I read Jae’s blog of 14th February, which detailed her height and weight, and thought, blinking heck, I have to lose some weight, if I am going to get up this mountain! I know that Oscar is almost exactly as tall as me – well, I am 5’7″ and he is a tad more -and asked Jae to let me know what he weighed. It was half term, so had to wait quite a while for an answer, but eventually about mid-day, she managed to lever him out of bed on to the scales. I was horrified to discover that at 7 stone 2 pounds, he is nearly 4 stone lighter than me! So it seems like I will have to work 50% harder than him to move myself up Kili, unless I lose a chunk of me. I thought I would work out all of our BMIs on the NHS site – and was surprised and pleased to discover that all 3 of us come within the “normal” category. Jae is just below the middle of “normal”, Oscar is at the low end of it, and I, of course, am at the top end of it. So the diet starts here! If I could get to 10 stone, I would be bang in the middle of normal for my sex, age and weight, so that seems what I should aim for. I did get below that in 2006 in preparation for Gwen’s wedding – well I had to be a glam mother of the bride – but the weight did seem to come off my boobs and face. I hope I can get it off my thighs and bum this time!
PS By Jae – Here’s a photo of Mum looking completely gorgeous at my little sis Gwen’s wedding.
Absolutely loving reading your very interesting and truly inspiring blog posts! I know Jae and Osc well, and hold them as very close friends, and I’m loving learning about their very lovely and positive mum and grandmother…….what a wonderful family and amazing adventure you’re going to experience together!
Thanks, Kerry! So pleased someone is reading all this stuff! I am absolutely terrified at the idea of the climb, but I am doing it with a couple of truly lovely people.