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Fonud earlier today:

34.5 miles per gallon

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Last weekend, an old friend came visiting. He’s severely allergic to gluten, milk, wheat, etc., so getting food in was a bit of an issue. Whilst he was with us, we were talking about allergies and whatnot, and I mentioned that my GP had said lactose intolerance may lead to my snoring, which is keep both my wife and I awake. He also said I could do with losing some weight, but I’m not about to take that advice from someone fatter than I am

In a nutshell, I’m going dairy-free for a couple of weeks and see what difference it makes to my snoring and overall health. I’m currently using Lactofree for my milk, and it’s not too bad. I did use a soy “milk”, but it’s quite sweet - and that’s from someone who has a sweet tooth.

The biggest drawback is the total lack of dairy - no cheese (argh! no cheesecake!), no yoghurt, no tuna and mayonnaise, no Cadbury’s milk chocolate… On the plus side, I’m increasing my meat intake (no jokes, please) and looking around for new and different foodstuffs, which is always interesting. On the down side, I’m amazed how expensive the “alternative” foods are - I guess the manufacturers have the genuine sufferers over a barrel.

Also, there appears to be a weight benefit, seeing as I’ve lost a couple of pounds from the weekend. That is a little concerning, as you’re only meant to lose one - two pounds a week healthily, although I did gorge somewhat on peanut M & Ms at the cinema on Saturday night

Anyway, I’ll keep posting progress and what have you as I go along, and see how I feel at the end of the two weeks…

Today, whilst taking my son to Kumon (thanks, Government education!) in the local sports centre, I saw two large-ish ladies waiting for a lift.

It was to go up one floor to their Weight Watchers class… I don’t have the words

So, 300 opened this weekend in the US, garnering a huge take ($70 million) for its opening weekend; we’ll see how it holds up after next weekend. Personally, I’m looking forward to seeing it when it comes out in the UK (March 22nd), should be a blast.

If you’ve had your head buried in the sand for the last couple of months, 300 tells the story of the battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans (plus maybe some other helpers ;-)) held of Xerxes advancing army. How big an army? Well, let’s just say the odds weren’t even, as estimates for the attacking army range between 100,000 and one meeeellleeeeon. Shot Sin City style (blue screen, digital effects), the look of the film is very stylised.

Anyhoo, the point of this post is to direct you to a vid of the training regime followed by the actors to get in shape. It looks rather punishing, and probably is, but it’s rather inspirational I’m off for a run tomorrow morning, honest! The link takes you to Josh Hillis’ Fat Loss and Fitness Articles (something that’s just made it onto my del.icio.us links), I’ll be looking round the rest of the site later.

Edit: Josh has more on the “300 workout”, basically how to do it. Enjoy!