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Hey all,
some of the older folks on here may remember me from quite a good thread on the old gym rats section. It started out as me desperately asking about weight loss tablets because a child, on a very busy commuter-time bus said out loud that I was the farthest person they’d ever seen. It turned into a discussion about my diet, what I should and shouldn’t eat and then more just me posting updates and stuff.
Basically I spent like 3.5 years dieting, gave up cigs and gym going and went from 26st down to 12st10. Congratulations me, once in a lifetime weight loss some might say!
Well it was pretty short lived actually. Within a year of that, I became very ill. Had an operation to remove a gall bladder that was about to burst...spent 3 days in hospital as I starting bleeding out in the op...had a tumour removed...under went a lot of chemo...developed a really rare autoimmune disorder...6 years of steroids...pretty much spent time in every NDAID and DMARD you can name...hit a peak of 96 tablets a week....went through 3 jobs...discovered I have a chromosomal abnormality...broke my foot, which has never healed right...my brother in law killed himself...had a complete mental breakdown. Not necessarily all in that order.
Anyway. it’s all behind me now. I’ve basically been left with osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, weakened muscles, leg neuropathy and I’m probably about 23st summat.
I need to start again but I don’t know where or even how. It feels like an immense mountain to climb that’s even bigger than the first! One thing I am pretty sure on is I made mistakes last time - I got silly-thin for my height (6’1) need a bit of beef this time, I need to watch what I’m eating better as I practically got to a point where I wouldn’t eat all day sometimes.
I don’t even know why I’m here really...just wanted to let it know I’m making a stand I guess!
some of the older folks on here may remember me from quite a good thread on the old gym rats section. It started out as me desperately asking about weight loss tablets because a child, on a very busy commuter-time bus said out loud that I was the farthest person they’d ever seen. It turned into a discussion about my diet, what I should and shouldn’t eat and then more just me posting updates and stuff.
Basically I spent like 3.5 years dieting, gave up cigs and gym going and went from 26st down to 12st10. Congratulations me, once in a lifetime weight loss some might say!
Well it was pretty short lived actually. Within a year of that, I became very ill. Had an operation to remove a gall bladder that was about to burst...spent 3 days in hospital as I starting bleeding out in the op...had a tumour removed...under went a lot of chemo...developed a really rare autoimmune disorder...6 years of steroids...pretty much spent time in every NDAID and DMARD you can name...hit a peak of 96 tablets a week....went through 3 jobs...discovered I have a chromosomal abnormality...broke my foot, which has never healed right...my brother in law killed himself...had a complete mental breakdown. Not necessarily all in that order.
Anyway. it’s all behind me now. I’ve basically been left with osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, weakened muscles, leg neuropathy and I’m probably about 23st summat.
I need to start again but I don’t know where or even how. It feels like an immense mountain to climb that’s even bigger than the first! One thing I am pretty sure on is I made mistakes last time - I got silly-thin for my height (6’1) need a bit of beef this time, I need to watch what I’m eating better as I practically got to a point where I wouldn’t eat all day sometimes.
I don’t even know why I’m here really...just wanted to let it know I’m making a stand I guess!
