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Day Twenty Six - the long haul ahead
After the third weigh-in, it becomes pretty clear that there is no miracle reduction coming and the next 6 to 12 months is going to be a...

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Jan 23, 2024
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Day Twenty Five - another one bites the dust
I've never considered myself a superstitious type. Always found people who name inanimate objects (like their cars) as ridiculous. Until...

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Jan 22, 2024
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Day Twenty Four - keeping focussed
It's weigh-in day tomorrow and by this stage of the week you are weighing up mentally all the little moments of weakness and wondering...

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Jan 21, 2024
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Day Twenty Three - all's fair in love and dieting
Not really socially acceptable in this country is to talk about the similarities between household pets and parasites. People are too...

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Jan 20, 2024
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First children's book - Goody bag filler
We hosted a party for Loki at the nearby church in January and ended up with around 50 people on site. He loved it. I'm still traumatised...

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Jan 19, 2024
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Day Twenty Two - the origin of it all
Being fat is a symptom of something else. Some might say 'yeh, eating'. And they'd be right. However, others with greater depth than the...

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Jan 19, 2024
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Day Twenty One - dieting tips
You get some bizarre and insistent suggestions from people about dieting. Not just what to eat but also how to eat it. 'You must do...

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Jan 18, 2024
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Day Twenty - downtime
When you've pressed pause on stuffing your face or knocking back the grog in the evening, then that leaves a bit of time to fill in. And...

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Jan 17, 2024
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Day Nineteen - overindulgence
Still recovering from the 3 year old's birthday party on Saturday. It took until Sunday evening to get through all the presents. There...

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Jan 16, 2024
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Day Eighteen - dodged a bullet
Second weigh-in milestone of the diet and despite being a cheese munching and beer swilling diet-buster during the week, I managed to do...

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Jan 15, 2024
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Day Seventeen - sensible goals
It's really important when you're dieting to set sensible goals. That's what the experts say anyway. I also think that's exactly the same...

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Jan 14, 2024
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Day Sixteen - seriously...
This is a blow out day. It's my 3 year old son's birthday party for his 24+ 3 yo friends and we decided to host it in a nearby church but...

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Jan 13, 2024
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Day Fifteen - Fridays aren't the same
So it's Friday night after a long and hectic week of work and time to kick back and relax. Normally, this would be the moment I'd head...

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Jan 12, 2024
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Day Fourteen - a new motif
I rather like the comparison of my 4 extra stone to the equivalent of an 8 year old child of fat. That will become a motif I think...

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Jan 11, 2024
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Day Thirteen - competitive weight loss
Dieting in a pack is supposedly motivating. Not sure however that the evidence supports this. Definitely not on the basis of the recent...

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Jan 10, 2024
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Day Twelve - wearing a child every day
What weighs 25 kilograms? If you type that into the internet you come up with 2 gold bars, a bulldog, a 50 inch flat screen tv, 3 full...

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Jan 9, 2024
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Day Eleven - first milestone
When you work from 8am to 7:30pm and then have to rush home to put the three year old to bed, it doesn't leave a lot of time to keep up...

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Jan 8, 2024
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Day Ten - playing catch up today
Life is getting in the way of this cartoon a day objective. Having to draw them in one take now in order to get them done on time. So it...

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Jan 7, 2024
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Day Nine - staying the distance
It's been a few days on the diet now and it's around about now that my brain usually says 'well done Trig, nice try, but bloody hell this...

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Jan 6, 2024
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Day Eight - clocking up the metres
It may surprise some, but the truth is I'm not much of a runner. I've always found running as an activity to be utterly pointless unless...

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Jan 5, 2024
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