What’s up homies. Happy New
Year.
Here’s the plan for the first
quarter of 2014.
My neighbour Jack - who you
might recall helped me get this blog going and stayed at our house when we were
in the UK (please pay attention) and I are going to lose 13 kegs in 13 weeks.
You can lose more than 1
kilogram in a week but it’s not averaged , ie you still then have to lose 1
kilogram each and every week.
We are then going to have a
consolidation period of a further 13 weeks where you can’t pile any chub back
on.
We are going to post a picture
of our digital scales after our weigh in each Monday morning with one (collective)
blog each Monday - for the next thirteen weeks.
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weekly updates simply enter your email address at the top of the new blog page.
We are seeking to shift some pudding
for slightly different reasons. Anyone following this blog fairly regularly knows
I’ve been doing a bit of cycling over the last few months.
After staying pretty static for
a couple of years it’s fair to say it’s recently jumped up a level which is
pleasing given it wasn’t something that came easily to me.
I was 105.9 kegs on 1/1/2014 -
see photo attached.
I’m keen to get a little faster still on my bike. Any mud
around your middle is the enemy of going quicker (particularly up hills) so eventually
you have no choice but to say no to the KFC. Eventually you realise that
everyone you know who cycles very well looks like a cyclist who cycles very
well so that’s the next step for me.
Whilst he would never say this
about himself Jack has been handed a lot of genetic gifts. He’s the lead singer
in a band, is a good looking rooster, is better than useful at sport with
pretty impressive hand eye coordination. One gift he wasn’t handed was the
ability to eat mountains of shit food and stay lean. A year ago he was 90 kegs
and pretty pleased with himself. We did a little training together in the lead
up to him getting to that 90 kegs which is where I possibly underestimated
Jacks resolve a little. I set up two bikes in my garage and we were doing some
cycling followed by a run around the block (2k) and you do it two or three
times. Jack was on the cusp of breaking the 10 minute barrier for the circuit and
I didn’t think he was trying hard enough so I bullied him a little during the
second lap only for him to stop at the shop behind my house (150m from the end
of the run) – and throw up in the bin there – before finishing the run to his
credit. And by throw up I mean he really gave it some – not one of those
attention seeking excuses for a chuck that some people roll out just to get to
the showers early. Fast forward to 1/1/2014 however and he’s 119 kegs, (photo
attached) which is a little untidy for a young bloke.
This level of pork is an
area he probably needs to get on top of sooner rather than later for lots of
reasons so we are going to do this together as with that element of friendly competition
and making it somewhat public we are almost duty bound to be successful.
Our first official Monday weigh
in and post is tomorrow so I’ll see some of you then - but before I go let me hand you over to Jack….
So
many of you will already know John and may have heard of me before. John is at
74, i'm at 70! I've house sat for him before and drunk him under the table a
couple times too. There may be a huge age gap but mentally we're on about the
same level.
We've
also got a penchant for food whilst also being elite athletes. The King (as he
likes to be known) has completed numerous events that make me tired just
watching them and I think we were all proud of him when he completed the
Busselton Ironman. We followed him from home online and were happy to get the
news that he crossed the line.
Anyway,
neither of us are insubstantial blokes and we both want to be slightly less
substantial. I've lost 30kg twice in my life but not done a great job of
keeping it off. This time is going to be different. 26 weeks in total. 13 to
lose some kegs and 13 more to make sure we keep it off.
It's
going to be tough, I might even vomit, there could even be some decent comedy
but it'll be 110% no matter what.
Keep
following our progress and get around us! Wait to see how good we'll be looking
come July!
