Mike - I am a 35 year old male. I have a receding (not bald) hair line. A 40 inch waist, several health issues that i haven’t taken too seriously over the years. I work for Royal Mail in a managerial position. I have a 6 year old son Jack who is a little version of me and Liz has been my partner for a little over 12 months now. I like to consider myself as laid-back, fun to be around most of the time and i hope generally speaking a nice person.
Liz - I am a 33 year old female. I am overweight and unhealthy if i do say so myself. I am trying to get fitter following the recent lockdowns with a gym membership and walking my dog. I have a German shepherd called Lexi who i have every other week and enjoy taking for walks (with Mike too at times, although not sure who’s company i prefer most! Clearly it’s Lexi’s she can’t answer me back). I have a desk based managerial role in AXAHealth so it’s hard to remain motivated on my weight loss when sitting at a desk all day. I am on this journey to support Mike with his health, and loose a few pounds (ok maybe stone!!) along the way.
Before we go in to the diary the basic principles of this crash diet are thus. We replace the 3 standard meals a day (Maybe 5 in our case) with 3 200kcal shakes and vegetable snacks or vegetable meals to make up another 200kcal a day. No more than 800 calories a day which previously would have been my breakfast. This goes on for 8 weeks when you look to replace shakes with more healthy meals. Alongside this we need to drink a minimum of 2 litres (4 pints) of water a day which will ultimately lead to a tidal wave from the downstairs toilet as we both fight to piss like a racehorse. I have asked the serious questions like how often can I have a cheeky kebab and to my astonishment the answer was none. At least I could have a pint in the pub to take the edge off. That would be the saving grace. Oh wait no I can’t have that either. No crafty pints, no crisps or cans of fizzy drink on my way home from work, no chocolate bars sneaked in while the Mrs is looking the other way. No biscuits with my cup of tea. No sweetener in my tea! This is going to be really tough. But we will succeed together because I need to do it and the Mrs could do with losing a few too. To the men out there questioning if that was my famous last word don’t worry we aren’t married yet so I can get away with these comments still. There is one upside to this and that is i am under strict instructions not to do any more exercise than i already partake in. No problem with that Doc! We promise that we will be entirely honest with you on this journey, no blushes spared, no gory detail left out. We hope this will be an inspiration to others, will help raise awareness of this horrible disease, will give like minded people a platform to share their views and I also hope to make people smile along the way.
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