Adair's Losing Weight

Where we @

2008-03-10T06:45:00.000-07:00

Why do we use the @ sign for email addresses? The @ sign is the abbreviation of the phrase "at the rate of". So someones email address is not example "at" example.com but example "at the rate of" example.com.

So the @ sign is in fact a FRAUD!

Good weight loss day

2008-03-03T12:21:00.000-08:00

Today went really well and unexpected. I haven't drank for a week and not been able to go to the gym due to my back, but I still managed to lose a whole 3lb.

You may be wondering why I have a picture of a man with a fish, but this picture actually represents exactly how much I've lost so far since starting my diet. OK perhaps I've not lost the weight of the man, but I have lost the weight of a fish (15lb worth of fish)

Oh my God! Where's Sarah's Lovely Fishcakes?

2008-02-22T11:07:00.000-08:00

Don't worry, it's safe and sound in a new home dedicated to Sarah's Lovely Recipes!
For the lovely ingredients visit at Sarah's Lovely Fishcakes

Spammy??

2008-02-22T10:59:00.001-08:00

Apparently my blog has looked a bit spammy in recent times according to certain peters, sorry I meant according to certain people.

So I've taken a couple of things out that should make my blog look lovely and Google happy!

Oops

2008-02-22T10:55:00.000-08:00

I've been quite bad for quite a while now. I actually can't figure out when I last blogged but it was a while ago. My last weigh came in at a measly 0lb. I guess that's better than nothing. I've been to the gym twice so far this week and ate relatively healthy apart from yesterday when I had a steak pie and chips.

I promise to all my visitors that I will start posting again real soon.

4th Weigh in

2008-02-11T14:12:00.000-08:00

Great news after a disappointing third week of losing 0lb. I managed to finish my fourth week by losing 4lb. I didn't think I managed it after a weekend of excess drinking, but I did. This has spurred me on the lose another 4lb by next Monday. Started well so far by going to the gym and rowing 25 minutes, losing 260kcal in the process. Although, I did do some bench pressing which as we all know, muscle weighs more than fat!

So all I can say now is, GET IN AND BRING ON 13st

Day 23

2008-02-06T10:52:00.000-08:00

Day 23 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained

1 go ahead biscuit = 144kcal

1 prawn sandwich = 255kcal

1 weight watchers curry = 295kcal

Calories Lost

25 minutes rowing = 250kcal

Day 23 Calories = 454kcal

Day 22

2008-02-05T11:38:00.000-08:00

Day 22 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight loss

Today started well with my go ahead biscuit and a tuna sandwich but as it's pancake day I finally went back to the gym and lost 200kcal.

I've only had 2 and a half pancakes which isn't too bad coz we only used 2 eggs, 200g of flour and 1pint of milk between the two of us. So it's actually not too bad!

Day 21

2008-02-05T11:37:00.000-08:00

I forgot again to blog

Ah well...

Day 20

2008-02-03T08:49:00.000-08:00

I'm a bit worried really, coz even though I'm eating healthy and way below my daily allowance, I've not been to the gym this last week so the week commencing has a lot of making up to do. I'd actually be happy to lose just 1lb.

Absolutely gutted that Scotland lost today to France. After a promising start we looked to surprise but the French were just too fast and by the second half we looked terrible. Maybe Frank Hadden should have put Chris Paterson on from the start. As long as we beat the English I'll be happy!

Day 19

2008-02-02T11:50:00.000-08:00

Today has been fun. I've not really ate much though. Toast for breakfast and soup for lunch. Having a Sarah's Lovely Healthy Curry in a wee bit!

One thing I've got to say is;

WELL DONE WALES!

Day 18

2008-02-01T15:32:00.000-08:00

Tonights been a nice chilled night with no alcohol involved. Went to cinema and watched cloverfield which was strange but quite good. 6 nations tomorrow so Come on Scotland!!!

Go Ahead Biscuit

2008-01-31T13:27:00.000-08:00

Go Ahead Biscuits Are GO!!!

I've just been looking through my blog and realised that I'm constantly adding go ahead biscuits to my everyday update! These nutritous little cuties need a post dedicated to themselves. If it wasn't for go ahead biscuits my diet would never have worked. I have problems in the morning which mean if I don't eat I'm hungry...but these lovely little go ahead biscuits just do the trick nicely!

So thank you go ahead biscuits! If any of you biscuits are reading this then could you pay me money coz I feel like I'm promoting you for free!

Day 17 (I think)

2008-01-31T12:33:00.000-08:00

Day 17 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained

2 Sarah's Lovely Fishcakes = 300kcal

1 chicken stir fry = 300kcal

Calories Lost
Not been to the gym all week! Not good but at the end of the day I've been doing better than last week in terms of food and I've not drank any alcohol this week....yet!

Day 17 Calories = 600kcal

Sarah's Lovely Fishcakes!

2008-01-31T12:30:00.000-08:00

Sarah's Lovely Fishcakes

During my sponsored slim I have tried many different healthy meals! One of my favourites is Sarah's Lovely Fishcakes! Their texture and taste are just lovely on the tongue! I love them so much that I've decided to share the lovelyness with you all!

Enjoy!

Eastenders: What a waste of time!

2008-01-31T11:59:00.000-08:00

Did anyone watch eastenders tonight? Oh my god...what a waste of time. It was the worst half an hour I've ever spent on a Thursday the 31st of January 2008 at 19:30!

Out of all the cast you could possible have, they choose a half hour of Dot Cotton talking to a cassette recorder that was probably built in the early 80s. What the hell were the producers thinkin when they were shooting? I ended up doing the dishes I was that bored!

Even Hollyoaks has upped the ante with the appearance of Andrew Lloyd Webber of all people! I would much rather have to stare at his bare arse than listen to Dot for another 30 minutes!

I MISSED A BLOG!

2008-01-30T09:59:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that I forgot to blog last nigh, day 16 has now past and there's nothing I can do about it. I do have an excuse of not blogging or gymin! My little car broke down last night and had to wait for the AA. He's fine now so no need to worry! I just had him sitting in the cold with my lights on, and radio loud for 20 minutes with the engine switched off waiting for Sarah to finish work conking out my battery life!

Anyway tonight I'm not going into details of my progress due to personal reasons so I'll be back in the gym and bloggin tomorro!

FRUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-01-28T11:20:00.000-08:00

Just to make sure that those of you who are worried about me and my diet, I eat two pieces of fruit a day. 1 apple and 1 banana. I don't bother adding them to my daily updates coz fruits are kinda important and there's no point in adding things that you need!

Day 15

2008-01-28T11:16:00.000-08:00

Day 15 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained
1 go ahead biscuit = 144kcal
1 healthy living tuna sandwich = 250kcal
1 tuna/pasta salad = 250kcal

Calories Lost
Unfortunately I started having a bad stomach on the way home so given tonights gymin a miss

Day 15 Calories = 644kcal

2nd weigh in

2008-01-28T11:02:00.000-08:00

So far so good. I've lost another 2lb in the last week, although, the weight loss could have gone a lot better as I spent only two nights gymin and the majority of the weekend in the pub. 6 nations this weekend so who knows how I'm going to cope!

Day 14

2008-01-27T11:50:00.000-08:00

This weekend has been a good one, hence the reason for lack of blogging. I'll continue properly again tomorrow so don't worry my fellow bears and frogs and friends, I promise!

Day 13

2008-01-26T12:26:00.000-08:00

Today is a Saturday and I'm using my brand spanking new iPod touch. So I've basically not bothered counting as I'm having fun writing this istyle!

Day 12

2008-01-25T18:19:00.000-08:00

I'm drunk! Leave me alone or the little monkeys of Africa will grab a ferry to Japan to buy some sushi to feed the turtle some homemade pie from the depths of the sea!

Day 11

2008-01-24T11:29:00.000-08:00

Day 11 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained
Dunno, I've been up since way before 6am and had a day in Manchester

Calories Lost
Dunno, been too tired today so leave me alone.

Day 11 Calories = Your guess is as good as mine

Raccoon Insurance Financial Problems

2008-01-23T12:23:00.000-08:00

As we all know the current financial economy, in technical terms is; all over the place like a bat in a hat.

This has caused Raccoon Insurance's company value to drop from £1,635,749,983.67 to a shocking £1,635,749,983.66
This drop of £0.01 could potentially bankrupt the company, only god knows what will happen unless the zebra returns from Tesco in time to see Mastermind.

My heart goes out to Raccoon Insurance and I'm sure many of you will join me in wishing them all the best for this difficult period of toffee chocolates.

Raccoon Insurance

Get skinny in 11 days

2008-01-23T12:07:00.000-08:00

Anyone on here noticed this Google adsense advert? Anyone? Do I just write to myself? I did notice some comments on my second weigh in thank you people for taking time out of your lifes to leave comments!

Anyway, back to the get skinny in 11 days! What the hell? I'm considering clicking on that add, it must be true it's on my blog, perhaps I should become the next Mr Motivator!

HAHA! I've got more chance of being a founding member of that world famous raccoon insurance company that we hear of so often!

Day 10

2008-01-23T12:04:00.000-08:00

Day 10 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained
1 go ahead biscuit = 144kcal
1 chicken salad sandwich = 270kcal
1 bowl of pasta = 300kcal

Calories Lost
30mins rowing = 318kcal

Day 10 Calories = 398kcal

Day 9

2008-01-22T11:36:00.000-08:00

Day 9 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained
1 go ahead biscuit = 144kcal
1 chicken salad sandwich = 270kcal
2 mini homemade pizzas = 300kcal

Calories Lost
BIG FAT ZERO (hurt my back burning too much last night)

Day 9 Calories = 714kcal

Day 8

2008-01-21T10:56:00.000-08:00

Day 8 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained
1 go ahead biscuit = 144kcal
2 homemade (by Sarah) fishcakes = 300kcal
1 portion cajun chicken wraps = 300kcal

Calories Lost
40mins rowing = 400kcal

Day 8 Calories = 344kcal

2nd Weigh in

2008-01-21T10:54:00.000-08:00

So far so good, over the last week I've lost 5lb bringing my total weight down to
14st 13lb

So to all you doubters out there that doubted me, you know what....doubt someone else!

Day 7

2008-01-20T11:29:00.000-08:00

Day 7 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained
2 pieces of brown bread toast = 140kcal
2 homemade (by Sarah) fishcakes = 300kcal
2 pieces of homemade (by me) sushi = 100kcal

Calories Lost
15mins rowing = 200kcal

Day 7 Calories = 340kcal

Day 6

2008-01-19T13:19:00.000-08:00

Day 6 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained
1 go ahead biscuit = 144kcal
1 fratata = 200kcal
1 homemade curry = 462kcal (homemade as in made from scratch not jar from a low fat cook book)

Calories Lost
30mins rowing = 328kcal

Day 6 Calories = 478kcal

Day 5

2008-01-18T09:40:00.000-08:00

Day 5 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained
1 chicken salad sandwich = 270kcal
1 apple = (doesn't really count)kcal
1 banana = (doesn't really count)kcal

Calories Lost
none

Day 5 Calories = 270kcal

Today proved difficult, not because I miss all my food but because I forgot my breakfast, hence the reason why I've only ate 270kcal so far today. So that kinda sucked. Weight loss is going well at the moment but it is the start of the first weekend. Not decided what we're having yet but we'll see how it goes on Monday with my first weigh in.

Alcohol update

2008-01-18T09:38:00.000-08:00

I did well last night and only had half a bottle of rose wine, so I thought I'd just show this off. The weight loss seems to be going really well so fingers crossed I can continue!

Cheese Monkey

2008-01-17T11:39:00.000-08:00

Origins
The mir cheese monkey was first spotted in October 1918 and some would argue that it was actually the "lost" national animal of Czechoslovakia. Their reasons being that the day the cheese monkey was spotted was the just hours before the peaceful declaration of independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, hence the reason for its name 'mir' cheese monkey (mir is the translation of peace in Czech). Unfortunately the cheese monkey has not been spotted since the 1st of January 1993 when Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic & Slovakia.

Cheese Monkey Behaviours
The cheese monkey is well known to have eaten apples as its main diet. Often it would turn to grass as a form of metabolism enhancements which helped it grow at its natural rate. The cheese monkey had an average height of 2 feet, small it may seem, but getting on the wrong side of this little monkey could be dangerous. It's bad temper led to many people scarred for life while picking apples. Apart from its temper, the cheese monkey is in fact, very peaceful in its own enviroment. Sleeping around 14 hours per day and mainly active at night, the cheese monkey would use the moon as its help in mating season. Its large eyes would reflect the moon, therefore meaning the one with the biggest eyes would have the best mate and best territory.

Lets hope one day the cheese monkey will be spotted again and the new generation will be able to witness this remarkable animal.

Alcohol?

2008-01-17T11:16:00.000-08:00

It's a Thursday night and like every normal Thursday night I'd be going to the pub quiz. Normally, I'd drink perhaps 6-7 pints, BUT, tonight I'm going to drink perhaps a bottle of rose wine which will consist of 219kcal.

So considering my intake so far is only 394kcal so far, a bottle of wine would add my tally to 613kcal which is still less than day three. As mentioned before the recommended daily intake is 2500kcal and much less will help me lose weight.

Therefore I have come to the conclusion that tonight I will drink a bottle of wine and anyone who thinks I'm slacking can just kiss my ass!

Day 4

2008-01-17T11:10:00.000-08:00

Day 4 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained
1 go ahead biscuit = 144kcal
1 chicken tikka wrap = 200kcal (do not recommend)
1 apple = (doesn't really count)kcal
1 portion chicken, potato salad = 368kcal

Calories Lost
30mins rowing = 318kcal

Day 4 Calories = 394kcal

Day 3

2008-01-16T09:55:00.000-08:00

Day 3 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained
1 go ahead biscuit = 144kcal
1 chicken tikka wrap = 200kcal (do not recommend)
1 apple = (doesn't really count)kcal
1 bowl of tuna, pasta and salad = 340kcal

Calories Lost
None, day off from the gym as shoulders hurt

Day 3 Calories = 688kcal (Even though I didn't gym it tonight, still on form as us men are recommended 2500kcal so nobody can say I'm slacking haha)

Raccoon Insurance

2008-01-16T08:45:00.000-08:00

Raccoon Insurance

So often we ask ourselves, why didn't I get that raccoon insurance? By this point it's too late and all that's left is questions in our minds wondering what we should do next and how can we cope.

As we all know raccooon is the Radio Active Control Centre Of Online Negativity (a.k.a RACCOON) is a vital element for the economy of Great Britain. Some might go as far as to say that without Raccoon, our Sterling (£) would be worth half of what it is today.
Raccoon co-founder and expert philosopher Mr P. Ecob recently announced their latest product; raccoon insurance.

Raccoon Insurance
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For more information click here

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Day 2

2008-01-15T10:24:00.001-08:00

Day 2 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained
1 go ahead biscuit = 144kcal
1 chicken salad sandwich = 270kcal
1 piece of prawn sushi = 20kcal
1 stir fry + chicken = 204kcal

Calories Lost
30mins rowing = 265kcal

Day 2 Calories = 373kcal (WOOHOO!)

Day 1

2008-01-14T11:28:00.000-08:00

Day 1 in Adair's Big Belly

Weight Loss
Calories Gained
2 go ahead biscuits = 288kcal
1 healthy living tuna sandwich = 300kcal (correction 250kcal)
1 beef stew = 300kcal
Total = 888kcal (correction 838kcal)
Recommended Daily = 2500kcal (not bad! Room for a pint in there!)

Calories Lost
30mins rowing = 262kcal
5mins cross trainer = 50kcal
Total = 312kcal

Day 1 Calories = 576kcal (correction 526kcal)

BMI Chart

2008-01-14T11:24:00.000-08:00

This proves how healthy I currently am.

First weigh in

2008-01-14T11:17:00.000-08:00

This afternoon we saw me weighed in at a fit and healthy 15st 4lb. As my target is 13st then for those who aren't very good at maths, that's 32lb.

Bring it on...

It starts today...

2008-01-14T10:45:00.000-08:00

Adair's Losing Weight!
Hello and welcome to my blog (yes Pete I am a big enough geek to make a blog about it). This will be my daily update on how I'm getting on and what I've done so far in my quest to weight loss...

Thank you! Come again!