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πŸ’ͺ Back at the gym again this week; only one session but used more machines and stayed for longer.

🎟️ Tried and failed to watch Hamilton at the cinema. Twice.

❀️ Best. Sunday. Ever.

πŸ” Home-made smash burgers on Sunday with Katey were top tier πŸ˜‹

πŸ‹πŸ»β€β™‚ Last week’s weight loss: -0.1 kg

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πŸ’ͺ First time back at the gym in almost a decade!

🎟️ Apollo 13 (1995) β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½ (rewatch)

πŸ‹πŸ»β€β™‚ Last week’s weight loss: -0.9 kg

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πŸ‘• Lost enough weight to drop a size so bought some new t-shirts

🍫 O2 gave me a Β£10 voucher for M&S Food so got a Β£20 box of truffles (discounted to a tenner) for free πŸ˜‹

🧱 Spent Sunday afternoon building another LEGO F1 car and watching 90's movies

πŸ‹πŸ»β€β™‚ Last week’s weight loss: –0.2 kg

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πŸ’Ό First full week in the new job, on the floor with my team πŸ‘Š

🎟️ Jaws (1975) 50th Anniversary IMAX screening β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

πŸ‹πŸ»β€β™‚ Last week’s weight loss: –0.25 kg

πŸƒ Played in our monthly poker league on Saturday. Not great on my part: finished 8th out of 9 players. Somehow still top (now joint) of the leaderboard with three to go πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚ Katey, however, crushed it with a royal flush πŸ”₯

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πŸ’Ό Final week of training… done! Join my team next week πŸ‘οΈ

🍹 Popped into Vintro Lounge in Blackpool for a cocktail and picked up one of these little passports. Let's see how many stickers we can get! πŸ“˜

🎟️ Nobody 2 (2025) β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†

πŸ‹πŸ»β€β™‚ Last week’s weight loss: –0.4 kg

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πŸ“‘ Booked tickets to watch Interstellar at Jodrell Bank in October as part of their sci-fi season 😍

πŸ“ Cheeky cheat meal: KFC chicken and gravy with homemade mash πŸ˜‹

⛳️ Hit the driving range for some practice for the first time in over a decade; playing a round next week!

🎟️ Weapons (2025) (IMAX) β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†

πŸ‹πŸ»β€β™‚ Last week’s weight loss: –0.8 kg

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πŸ“ Finally completed the formal training at work after five straight weeks. Met my team and new boss; think I've landed on my feet! πŸ₯³

🌞 Another warm spell; about 25°C every day this week

πŸ‹πŸ»β€β™‚ No weigh-in this week as my friend used one of her β€œhall passes” (and it applies to both of us). Took advantage and ate well, but back on it again now.

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πŸ₯³ My daughter turned 21! πŸŽˆπŸŽ‰

πŸ• Pizza and a catch-up with my sister; was going to watch a movie but yapped until nearly midnight instead!

β™ŸοΈ Started learning to play Chess with a paid subscription to Chess.com and following the lessons. I've known the basics since I was a kid, but it's been a great refresher and I'm also learning plenty of new stuff. If you want to play with me, my username is: MRN44T

πŸ‹πŸ»β€β™‚ Last week’s weight loss: –0.3 kg

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🍺 Went to the pub for a pay-day pint after work with my new colleagues

πŸƒ Played in our monthly poker league on Saturday; only six people this time, finished second. Extended my lead by four points with four games to go.

🧯 Completed the Fire and Bomb Warden training at work. Scored 100% on the test, so I can now officially put out fires with the correct extinguisher and defuse bombs. Maybe… πŸ’£οΈπŸ’₯

πŸ‹πŸ»β€β™‚ Last week’s weight loss: –0.75 kg

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πŸ“ A full week of technical training and lots of note-taking. Looking forward to getting properly hands-on with some things next week.

πŸ‹πŸ»β€β™‚ Last week’s weight loss: –0.9 kg

πŸ—Ό Finally made it up to the top floor of the new office building to check out the views from the café…

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