Hi all,
I’ve been doubtful about writing the following, even now I’m not 100% sure. And that’s only due to the short time I’ve managed to spend around here, W6 only, not long enough to play smart. Anyway, here I am.
I am a 40yo male, 1.69 cm height. Pretty fit in my younger years, up to 26yo, then I’ve bigger until 31-32yo (as big as 83kg), got back to 75kg with some diet and lots of walks within the next two years. And since then I’ve got on saving mode, until January 2019 when the scale read out was 97.9kg. Bit less than 0.1 tons. Never been so scared in my entire life. I dug a little deeper, and my BMI was 35+.
Absolutely convinced I couldn’t carry on the same way on a long term, and based on previous experience (going down from 83kg is not too difficult at 30yo, 10 years later the story differs dramatically), I stood and had a long thought giving various answers (all honest) to the same question ‘what makes me fat?’. Few answers were there and made the game changer: sugar, bad fat and the wide range of furniture items stuck to my back. Starting 15th of January, my diet had 0 sugar, 0 bad fat (or whatever I think of as being bad fat), and almost 0 alcohol (had two glasses of red wine). 0 sugar - before January a day without 3 Mars/Snickers bars, jumbo pack of biscuits, ice cream and as many lovely chocolate cupcakes would not have been day worth living. Bad fat - leaving work at 3 or 4pm I would have stopped to my favourite fast food for a 1800+ calories meal as the first of the day, and chocolate straight after, and some barbecue in the evening with some drinks; and again next day and so on. Nothing close to that after January 2019. By the end of March I was already at 80kg, but bored of hummus, thins and lettuce, and looking for something new. And C25K came up, joined the program, got absolutely enthusiastic about it, starting two weeks ago I stopped smoking (and I will take no credit for that on a personal level, I quit due to my desire of going ahead with the running routine, but more important, due to the fantastic support I found on this very forum). Earlier today the scale read out was 76.7kg.
Time to make a point. C25K is not a joke. One can get hurt, or disappointed. Or could get fun and change an entire life. It’s all attitude, mindset.
For the ones starting today, your first run should not be W1R1, but the FAQ posts on this forum. I did read them by my W2R2, I really wanted to had red much earlier. Go slow, and listen to your body, stay safe. Wear good quality shoes, jacket will come after.
For the ones looking just to lose weight, the answer is not C25K. Find your answer in your own plate, or in your shopping basket, and then hit your knees and hate yourself for going too fast, too soon.
Thank you.
Keep safe and Happy runs!
Why did I start this?
\"It's like that, and that's the way it is\"
Where there is a will there's a way!
Everyone else is as obsessive right? Right? 
