- 3 x 10 bench presses
- 3 x 10 preacher curls
- 3 x 10 shoulder press
- 3 x 10 standing cable crunches
2 plums and three peppermint oil tablets
small flat white and berry and oat cake CITW
1 Stella, one Lactulose
10st 12
2 plums and three peppermint oil tablets
small flat white and berry and oat cake CITW
1 Stella, one Lactulose
10st 12
Small flat white plus blueberry croissant at CITW
3 Holland and Barrett Peppermint Oil tablets
2 prunes
2 Stella's in the Standard with Andy Tea, Fiona and Pat
10 St 11 lightest ever
Recline bike level 20 for half an hour which took me to page 212 of a paperback of Margaret Atwood's 'Stone Pillows' in a tale called The dead hand loves you.
Small flat white plus peanut butter cookie at CITW
No booze
10 St 13
3 x 10 bench presses
3 x 10 preacher curls
3 x 10 shoulder press
30 seated cable crunches
Small flat white plus large chocolate and pistachio cookie at CITW
Bacon and olives in a roast red pepper sauce with chips
Stella in the Standard: Luke, Andy Tea, Steve, Rebecca and Ollie
11st 0
Recline bike level 25 for as long as it takes to read I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth from Margaret Atwood's 'Stone Pillows'.
Flat white and raisin swirl CITW
One sneaky Stella on the way home
10st 13: New lightest ever and lighter than I want to be
a day off. No hot water in gym
Flat white and almond croissant at CITW
Stella in the Standard watching the end of the Test with Andy Tea
11 St 0: Equal lightest ever
a day off. No hot water in gym
Sausage roll
Standard with Pat, Joe, Andy Tea, Luke, Andy and Ollie
11st 0 lightest ever, and light enough
a day off
Chicken Shawarma with Sean at Shaan Nights in City Road
White wine at Bronwydd
No scales on tour
a day off
Stella at the Horse and Groom near South Wimbledon Tube with Steve, Rebecca and Charlie
11 st 1 equal lightest ever
a day off
Chilli three bean soup with an egg/mayo/kale roll
Stella in the Standard with Ollie, Andy Tea, Pat, Steve and Jone
11 st 1, new lightest ever and only one pound over the weight at which I intend to intervene to stabilise
Drop Foot rehab working on dorsiflexion
Bacon and egg roll
Stella in the Standard with Andy, None and Renu. He is going to Norway on Wednesday where she will join him on Sunday.
11 St 4
a day off
Cod and green olive tartare wholemeal roll
Stella in the Standard with Adrian, Luke, Pat, Joe and the guitarist with the Zimbabwean partner
11st 3 new lightest ever
a day off
Fish and chips
Stella in the Standard with Pat and Joe
11st 4 equal lightest ever
A day off
3 bean chilli soup
Standard with Andy Tea, Reni and Jone
11st 4 new lightest ever
a day off
Seafood and veg roll
Beer at the sweepstake draw at the Hendries
11st 5 equal lightest ever
a day off
Ham bagel
Stella in the Standard with Jone, Andy Tea, Reni, Ollie, Fran and Pat.
11st 5 new lightest ever
A day off
Ham bagels
Stella in the Standard with Andy Tea, Jone, Reni, Luke and Pat
11st 7
a day off
Grapefruit and melon juice
Carrot and coriander soup
Guinness with Steve and Rebecca in the Mayfair Tavern
11st 7
A day off
Beef and sauce bagel with carrot and coriander soup
Stella in the Standard with Andy Tea and Jone
11st 8
a day off
Steak, hash browns, pepper sauce
Stella in the Standard with Jone and Andy Tea
11st 9
a day off
mushroom soup
Pasty
Stella in Standard with Steve, then Andy Tea, then Renu, Jone and Magnus
11st 9
a day off
Cheese burger
Stella in the Standard with Andy Tea
11st 6 new lightest ever
a day off as I was moving offices
Lager in the Standard with Renu and Jone
11st 7 equal lightest ever
30 mins recline bike
Drink at the Craft with Steve B at Broadway Market, them with him plus Andy Tea and actor mates thereof, Steven (with glasses) and Neil, at the Standard.
a day off
mixed biryani
Stella in the Standard: Andy Tea, Jone, Pat, Lee
11 st 7 equal lightest
a day off
PROSCIUTTO FUNGHI pizza at Corleone
couple in the Standard with Andy C
11 st 10
First 44 pages of A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by David Fromkin; 30 mins recline bike
Don't remember what I ate
Stella in the Standard
11 st 9
bench press, shoulder press, dumbell curls, leg press machine (working gingerly around injured rib)
mango and celery juice
pasty and crisps
lager and wine
11st 7: joint lightest ever and two and a half stone less than this day in 2011
a day off
turkey lasagne with plenty of soffritto and mushrooms to up the veg count
lager William Morris and Standard
11st 8 equal lightest with 22 May, 2023
a day off
lasagne
Lager in the Standard
11st 12; 27 pounds lighter than this day in 2022
a day off
KFC Zinger burger
Spanish omelette, black pudding, bacon and brown sauce
wine
11 st 10
Marvellous Thieves: Secret Authors of the Arabian Nights, Paulo Lemos Horta to the end of section page 276: 25 mins recline bike
Spanish omelette
lager at the Standard with the usual suspecta
11 st 11
a day off as I am in Cardiff visiting mum in Llandough
Carrot and apple juice
prawn biriyani
wine
no scales on tour
bench press, shoulder press, dumbell curls, leg press machine
Prawn biryani with Sean in Maya, Albany Rd.
Wine
No scales on tour
*Titles were getting cumbersome so I have cut them down to ten years' weights.
Marvellous Thieves: Secret Authors of the Arabian Nights, Paulo Lemos Horta to end of chapter 4, The Magician's Interpreter: 25 mins recline bike
Mexican rice and beans with guacamole
Lager William Morris and Standard
11 St 11
a day off
Lager with Steve and Rebecca in Craft Tooting
11 St 10 a second successive lightest since records began
8:30 am 1 hour Bikram with Kee Chan
Feta
Red wine with Sean's new novel, then Donna and Rebecca at Canedo
Stout with the Hendries and the Mayweathers at the Sultan Beer Festival
12 St 13
Marvellous Thieves: Secret Authors of the Arabian Nights Paulo Lemos Horta to page 47: 25 mins recline bike
Wine, lager and crisps
12 stone exactly, the lightest since triathblog began
A day off. I had to drive back to Wales at lunchtime and I blanched at the idea of leaping joyfully from my bed to make it to the 6:30 am yoga class in Wimbledon
Service station pork pie on the journey.
chicken dhansak and veggie rice from Maya in Albany Road
wine
No scales on tour
Cod fishcake with sweetcorn fritter and red pepper/tahini sauce
Lagers with Steve: Craft Tooting
12 St 1