remember this expression in deep in
deep that is what I mean over the
past few months I've become fat
so I'm now ah a
exactly so recently I told my friend or
I put on a bet with my friend I have to
lose 10 kilograms in ten weeks do you
think I can lose 10 kilograms of
siblings and oh come on can I
can I can I lose take it ago - oh yeah
yeah yeah you should keep running keep
running
Ivan even started yeah the pan is often
regarded as one of the healthiest
nations on earth after all this is the
country where experts were able to fuse
health and fitness with language
learning to create a comprehensive
educational solution I have a bad case
of diarrhea I have a bad case of
diarrhea I have a bad case of diarrhea I
have a bad case of diarrhea but walk
down the street in Japan and you'll
seldom see an overweight person
especially compared to North America and
Europe the level of fitness here is
pretty impressive and of course as well
as having one of the longest life
expectancies Japanese people also have
one of the lowest obesity rates in the
whole of the industrialized world and I
was hoping when I came here some of that
healthy Fitness magic would rub off on
me except it really didn't because not
only have I put 7 centimeters around my
waist in the past 12 months but I also
received a damning health report from
the annual staff health screening which
said in no uncertain terms oh dear
but where did it all go wrong well
firstly my kitchen is practically
non-existent I mean you know you're in
the when you have to permanently
keep your ironing board up as valuable
prepping space for your gourmet dinners
arguably my biggest downfall came at the
discovery of what might be the world's
greatest food let me paint a picture for
you imagine KFC but better cheaper and
on every other street in Japan that is
the miracle that is Family Mart fried
chicken and so good was the chicken that
last year I took part in a speech
contest for non-native speakers of
Japanese and wrote an entire ten-minute
speech on my love and subsequent
addiction to Family Mart fried chicken
the only problem was I forgot my speech
because I was too busy thinking about
about Family Mart fried chicken and so
two weeks ago no song I made a bet with
a friend that I would lose 10 kilograms
in ten weeks now basic maths tells us
that is one kilogram a week and should I
succeed he will give me ten thousand ten
thousand N and if I fail I'll have to
give him ten thousand men and whilst
being harassed by everyone over the past
six months about my weight is annoying
the thought of losing ten thousand M is
just simply unthinkable after all that's
enough money to buy about 80 pieces a
family mart fried chicken which is
exactly what I'll probably spend that
money on come September if I succeed and
so alongside the usual random episodes
I'm starting this 10 week series to
chart my magical epic weight loss or
incredible failure hopefully the first
one with the hope that having people
watch along will somehow motivate me and
make make it happen and maybe even
motivate other people to lose weight too
but perhaps even better than all of that
is you'll be able to see real everyday
life in Japan because it would kind of
be like a diary like a diary style
series with exclusive access to Japan's
finest singer-songwriter
and revealing the answers to the
questions everyone's been asking when
Japanese people are in a bad situation
albeit one of danger today I often ask
what would Ken Watanabe do in in this
situation yeah what does I begin
you don't want another chemical the
bastard you don't want to miss any time
oh yeah oh yeah yes that is bad that's
not there unbelievable with regards to
losing weight I haven't really got a
plan yet I don't actually know what to
do although I've been told to try and
eat something called a a salad but
apparently the secret to weight loss is
just to create a calorie deficit which
means to use more calories than you can
sink and that's going to be really easy
that's not difficult was it I mean if I
can create a massive weekly deficit in
my bank balance should be too difficult
to apply the same logic to calories so I
just bought my first my first scales
ever I think it felt bit like the scene
from Indiana Jones when he's picking the
cup the cup of Christ and he goes in and
as those of good cups they're really
really nice cups but he gets the crap
this one that's basically what I've done
there was plenty of good scales in there
that had digital counters on that showed
you your weight your BMI your mum's shoe
size I went for the most simple one
didn't even cost a thousand n tells me
my way and it tells me how much I should
wait so that's good that's one and so
this is it time to measure myself on the
scales see what we're gonna be starting
at
82 kilograms 82 kilograms so I need to
get to 72 kilograms in ten weeks my
problem well it's been a pleasure
knowing you 82 kilograms but afraid it's
time to say goodbye unbelievable one but
this is a guy who bought an airline
company for the purpose of inception
right he charged across a field on the
horse and was mowed down by gatling
cannon and he told Bruce Wayne he was
not ready to lead these men this is a
guy who we can trust this is a guy who
gets things done
right sort of way okay I thought that
begins or not yeah well I think it's
more or less the same thing he's put
it's the same it's the same
you