It's the norm these days for newspapers and magazine to devote pages to weight-loss programs! Now me being a little on the different side (and I cannot exactly loose more weight without it becoming dangerous) have devised my own version! So welcome to the new weight gain diary where I will attempt to reach 10 stone in ten weeks!

Now this might not see like much, but, the most I have ever weighed is 9 stone 5! Wish me luck and I hope you enjoy!

Week	Mon	Fri
1	8st7	8st11
2	8st10	8st9
3	8st9	8st8
4	8st8	8st9
5	8st6	8st9
6	8st8	8st7
7	8st8	8st9
8	8st9	8st8
9	8st8
10

Friday 3rd May (Week 8)

After promising myself that I would go out of my way and try and at least get my lb weight into the double figures by today (Friday) it looks like I have failed at this!

Like I have said before the whole point of this diary is to try and help me put on weight and if everything had gone to plan then about now I would be going on about how I am 9st 8 and near enough completing the diary on a positive note.

Sadly this has not happened, and instead I will not even reach a weight that I had been for the better part of five years.

People have commented before that they wish that they could eat the amount of junk food that I eat and still be slim. Trust me they really don't.

The Media in general plays upon people who think they are fat with 'Weight loss' this and 'Slim yourself' that making people (especially women) paranoid that they have to conform to the stereotype that beauty is thin. It's like the Go-Go's sing "Throw me a curve not a straight narrow line" Throw me a curve (2001).

What I'd like to see for once is an "Eat yourself fat" column or a How to gain one stone in eight weeks but the closest thing I have seen to anything like this has been this column.

When I started writing this column part of the incentive to write it was to be different and I hoped that it would work and I would put on weight (I quite fancy myself as a weight gain guru).

I just hope that in the next two weeks that I can at least come close to nine stone.

Friday 26th April (Week 7)

What a week! One lb in seven days, if you can even call it that! All the good intentions that I had to try and make it up to 10 stone in 10 weeks are gone and I doubt I'll even make it up to 9 stone!

I did start to jog at the start of the week, but my good intentions came to an end when the weather turned! Call me a 'wuss' but I hate cold weather!!!!

My alcohol intake was down, but my coke (the drink) intake was up! Like I have said before the more coke I drink the less I eat! The more work I do the less I eat the more I drink! I did this all through University yet never lost any weight, so I can't understand why I am now!

Hopefully next week there will be a different figure in the column in the right but I doubt it!

Friday 19th April (Week 6)

What a joke!!!! Not only has this been a bad week for me in general, but to loose weight! I am sorry but what am I doing wrong....oh yeah not eating!

To start the week on 8 stone 8 and end it on 8 stone 7 is just not funny any more!

I'll admit that it is my own fault, but, I am trying to eat more! The only problem is I burn off energy fast and like I have explained in previous diary entries, long hours overtime are of no help!

Next week my intended Friday weigh in I hope to be 8 stone 11, but with 52 hours at the certain Supermarket in which I am currently employed, I do not think that this will be possible, and I am not going to McDonalds again, as their food is just too salty.

My mission for the forthcoming week is to cut down on foods with a high sugar count and drink milk when I feel like a coke!

If I can keep to this then I might just stand a chance!

 

Friday 12th April (Week 5)

My good intentions of exercising and pigging out want sort of to plan! sort of as in I did buy allot of junk food on Monday from Tescos and I did do some jogging!

Okay, the truth, The jogging was because I had to walk home from work while my car was being repaired, and I had to run back to the garage to pick it up! Seven miles altogether, and I was in so much pain that I have not ran since Wednesday, although my legs are still in some pain!

I did try to pig out, but, for the £20 that I spent on chocolate bars, nachos and the like, I have put on 3lb since Monday, yet I am still the same weight as this time last week!

I went to McDonalds for the first time this year! The food is still as crap and salty as ever!

Next week I intend to drink less and eat more, if I can!

Friday 5th April (Week 4)

One pound in one week! Now that is bad! By this point I thought I would have at least reached the 9st marker, sadly this was not meant to be!

Ten stone is now out of the question, and the way things are going, I think that even reaching 9 stone is a near impossibility, which is very annoying as for the better part of the past 5 years I have average at around 9 stone 3.

If there is ever an argument for me not to do overtime at work then this would be it! The staff canteen hardly caters for vegetarian. It reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons in which Lisa turns Vegetarian and when she asks for a suitable vegetarian alternative she is offered a bun which is "full of bunly goodness".

Not that I would actually eat anything cooked in the canteen as I am sure that you could not guarantee anything cooked has not came into contact with meat preparation utensils!

As for McDonalds, I spent a year going there and I cannot look at their fries and doughnuts without feeling sick!

On the bright side I was able to pig out while watching Moulin Rouge and working on this site. It's weird I eat more when I am working on my PC than I do when I am doing physical work (probably because I have no morons hassling me)!

My plan for next week is to buy heap big loads of junk food on Monday and start jogging!

Friday, 29th March (week 3)

Just when I thought that I couldn't loose any more weight....surprise, I am now the lowest that I have weighed in seven years at a mere 8 stone 6!

Now the idea of the weight gain dairy was an attempt to try and put on weight, but instead I am loosing it!

Okay, this week it is my fault! When I get depressed or angry I tend to drink more (coke) and eat less.

My best day was Wednesday when I pigged out on Nachos and Popcorn thanks to my Jay and Silent Bob DVD arriving and seeing Ice Age at the cinema.

My worst day was Thursday when I was on my "What am I doing with my life/I can't believe I am still at ASDA downer". On days like this I should be sponsored by Coca-Cola as it would save me no end of money!

I am getting a little frustrated the way in which other people when they feel down they comfort eat, why does my body have to react by eating less!!!! Add this to a fast metabolism and I am well and truly screwed.

I think nine stone in ten weeks is a more realistic target to aim for!

Friday 22nd March (week 2)

When I weighed myself this morning I was 2lbs lighter than I was last week. Maybe I should alter this page to a weight loss diary as I think I might have more chance at reaching a set target of 8 stone in 5 weeks as opposed to 10 stone in ten weeks!

All joking aside I cannot work out how I lost weight when I continue to eat on a pretty regular basis. Okay it might not be as regular as most but for me it is as good as I can get.

Now a lot of people have blamed my being underweight on my vegetarianism. Now this is a load of crap, as I was underweight before I became vegetarian 11 years ago and I am still underweight now.

Next week my aim is to reach 8st10/11 and may I might stand a chance of reaching 9st by the fifth week!

Friday, 15th March (week 1)

After reaching the least that I have weighed in the past five years (last week), I have decided to write this on-line diary!

Being off of work for the past week has helped me to put on 4lbs, but whether or not I can keep it will be interesting!

I have decide to put in biweekly weigh in because due to working weekends, I tend to eat even less and I want to give an accurate reading!

It's weird, even when I was at University, which is a lot more stressful than working in retail, I was always able to remain over 9st (usually around 9st3), so coming down by this much in essence in the past few weeks is a bit in the weird side!

I don't smoke, I occasionally drink so the only reasons I can see for the rapid weight decline are:

a) Some people eat when they are depressed, I am the opposite,

b) I just don't like eating!

c) The real reason I think, excess Coca-Cola, and pro-plus (caffeine-tablets) to keep me going through the average 53 hour weeks that I have been putting in at a certain supermarket! Last week I was taking pro-plus not only to keep me awake, but to keep my brain active (shop-floor work is the most mind-numbing work possible)!

This week I have not needed to rely on pro-plus and my Coca-Cola (sorry to advertise, but Pepsi tastes vile) intake is down to an average 5 a day!

Food wise, I have been bingeing on Pizzas(Goodfellas and Sainsburys own), Nachos (ASDA/Tescos), Microwave Popcorn, pasta, Shredded Wheat, ice Krispies as well as selected Vegetarian products from Tescos range!

Now this might not seem like much, but, for me, it's good for me!

When I return to work on Monday that will be the real test!