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Iain’s Week 20 Weigh-In

It pretty much says it all about how much I have battled weight in recent years that tipping the scales at 19 stone should be viewed as any kind of achievement. It isn’t. It is morbidly obese. I know that … Continue reading

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Iain’s Week 19 weigh-in

There’s no point in self-consciousness now, not after all we have been through and shared. I knew I looked like a dick, but so what? I didn’t know any of these people, and what should I care if they giggled … Continue reading

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Not one ounce gone despite a week of monster gym workouts

Not an ounce. Not one ounce. All those workouts, all that sweat in the gym, and the scales didn’t move at all. This is going to be a long year. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share … Continue reading

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Got me a heart rate monitor

I wrote a few weeks ago about how I simply couldn’t understand how the calorie counting function on the gym machines could vary so much depending on weight. I found it hard to believe that it could be counting so … Continue reading

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Excuse me, you’re not the Irish chef Richard Corrigan… are you?

I recognised them as soon as they walked into the restaurant. Edinburgh is a small town after all. They were a married couple I used to see when I went to circuit training with the rowing club where we were … Continue reading

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New Year, Same Goal

Happy New Year to you. I’m just back in the door with the family after seeing of 2012 in style at her brother’s house in Perthshire. Two days of good food and booze on top of months of indolence. The … Continue reading

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Get clicking to support Niall Iain

Only 10 people in history have ever rowed from West to East across the North Atlantic. More people have walked on the moon. And nobody has ever decided to row the screamingly wild and treacherous route across the North Atlantic … Continue reading

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Well, this is slightly embarrassing

In fact it’s not just slightly embarrassing…it is very embarrassing. We are nearing the end of the second year of Two Fat Laddies and I doubt if I’ve lost a single ounce. Not one, in two years. Bookmark on Delicious … Continue reading

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Should I join a weight loss club?

So it has come to this. I am actively mulling over joining a weight loss club. But would it be an astute move or an admission of defeat? Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit … Continue reading

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Where has the time gone?

Hard to believe it’s already April. That means we are a quarter of the way through the year already and I am still as fat as a pig. But, in the wrods of Inspector Cloueau, I have a plan. Bookmark … Continue reading

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