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Ask Marvin

I’m fat from too many Christmas mince pies and alcohol. Should I do a dry January to improve my health or is it a waste of time?

January 9, 2020 Aunt Marvin Ask Marvin

I have eaten and drunk to excess over the Christmas period, and am now having trouble squeezing back into my suit. I need to lose a couple of pounds, and am surrounded by people talking about dry or “damp” Januaries. Should I join this sober party, or continue with my life of excess?

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Feature: Hip Replacement

hip replacement story starting with arthritis
A hip replacement story, from initial twinge to running around post op.

Working lives

  • Working from home is bad for you Working from home is no laughing matter…don’t let it be the death of you
  • Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It's a lonely place. 1 Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It’s a lonely place.
  • Work distractions I’m no “Distraction Dave”. Why your phone and email are more dangerous work distractions than me.

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Health, Fitness and Hips

  • Make yourself happy, do it for Don Agonising over how to be happy? Don’t do it for you. Do it for Don.
  • hip replacement story starting with arthritis Scarily close to middle age hip replacement. What was I thinking pre-op? (Part 3)
  • Low fat or middle-age spread Middle-age spread is not low fat margarine, but do people find it as tasty?
  • Zwift try something new today Try something new to save your sanity. Surprisingly it was Brussels and Zwift that did it for me.

Most Liked Posts

  • Redundant midlife. It's more than not working...
  • Total hip replacement recovery story. Painfully limping along in weeks…
  • Agonising over how to be happy? Don't do it for…
  • Writing exciting erotic stories gets great followings. Just don't tell…

Ask Marvin Answered…

  • Father Christmas is fat, grey and old. I’m exactly the same, and yet no one wants me in their house at Christmas. What can I do?
    December 4, 2021
  • My work suit no longer fits, and my birthday suit isn’t what it was. What can I do before I return to the office?
    April 27, 2021
  • I have been offered a promotion at work but it could mean sacrificing my friends. Should I take it?
    March 8, 2021

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midlife issues

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  • Shock of middle-aged man in Turkish barber experience. Is it the answer to midlife grooming? 2 Shock of middle-aged man in Turkish barber experience. Is it the answer to midlife grooming?

In Other (Largely Fake) News

  • Middle-aged man urgently reassures his 78 followers that his Twitter account was not hacked 3 Middle-aged man urgently reassures his 78 followers that his Twitter account was not hacked
    July 16, 2020
  • Home schooling Wild celebrations by parents as home schooling humiliation ends
    March 22, 2021
  • Dentist's chair Man trying to recreate Gascgoine’s “dentist’s chair” celebration ends up having root canal surgery
    July 26, 2021

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