Crazy People: Quick weight loss methods

We thought we were sorted when we sent out the save the date. A nice montage of photos from our backgrounds - a little bit of India, South Africa, South Korea, Latvia and the US and London, of course.. It then dawned upon us that we needed to get thin fast for this wedding and since I was getting close to no exercise with my long work hours and exhaustive travel schedule, John decided that we should go on a slow long death March. So it was off to a National Park in California - en route to Sequioa to burn off some well entrenched cellulite. John is no softie when it comes to heavy back packs and long hours in the sun. On our first day we hiked about 12 km to our overnight camp only to find a group of noisy Afrikaners (yip Saffies) as neighbours.. It was freezing cold and we did not carry sufficiently warm clothing - part of the quick calorie burning strategy that we decided to pursue.

Along the way, we came across a herd of llamas as where being used a pack-mules for a group who had been hiking for an entire month - an entire month without our creature comforts.. i dont even think that john kim would manage that.. We set up camp around 4pm and started to make dinner.. not fun.. rice-a-roni ( a new experience and unlikely to be a recurring experience in my life) does not boil well at high altitudes least of all in a tiny pot.. but we shared and enjoyed something that was warm.

Good thing i decided to at least bring along a few coffee filter and long life organic milk in small packages to make some good coffee.. and then it was off to bed.. in some super warm sleeping bags and neighbours who decided to play some type of board game that just got louder and louder.. The next morning, we got up early and since it was not the most enjoyable sleep, we decided that neither one of us was keen to spend a second night in the wild and thus began our long walk death march.. 24 km back to the car through some very very cold and windy areas (in shorts..)

All I can say is good thing we started early and even better that we brought some energy bars along and a great purification pump.. We walked fast and stopped for short food breaks.. and finally at 7pm we got to our car... the next day I could hardly walk, a few blood blisters but once we got home the next day (a comfort inn never felt that comfortable before!), my clothes felt looser and my legs felt toned..

The problem was this kind of regimen was too early in the wedding preparation process because whatever weight we lost, we slowly put it pack on by the time of the wedding.