A Brand New Start

A Brand New Start

Mar 23

Ok like a million people before me and I’m sure another million after me and indeed in keeping with my own pattern i fell off theight loss wagon.  However over the last few weeks i have felt that the time was now here for getting back on it.

I believe that if i want to be healthy and have the energyto run a business, enjoy holidays as  a healthy social life then it must start with my own body.  To that end it is time to restarts and get on with it and stop making excuses.

Today was the first time that the scales were used since the start of the year.  Weighing in at 22 stone 2lb was a reasonably pleasant surprise.  That is some 310lbs, so it is not ideal but in all honesty the expectation was for a lot worse so in that sense it was a surprise.

I guess my first aim will be for a proper check in over this weekend after a beer session tonight which will be my last for some tiFeel free to use the comments to call me names or offer encouragement, both of which are needed.  If you want to join me in this journey and use thisis as therapy or reporting for yourself then feel free, its not exactly a weight loss forum but maybe it will help.

I will be using MyFitnessPal again to monitor my intake and measurements as well as posting them here on a regular basis.

 

 

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What happens when you forget to diet

What happens when you forget to diet

Sep 27

Forgive me, It has been about 4 months since my last confession!

Of course since then i have done nothing to improve my health and well being at all, in fact i seem to have been on some kind of mission to make it even worse, all of that of course is quite depressing in itself but not as depressing as cancelling the holiday that was booked for October for a variety of reasons.  That is not to blame for my lack of weight loss, that is just me!!

A New Start

I hear the cries already “oh c’mon”, I know, I know ok. I’m sure we have all been there many times and it never seems like a good thing to do, a new start means forgetting your failure and probably not learning from it but I am still going down the new start route as there was many things wrong with my last start it seems.
Currently I am at the same point when i started all those months ago

23 stone 11 lbs

333 lbs

151.4 Kg

there it is for all to see in your chosen units of measurement! That is a big man by anyones standard and standing at just 5 feet 10 inches (178 cms) makes that weight even more of a ridiculous figure. At some poin i will try to post some pictures so I can visually see the changes in measurements as well.

Health effects of too much weight

the effects of being overweight

picture credit - almostdyingwithlaughter.blogspot.com

Well for me it os obvious that I am at the limit of what my body can actually take, i can just about reach the floor while standing up, i can make it upstairs etc and can just still cut my own toenails. However all of these activities leave me in no doubt that im at the limit, i can do all of them but only just, I waddle the fat man walk when i walk and the slightest exertion has me needing a sit down.
My life as yet is not limited by the weight other than my election not to do things because of embarrassment or percieved inability, however make no mistake I genuinely believe that another 6lbs would change all that and i would become ill.

In summary I am starting this project again, on pretty much the same terms as before, however with a renewed sense of purpose. Tomorrow i will post my first set of measurements and discuss my weight loss goals and tactics for getting there. If you are overweight and find some inspiration in these pages then I’m delighted, essentially this blog is a pet project and my own declaration of intent, however I would be delighted to hear comments on anything i post if you feel the need to encourage me, call me names, give me bits of advice etc. but please don’t spam my comments with your affiliate links to ‘fat loss 4 idiots’ or some such other crackpot diet, if you want a link from my blog it won’t be a problem, just contact me and ask but only if your content is non commercial or your product is really good.

JOIN ME

Im especially interested to hear from anyone who wants to start their own weght loss journey and would like to team up for moral support and encouragement etc, nothing formal, just keeping in touch, giving each other a boost and making sure we follow through on our commitments. I dont care what age or sex you are, where your come from or how old you are, just give me a call out via the comments or email me at fatty@thisdomain. I would love to hear from potential weight loss buddies.
Fatty

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