The two Immortals decided they would begin training the boys the next day. Since it was just after lunch, Adam went to research weight loss potions while Duncan was put in charge of getting Harry and Dudley set up to begin their training the next day.
Duncan started out by questioning the two boys about their eating habits, portion sizes and types of food. He also asked about favorite foods and stuff they hated. He was in shock at the diet that Dudley had been put on. Of course the boy wasn't losing any weight. His body was in starvation mode.
Duncan had to explain to Dudley that he wasn't eating enough calories so his body was actually storing everything it did get for emergencies instead of burning it as energy. In the end, Duncan decided that what Dudley really needed was to learn portion control and how to choose a well-balanced meal.
It seemed Harry, on the other hand, would eat just about anything you put in front of him. And considering how his Aunt and Uncle had fed him, that wasn't all that surprising. They wouldn't need to do anything for Harry except make sure he knew it was all right to eat whenever he was hungry and to eat until he was satisfied, even if it meant seconds.
After getting the diet questions taken care of, Duncan decided to take the boys to get proper training gear. While Harry was going to need more then just training gear, Adam and Duncan had both agreed that buying him a wardrobe now would be a waste of money, since they figured he would outgrow everything as his body filled out over the summer.
Each of the boys picked out two pairs of tennis shoes, three sweat suits, two pair of jogging pants and some t-shirts. Harry also got three new pairs of jeans for everyday wear as well as two button-up shirts and a red t-shirt that said 'I'm Magically Delicious' in gold lettering.
The boys were then dragged through the bookstore while groaning at the thought that their training was going to include… gasp homework! Duncan grabbed books for both of the boys on meditation, physical training basics and guidelines, a history of sword fighting, several theory books on different forms of martial arts; he also included books on anatomy, eating healthy and food journals. It was nearing dinnertime, so they headed over to the Farmers Market and picked up some groceries before heading back to the loft over the dojo.
Adam was right; there was a potion to help Dudley lose weight. Dudley would take one tablespoon with every meal, including snacks; combined with healthy eating and exercise, the potion would allow Dudley to lose weight twice as fast as he would otherwise. The limit was that Dudley could only take the potion for twelve weeks total over the course of his lifetime, but since there was only time for ten weeks of training over the summer, hopefully that wouldn't be a problem. Adam figured that by the time Dudley returned to school, his new eating and training habits would help him to continue to at least maintain his weight while he was away.
Duncan had informed his lover that he felt that Dudley needed to lose a total of one hundred and seventy-five pounds before he would be at an acceptable weight for his height and age. Duncan was really glad that their was a potion to help out with the weight loss, although it still meant that Dudley's real training would have to take place the following summer, as most of this summer would be spent on just getting him down to a normal weight. But hopefully, once Dudley got on the right kind of diet, he would lose nearly all the weight he needed to by the end of the summer, with the help of the potion.