Nomorechips
Member
Well, hello everyone.
I have been lurking on a few weight loss sites and you lot seem a friendly bunch so I thought I'd join and give it a go.
About me - I'm male, 36, and a few days ago I stepped on the scales and gave myself the fright of my life when I topped 16 stones for the first time ever.
I'm not quite sure how this happened. Until my mid-20s I was fairly thin but over the last 10 years I have just bloated. I don't think I eat too badly but my main problems are a desk based job, a dislike of excerise and a fondness of beer.
I was fairly successful a few years ago on Atkins (when it was all the rage) when I lost about 20lbs in a few months - but soon returned to old habits (mainly the beer!) and put all of the lost weight back on again, and more.
I do find that Low Carb really helps me in the short term. Cutting out the beer, spuds, rice, bread and pasta works with me but I do find the diet boring, rather expensive and difficult to maintain so I suppose I'm looking for ideas and support on going that bit further.
My plan: cut down on the carbs (at least for the first month), get more active and stop the beer drinking (that's the hardest part!). Ideally, I'd like to get down from 16 to 12st but an interim goal would be 14st, which is where I was a few years ago.
So, here goes...
I have been lurking on a few weight loss sites and you lot seem a friendly bunch so I thought I'd join and give it a go.
About me - I'm male, 36, and a few days ago I stepped on the scales and gave myself the fright of my life when I topped 16 stones for the first time ever.
I'm not quite sure how this happened. Until my mid-20s I was fairly thin but over the last 10 years I have just bloated. I don't think I eat too badly but my main problems are a desk based job, a dislike of excerise and a fondness of beer.
I was fairly successful a few years ago on Atkins (when it was all the rage) when I lost about 20lbs in a few months - but soon returned to old habits (mainly the beer!) and put all of the lost weight back on again, and more.
I do find that Low Carb really helps me in the short term. Cutting out the beer, spuds, rice, bread and pasta works with me but I do find the diet boring, rather expensive and difficult to maintain so I suppose I'm looking for ideas and support on going that bit further.
My plan: cut down on the carbs (at least for the first month), get more active and stop the beer drinking (that's the hardest part!). Ideally, I'd like to get down from 16 to 12st but an interim goal would be 14st, which is where I was a few years ago.
So, here goes...
You'll find as much support as you can get here!
