November went by in a FLASH! But I bet some of you got at least something done and achieved some of your goals) Share your wins for December!

So… what started as a simple trip turned into a full-blown 7,000-mile odyssey of chaos, corporate betrayal, laughter, concrete floors, dodgy food, burnt skin, and mosquito bites the size of grapes. Went to see my YouTube coach in Austin Texas, and all seemed good in the world, a new city for me and warm sunshine in the last weeks of October, unheard of in England. ✈️ Austin, Texas — The Warm-Up When I finally landed in Austin, I was excited, tired and awake when the whole city slept, half-zombie. But boy what a city! Austin’s got this brilliant energy, live music on every corner, barbecue that smells like heaven, and people who actually smile at you (madness, I know). It’s not at all like the UK, it's louder, it's hotter, it's beautifully strange, even the homeless group I found under a bridge loved to listen to me and offered me some kind of broth, all that and with better brisket what was not to love. My 1-2-1 coaching with Vendy went so much better than expected too. It was the perfect warm-up for what was to come: Cancun. And that’s where everything changed. ✈️ Dallas, Texas — The Betrayal I left the calm, picture-perfect hills of the Cotswolds, where even the sheep look relaxed, to head off on what I thought would be a smooth little getaway. How naïve of me. Somewhere between Austin and Cancun, the travel gods decided to have a laugh and made Dallas happen. My “short” transfer flight via Dallas turned into a 24-hour survival challenge on the hard concrete floor of the airport, rude, and noisy municipal workers, a pick pocket who thought I was asleep, ejected from the airport with no boarding pass or signal by a dickhead security guard, and with limited fucks given by American Airlines (now forever known as Wankers). No bed. No blanket. No dignity. No food. No luggage. Closed Bathrooms. 3 hour long queues, and the last stale cheese sandwich that tasted like regret. The food? Awful. The airline? American Airlines — Awful never again! The experience? Character-building… apparently.

Hi Guys, So I'm still struggling on so many fronts, but that alas is not for now. Just wanted to say I'm planning my way out, sorting the wheat from the chaff, and putting me first for once. An alien concept for a single dad of five amazing young women. So, I went shopping for some new clothes as the old stuff honestly looked terrible on me as it was all stretched out of shape 3XL stuff. I got little embarrassed in the Levi store and I needed help with sizing, as it seems I am down 8 sizes in trousers (pants to my US mates) and from 3XL to an L in tops. Yes you read that right, the coat is XL as I like em baggy, but the shirt and t shirt are all Large. I'm not as fortunate as @Saul Hernandez and still have clothes from my earlier years, lost all my clothes three times now in two house fires and a robbery. Big thank you to my angel Roxy who helped me with this shopping expedition, I would have walked off in anger if she wasn't there supporting me. Anyway just want to say no matter what you going through, always look out for you, as no one else will. As Roxy reminded me, "us girls would all be screwed without you so we just got to make sure you are looked after if you wont do it yourself". So here I am putting one foot in front of the other and working through a tidal wave of shit in my life, small wins will end the battles of that there is no doubt. Anyway no matter what your battle, good luck guys and gals, catch up soon and if you need some support best to DM me as still so dam busy.

So to help inspire all you little strugglers out there, if I can do this in 2.5 months then you can too. "Don't think, just do!" is all I will say. Change is more of a mental battel than anything, as they say, if you do something 10,000 times you're an expert! SO be an expert in getting well again. I am far from the finished article but I'm now enjoying the result's and want even more.

Weighed myself this morning and I've lost 3 kilos! I'm feeling a lot more positive now!