survivors. The giver not the taker, so see yourselves as others do, be strong, be free, hold your head high and see yourself as others do.

thanks for all the feedback, had a great day today, my van wouldn’t start so i couldn’t go and deliver to Paris, and it really is great i get a day off after working 3 months solid, took the dogs for a walk in the forest and watched some deer by a lake grazing, guess that’s what sunday’s should be peaceful, calm, a bit self indulgent. But it’s a great reminder to be healthy to really appreciate all those great little moments that are so easily lost.

Talking of easily lost, loving my broken scales 20 pounds off yesterday 35 off today, at this rate i’ll be 8 stone by the end of the week, just have to write small on all my clothes labels to match.

have a great day everyone

I’ve never done a blog before, so what to say, i’m english, a cabinet maker but i live in the middle of france now about 2 hours from Paris. Been steadily losing weight for about 9 months but not really planned it just lots of extra work and two manic puppies who think i am there to walk them as my whole goal in life.  i came across this site by accident just looking for a calorie tracker, but i quite like the idea of people chatting and giving each other support. happy to chat to anyone and everyone so write to me if you like, if not good luck,