To All My Friends on GameSpot...

...I just wanted to apologise for being so inactive at the moment. To be honest, I'm going to be pretty inactive here for the foreseeable future. I'm not planning on leaving GS indefinitely, but I certainly can't keep up with what all my friends are doing at the moment. This doesn't mean that I've forgotten about any of you, okay?

A lot has happened to me in the two months since I returned from Calgary. I was pretty depressed for a while and as a result I let a lot of jobs pile up and I'm still sorting some of the mess out now. I've had work done on my house (some is still ongoing) and I've bought a new(er) car.

A few weeks ago, I also started going to the gym. Not because I particularly care about my outward appearance, but I was sick of trying to find shirts that'd fit my neck (I'm 18 1/2" and I have a hard time finding anything bigger than 18" ). Things have changed since then, and I have become more obsessed with how many calories I'm burning and how many I'm consuming. In fact, I've completely changed my diet and I'm now eating a lot more healthily.

It's still early days yet, but in the three or four weeks I've been going, I've already lost 5 kg (11 lbs) from a starting point of 108 kg (around 238 lbs). For those of you that know me well enough, I put the extra 10-15 lbs on since I returned from Canada, though I didn't realise until I went to the gym for the first time.

To tell you the truth, I've not felt this good about myself in years, though I accept that all I've done so far is to make a good start and there's still a lot of hard work ahead of me.

Anyway, I'll try to keep you all posted on how I'm doing. Take care, okay?