Fat Club

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After the excesses of Christmas 2001 (and several preceding years!) three intrepid porkers have decided to shed those pies. To aid in their quest they have decided to do it in public. The least we could do was encourage their efforts by publishing their progress. This page records that progress for prosperity (and our amusement).

*The identities of our dieters have been obscured and their names changed to protect them from certain ridicule.

18-Jan-02
	Trev	Eddie	Fred
	13st 13lbs	16st 3lbs	14st 2lbs
	First weigh in saw our dieters full of beans (not the baked variety) and happy to divulge their weights confident in the knowledge that they will all soon be skinny and able to look back on this and laugh. Only time will tell. That gives us a collective weight of 620 pounds - about the same as a family of gorillas (dad 400 lbs, mum 200 lbs and baby 20 lbs).

01-Feb-02
	Trev	Eddie	Fred
	13st 07lbs	15st 12lbs	??st ??lbs
	One week in and Fred is already struggling, struck down by a mystery illness (and a week of scoffing in bed) he could not make the weigh-in. Trev and Eddie however were out of the blocks in impressive style with a combined loss of 11 pounds. That's the same as the shipping weight of this rather natty $43.00 inflatable sofa.

08-Feb-02
	Trev	Eddie	Fred
	13st 04lbs	15st 09lbs	14st 00lbs
	Our vanishing trio were reunited again this week and all made further inroads into their body size. Trev and Eddie both continued their impressive form by shedding 3lbs apiece - about the same as 70 bags of Wotsits each. Fred recovered from his illness with a loss of 2lbs - about the same as a slightly smaller pile of Wotsits. Watch this space though as he's predicting a big loss for next week!

15-Feb-02
	Trev	Eddie	Fred
	13st 02lbs	15st 08lbs	14st 00lbs
	Well, so much for Fred's prediction; he did well to break even. Trev and Eddie continued in the right direction however though even they with 2lbs and 1lb respectively are now finding the spare pounds hard to come by. 3lbs between them is the equivalent of 9 large bananas - still an impressive loss when you think of it like that!

01-Mar-02
	Trev	Eddie	Fred
	12st 12lbs	15st 04lbs	13st 10lbs
	A fortnight break in the weigh-in and all three lads returned to the scales with their diets in tact by losing 4lbs a piece. Trev also has the distinction of being the first one to lose a stone - nice going Trev! That's 12lbs lost between them - about the same as 4 adult human brains (from the male that is - women's tend to be more streamlined).

22-Mar-02
	Trev	Eddie	Fred
	12st 13lbs	14st 13lbs	13st 10lbs
	It all got a bit touch and go there but after much soul searching and climbing back on wagons our dieters return for another bout with dear Uncle Podge. A holiday in Italy has held Freddie back and a flirtation with his weaker side sees Trev gain a pound but Eddie, our hero, continues his charge losing a massive 5lbs - which makes 19lbs since his diet began. That's how much CO2 the average American automobile produces from 1 gallon of unleaded gasoline.

29-Mar-02
	Trev	Eddie	Fred
	12st 08lbs	14st 09lbs	13st 09lbs
	We're back on track again now with weight losses for all our participants this week. Trev leads the way with 5lbs closely followed by Eddie with 4lbs. Freddie again brings up the rear but he's still moving in the correct direction with a 1lb loss. Collectively our dieters now weigh in at 572lbs - the same weight the 1953 World Weightlifting Champion Doug Hepburn could bench press. Click on Doug for an enlargement, this guy is cooool.

4-May-02

Trev

Eddie

Fred

12st 03lbs

14st 02lbs

13st 05lbs

It's a few weeks since we last checked in on our weight-loss-wannabes and they've not been idle. Shedding a total of 16lbs between them. Excellent stuff! That, in-case you were wondering, is more than the weight of twenty five 275ml tins of Mackeson Stout.

6 tins for Fred
8 tins for Trev
And a whopping 11 tins for Eddie

10-May-02
	Trev	Eddie	Fred
	12st 00lbs	14st 00lbs	13st 05lbs
	Another successful weigh-in for Trev and Eddie who managed to shed 5lbs between them. The average weight of our dieters is now 183lbs. This is approximately the same as the average Bighorn sheep from the deserts of Northern America. There are also other similarities to our intrepid food warriors: A diet of mainly grasses, sedges and forbs. Known for the head-to-head combat between males. Horn size is a symbol of rank and male horns can weigh as much as 30 lbs! During the summer months they visit waterholes at least every 3 days.

24-May-02
	Trev	Eddie	Fred
	11st 12lbs	13st 07lbs	13st 10lbs

14-Jun-02
	Trev	Eddie	Fred
	11st 08lbs	13st 06lbs	??st ??lbs

As you can see things seem to have petered out but not without some success. We lost one on the way but, to prove this was no jest, to right of this page stand 2 shadows of their previous selves. Impressive stuff I'm sure you'll agree. Huzzah for Trev and Eddie!

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Under no circumstances should you attempt to simulate the actions of our dieters at home. All three are highly skilled and experienced dieters with many years of dieting behind them.
For your own sake please leave this to the professionals.

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