Matt's Big Fat Arse

Today, despite a flair up trying to happen, I would like to plant some things. I currently have four Rosemary… read more Growing things

The photo on today’s update is from a slow-cooked stew I made yesterday evening. I took a slightly different approach… read more Objectively delicious

After a largely well behaved week, I seem to have gained slightly. I’m not sure what I am doing wrong…. read more Slightly heavier (weight loss fail)

Today I woke up and felt great. Which means I can be physically productive. You know, actually moving around and… read more Today is not a good day, it’s a great day

You might have noticed that one of the stats I regularly supply is the type of day I am having…. read more What is an okay day for me?

Today was one of those days that started off meh and then got better. I weighed myself and found (sigh)… read more A mixed day (weigh-in)

It is raining and today’s mental health forecast is crap with a side order of no energy. I’m not even… read more It is raining and I feel like poo

At this point I was so hungry I had to stop for food in the category of ready-right-now. I still… read more Live-tweeting my cooking

I am looking for healthy eating ideas that I can accommodate with both a fairly tight budget and the limited… read more I’m looking for low effort inexpensive healthy eating ideas

I slept late today (in that I was asleep for more than 10 hours). I was woken up by pain… read more Weigh-in

Depression is one of those mental health issues that you have either experienced or that you have no idea what… read more We need to talk about depression

Despite being on a “do not eat” order for my hospital appointment and not getting out until lunchtime, I found… read more Willpower win!

In about an hour, I will be heading to the hospital for a scan. My GP wants to inspect my… read more Scanning day (medical check-up)

There are two ways to lose weight – eat less move more. Pokemon Go helps with the second part of… read more Pokemon Go for nerd cardiovascular

Today started well. Then it slowly trickled downhill. Every now and then I get a wave of pain where it… read more Not such a good day today

In the last seven days, I started to focus on simply eating right. My hope is to slowly stop being… read more Focused on “eating right” just as simply eating becomes a problem

I don’t remember where my smart scales came from. They have been with me for quite a while. However, I… read more Get some scales (but not the last one)

For lunch today I had a large bag of cheese Doritos flavoured willpower failure. That’s 180g of delicious untruth. I… read more This pack contains 6 servings is a lie (willpower failure)

So, I took a photo of my early morning breakfast of wheat things stuffed with dried fruit. I ate them… read more Apricot Wheats: Breakfast before sunrise

Ah, that is so much better. I finally got a good block of sleep. Unfortunately, that block of sleep was… read more Accidental Early Bird (and a weigh-in)

One of the things I have tried lately is oat milk. It has “no added sugar” so it must be… read more Oat milk: Is it worth the fuss?

The classic pain scale runs from 0 (no pain at all) to 10 (the worst you have ever felt). There… read more Matt’s pain scale

I made a few changes so that my weigh-in stats appear in the sidebar next to my post. I also… read more Update: I coded stuff

From my first weigh-in post, I included a whole bunch of stats (and some general information) but where does all… read more Where do you get those fancy stats from?