Hi everyone, I have just come to the point that enough is enough, time to do something about it. I am 5’ 5” male and weigh 14 st. Was always active in my younger life , lots of football , golf etc . Due to injuries had to give most up and thats when the weight started to pile on.
So really fed up looking and feeling sh*te all the time . I started mountain bike riding a couple of year back which i am still doing but it doesn’t seem to shift the flab, so have to try sort out my eating , hoping for some pointers and encouragement along the way .
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You're not "wee"! I'm 4t 9" so you're a GIANT next to me!
I also started my weight loss journey at 14 stone - 5 and a half years ago. I was 49 years old and had been trying to lose weight all of my life since the age of 9.
I started my journey at the end of February 2012, and managed to lose 4.5 stone in 2 and a half years through calorie counting and logging/weighing all of my food.
Then re-gained some, lost some again and have now managed to more or less maintain for the past 6 months.
BUT... ideally I would love to drop another stone and maintain there.
I have a disability which makes exercise difficult, but the one thing that I realise very early on in my journey was that I was just eating FAR TOO MUCH! I was a short, middle aged, sedentary female and I was eating the same as 5ft 9" active man (my now husband!).
No wonder I was piling on the weight!
You'll be well looked after here - lots of support, food ideas and encouragement to keep you on the straight and narrow....
Here are a few of my past posts which I hope you will find helpful and inspiring. I won't try and tell you that my journey was easy - and you'll see that there were many blips along the way, but 5 years down the line, I feel about 20 years younger than I did when I was lugging around 4 stone more.
Please do pop back to the forums and share your journey with us - we are here for you, day and night and happy to share your success or support you when you need it.
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I'm 4t 9" so you're a GIANT next to me!
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