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Project 98.9

What happens when a successful man makes the one goal he keeps avoiding public?PROJECT 98.9 is a 36-week documentary in real time following Leigh Stafford as he works towards 98.9kg. But the weight is only the scoreboard. The real story is the gap between knowing what to do and actually showing up, especially when life, work, family, old patterns and the voice negotiating for comfort all push back.Each week, Leigh sits down with co-host Sharkie, the witness willing to challenge the easy story and

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45:42

How to Control Your Inner Beast (Instead of Letting...

Project 98.9 ·

2026/10/09

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.HOW TO CONTROL YOUR INNER BEAST (INSTEAD OF LETTING IT CONTROL YOU) | PROJECT 98.9 EP. 11We all have an inner beast. But knowing when to unleash it — and when to pull it back — is a different story.Eleven episodes into PROJECT 98.9, Leigh and Sharkie explore the idea of “beast mode” and how that same energy can either move you forward or lead you down the wrong path.From getting back into the gym and finding connection through training to

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40:40

Feeling Overwhelmed? How to Focus on What Actually...

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2026/10/02

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.WEEK 8: FEELING OVERWHELMED? HOW TO FOCUS ON WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERS Eight weeks into PROJECT 98.9, Leigh is 6.7kg down and still hitting 89% of his standards. But this week, the biggest challenge wasn’t food or the scales. It was overwhelm. After a massive weekend, family commitments, work and a growing list of things to do, Leigh found himself having one of the worst days he’s had in a long time. The more he tried to get done, the less he

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39:23

My Health Tests Revealed Something I Can’t Ignore |...

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2026/09/25

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.MY HEALTH TESTS REVEALED SOMETHING I CAN’T IGNORE | PROJECT 98.9 EP. 9Nine weeks in, PROJECT 98.9 is going under the bonnet.After finally completing the health tests he’d avoided for years, Leigh sits down with functional medicine practitioner Rick Davids to start unpacking the results.And one area needs attention: his cholesterol markers.Rick walks Leigh through his lipid results, including elevated total cholesterol, LDL and ApoB, and

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43:09

Feeling Overwhelmed? How to Focus on What Actually...

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2026/09/23

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.WEEK 8: FEELING OVERWHELMED? HOW TO FOCUS ON WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERSEight weeks into PROJECT 98.9, Leigh is 6.7kg down and still hitting 89% of his standards.But this week, the biggest challenge wasn’t food or the scales.It was overwhelm.After a massive weekend, family commitments, work and a growing list of things to do, Leigh found himself having one of the worst days he’s had in a long time.The more he tried to get done, the less he actually

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43:11

How to Get Back on Track After a Bad Week | Ep. 7 of...

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2026/09/22

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.EPISODE 7: STOP LOOKING AT HOW FAR YOU HAVE TO GOWeek 7 was Leigh’s worst week of PROJECT 98.9 so far.After weeks of hitting around 85–90% of his standards, this week dropped to roughly 60%.Life got busy. Routine disappeared. Social events stacked up. And the standards started slipping. But instead of only focusing on what went wrong, Leigh tried something different.He looked backwards.In Episode 7, Leigh and Sharkie explore the idea of the

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40:46

How to Stay Consistent When Motivation Is Gone | Ep....

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2026/09/22

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.WEEK 6: THE EXCITEMENT IS GONE. NOW WHAT?Six weeks in, PROJECT 98.9 has hit a very different phase.The excitement of starting has worn off.And Leigh is bored.This week, Leigh and Sharkie unpack what happens when a goal stops feeling new and you’re left with the less exciting part — simply doing the work.For Leigh, that’s shown up as a subtle erosion of his standards. 10,000 steps becomes 9,800 and “close enough.” One chocolate becomes two

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47:51

Why the Stories You Tell Yourself Become Your Reality...

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2026/09/22

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.WEEK 5: THE STORY YOU TELL YOURSELF BECOMES YOUR LIFEWhat happens when a story you’ve carried for years starts shaping the way you live today?Five weeks into PROJECT 98.9, Leigh is beginning to uncover some of the beliefs sitting underneath his old patterns.After a solid week, a few beers, an extra rum and a Mint Slice quickly turn into the familiar voice: “See, you’ve done it again.”But this time, instead of letting that moment derail him,

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41:58

Stop Chasing the Goal. Build the Identity. | Ep. 4 of...

Project 98.9 ·

2026/09/22

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.WEEK 4: BECOME THE PERSON WHO’S ALREADY DONE ITWhat does the version of you who has already achieved the goal actually look like?In Episode 4 of PROJECT 98.9, Leigh and Sharkie move beyond weight, standards and the number on the scale to explore something deeper: identity.After missing a few standards over the weekend, Leigh notices how quickly the old negative self-talk returns. Instead of beating himself up, he starts looking at the man he

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34:49

The Longer You Avoid It, The More It Costs You | Ep....

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2026/09/22

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.WEEK 3: THE BILL FOR AVOIDANCE ALWAYS COMESFor two and a half years, Leigh had health tests sitting there waiting to be done.This week, he finally started getting the answers.In Episode 3 of PROJECT 98.9, Leigh and Sharkie unpack avoidance — why we put off the things we know we need to face, the temporary relief it gives us and the bill that eventually comes with it.Leigh shares the first results from his blood tests and DEXA scan, including

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39:47

How to Stop Chasing Results and Build Better Habits |...

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2026/09/22

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.WEEK 2: THE STANDARD IS THE GOALOne week in, Leigh is down 2.9 kilograms—from 131.5 kg to 128.6 kg.But the number on the scale isn’t the result that matters most.In Week 2 of PROJECT 98.9, Leigh and Mick “Sharkie” unpack the first seven days of the journey and why Leigh is measuring progress differently this time. Of the 49 daily standards available across the week, he hit 46.The conversation explores how standards become habits, why

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23:45

Episode 1 - What is Project 98.9 and why is Leigh...

Project 98.9 ·

2026/08/06

WEEK 1: WHY 98.9?For Leigh Stafford, 99 represented failure. Now, 98.9 represents opportunity.In the first full episode of PROJECT 98.9, Leigh makes public the challenge he has avoided for years: getting below 100 kilograms. But this is not a conventional weight-loss story. Leigh coaches men through performance-based self-worth, avoidance and change, yet privately he has struggled with his own weight, body image and confidence.Now he is giving himself 36 weeks to stop hiding and start rebuilding

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