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14.2

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

I am 14.2 today. 198lbs. 89.8kg. I probably am dehydrated with the amount I drank yesterday though so I won’t get excited about no longer being in the 90kg era just yet. But woo! In the 80kg era! 3lbs away from the 13 stone era! I am getting closer and closer to being a […]

Obesity More Dangerous Than Smoking

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

A new report has been released in the UK that says obesity is more dangerous than smoking. It reports that while smoking can reduce life by up to ten years, obesity can take 13 years off a persons life.
This is not telling me anything I did not know. Okay, so I wasn’t aware of […]

Obesity Epidemic

Monday, August 20th, 2007

There is a really good article on how to safely lose weight, written by NetDoctor.co.uk here.
Yesterday I was researching obesity charities with the view of using my skills (as a journalist/communications/pr assistant/web designer) to help the charity. I came across Toast-UK, which is quite interesting. Reading their about us page I was really impressed […]

50st Coffin

Friday, August 10th, 2007

This is why I am successful at dieting. Because I do not want this to happen to me.
Tipping the scales at more than 50st, Mark Bamber could never lead a normal life.
And so it was perhaps appropriate that his final journey should be an extraordinary one.
After the father-of-one died of heart failure aged 38, […]

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