There's been a noticeable jump in page views this year - 146k compared to 37.2k last year. The biggest spike was on the 3rd of November but I can't see an obvious cause.
I had something of a wakeup call at the end of 2024 when I was officially weighed as part of a health assessment and clocked in at 87.5 kg. Perhaps I should have realised sooner that my suit trousers were all too tight to wear comfortably, but seeing it in black and white on a printout was undeniable evidence.
I resolved to do something about it and started tracking my food with the NHS Weight Loss app as well as increasing the amount of walking I was doing. I tracked my results using the health log on my phone and I'm now not far off being under a BMI of 25 for the first time in over ten years.
Fortunately I seem to have reasonably strong muscles from years of iaido practice which protects me from the worst of the pain. I've recently had a physio assessment with a couple of new exercises to work on to maintain strength in that joint and I can continue with iaido as long as I am cautious.
My health resolutions are basically to carry on on the same track as above, ideally getting my weight to 75 kg and improving my upper body strength as well.
Let's see what 2026 holds!
I played in 97 TTRPG sessions this year - didn't quite make the 100 but I think it was definitely a good year. My personal highlight was playing in the epic multi-table Gatsby and the Great Race which I wrote about here. A weekend at our UK Games Expo fringe event came a close second as well as the usual compliment of Garrison cons and Owlbear. Online saw me running The King of Santa Fe campaign for the Wednesday group as well as regular games of Dungeon Crawl Classics, Advanced Fighting Fantasy, Forbidden Lands and the number one slot is taken by Dragonbane.
