Hi All!
Brand new here, so, I'm gonna put myself out there and tell you my goals, what's happened and various other bits. My story has many ups and downs, but, I hope it can help inspire and also support me!
I'm 30. A male. I am 6ft 2 and I weigh, whilst writing this, a whopping, 24 stone 1.6 lbs (it even looks bad typing it) .. although, I am quite fortunate, because of my height, I carry it off quite well, but you can still tell I'm obviously overweight (putting it lightly .. ironically)
Let's rewind a bit.
I was always overweight in school and the thing is, I know why. I don't have excuses and I'd never want to put up excuses. I was an active kid, but my GOD...my appetite was that of an ogre. I'd demolish anything in sight .. and this sadly, put me at 26 stone when I was around 16-18. However, I never had the social stigma, in fact, my childhood was great and I was rarely teased with such a good network of friends, so maybe that's why I didn't perceive my weight to be an issue at the time?
I found a girl and decided I'd start a new life in the countryside (hated the city) and, did really well, however, I noticed when leaving my 'network' that I felt a little alienated by people ... maybe because I was out of my comfort zone with the move? ... Then, one evening, everything changed.
In town, I took my girlfriend to a restaurant, Prezzo's actually and there was a teenage party at the time. I'm 20 at this point and my weight is around 26 stone 2 lbs and, low and behold, someone cracked a joke from the party. Now, normally, words don't get to me, but these cut like a knife. They didn't say it directly to me, but one sneered 'he won't see 30 the fat ****' ... my heart sank. I put down the food I was eating and sat quietly, told my girlfriend I wasn't hungry and just pondered.
I got home. This was it. I was going to make a change. I won't go into the specifics or, this post will be around 2.3 million words, but I found a VLCD (not Exante) and started. I lost 10 stone, 4lbs in 7 months. I was ecstatic.
Since then, I have been in and out of relationships and it didn't take long for me to fall into a whirlwind of comfort eating and, I developed a wicked illness. Anxiety. Not just any type, but social and general anxiety. Meaning, leaving my house would make me petrified. What would people think? It really bothered me.
I discovered Exante recently and have got over the anxiety (it was gruelling, but I found ways that helped me personally and its changed my life).
Single, 30 years old, it's time to get back to the old me. I have a business, I have good friends and now I want my health back.
CUE .. Exante.
As I am writing this, I am on my second day. My start weight was 24 stone 4lbs and in one day, I have dropped to 24 stone 1.6 lbs (I know, the water weight etc) ..
I have walked 8 miles in two days culminating 22,485 steps and, I feel great.
On top of this, I haven't smoked or drank alcohol since new year and I'm hoping, I am back on the way to a happier me.
So, each day, I will post with an update of how its going (along with any funny things that can humor you along the way)
It's gonna be emotional.
Keep on rollin'
Sublimity x
Brand new here, so, I'm gonna put myself out there and tell you my goals, what's happened and various other bits. My story has many ups and downs, but, I hope it can help inspire and also support me!
I'm 30. A male. I am 6ft 2 and I weigh, whilst writing this, a whopping, 24 stone 1.6 lbs (it even looks bad typing it) .. although, I am quite fortunate, because of my height, I carry it off quite well, but you can still tell I'm obviously overweight (putting it lightly .. ironically)
Let's rewind a bit.
I was always overweight in school and the thing is, I know why. I don't have excuses and I'd never want to put up excuses. I was an active kid, but my GOD...my appetite was that of an ogre. I'd demolish anything in sight .. and this sadly, put me at 26 stone when I was around 16-18. However, I never had the social stigma, in fact, my childhood was great and I was rarely teased with such a good network of friends, so maybe that's why I didn't perceive my weight to be an issue at the time?
I found a girl and decided I'd start a new life in the countryside (hated the city) and, did really well, however, I noticed when leaving my 'network' that I felt a little alienated by people ... maybe because I was out of my comfort zone with the move? ... Then, one evening, everything changed.
In town, I took my girlfriend to a restaurant, Prezzo's actually and there was a teenage party at the time. I'm 20 at this point and my weight is around 26 stone 2 lbs and, low and behold, someone cracked a joke from the party. Now, normally, words don't get to me, but these cut like a knife. They didn't say it directly to me, but one sneered 'he won't see 30 the fat ****' ... my heart sank. I put down the food I was eating and sat quietly, told my girlfriend I wasn't hungry and just pondered.
I got home. This was it. I was going to make a change. I won't go into the specifics or, this post will be around 2.3 million words, but I found a VLCD (not Exante) and started. I lost 10 stone, 4lbs in 7 months. I was ecstatic.
Since then, I have been in and out of relationships and it didn't take long for me to fall into a whirlwind of comfort eating and, I developed a wicked illness. Anxiety. Not just any type, but social and general anxiety. Meaning, leaving my house would make me petrified. What would people think? It really bothered me.
I discovered Exante recently and have got over the anxiety (it was gruelling, but I found ways that helped me personally and its changed my life).
Single, 30 years old, it's time to get back to the old me. I have a business, I have good friends and now I want my health back.
CUE .. Exante.
As I am writing this, I am on my second day. My start weight was 24 stone 4lbs and in one day, I have dropped to 24 stone 1.6 lbs (I know, the water weight etc) ..
I have walked 8 miles in two days culminating 22,485 steps and, I feel great.
On top of this, I haven't smoked or drank alcohol since new year and I'm hoping, I am back on the way to a happier me.
So, each day, I will post with an update of how its going (along with any funny things that can humor you along the way)
It's gonna be emotional.
Keep on rollin'
Sublimity x
