I was thinking about the "deflator" text and I get the argument that it's a silly explanation. The thing is, it's not impossible that he could have honestly meant it for weight loss. It's not extremely common, but there are enough weight loss sites that use the term that it's possible that he was telling the truth.
If he had called himself "Mr. 11.5" instead and the explanation was that he was trying to get in better shape and reduce his body fat percentage to 11.5%, I don't think anyone would believe that. The deflate/weight loss explanation, though, people don't have to like it and people may not hear that very often, but it's not an impossible explanation.