Thanks for the support everyone
decided to go out on my bike yesterday since I couldn't really walk. Much harder than I remember! Now my bum bones are bruised so that's the bike out of the window for a few days. Oh well. No pain no gain
ive also cut bread out of my diet pretty much completely which I never thought I'd be able to do. For example where I used to have a tuna sandwich, instead I'll have two tins of tuna but no bread, mix in an onion and a little bit of salad cream instead of mayo and I'm stuffed for less than 400 calories. I've also taken to eating a lot of chicken pieces usually with cherry tomatoes, or a packet of ham with cherry tomatoes as it's still nice and filling and not too many calories and lots of protein which is good for my muscles since they are getting a bit of use for a change.
cherry tomatoes and mushrooms are great, they are both tasty and one or the other go with most things. you can eat pretty much as many as you want at less than 20 cals per 100g. If I need a snack it's usually an apple or banana, although I did have a crunchie last night as my wife had bought a multipack and I'd only had about 1200 cals all day so it didn't feel too naughty. I've never taken so long eating a chocolate bar in my life. I nibbled away at it and it felt like a real treat
also enquiried with one of my friends about going to the gym and using a personal trainer he knows aswell, didn't think I'd be doing that until I'd lost another 5 stone or so but the time feels right so I'm gonna just do it. So what if people look at me thinking I'm so overweight I'll only go a few times before I quit. It will be nice to gradually prove them wrong and let them see the new fitter slimmer me taking shape. Not that I really think that's what most people think, and I've never really been one to much care if other people think negatively about me really but I know a lot of people that are overweight would be put off going to the gym by what they think other people will think about them.
I've been overweight since I was in junior school and I think if you asked most people if they thought if ever lose my weight they would probably guess that I wouldn't. I'm so looking forward to bumping into people and them not recognising me. I'm 100% convinced this is the time I do it, I'm so motivated, I've never felt close to being this determined about anything in my life. My two year old son will be starting school in a couple of years and it would break my heart to think he was being teased about my weight.
Sorry for for the long rambling post people, just most of my posts upto now have been short but sweet, but the more I lose, the happier I am to open up a bit I suppose.
Anyway, thanks for following my thread everyone, I know how inspiring some of the threads I read at the beginning of my weight loss were and I hope my by the time I've lost my weight my thread will help others like others helped me.
