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For 10 years now I have been rather overweight and in recent years I have been at my heaviest which would be at high end of 19 stone It all started with a break up with a girl in my teens and it has gone downhill since then.
My main downfall has always been junk food and takeaways. The biggest culprit would have to be soft drinks I could have easily drunk 3 or 4 litres of coke in a day no problem. When it comes to making dinner I would just find it easier to go down to the local Chinese or chip shop and spent my money there. Which could happen a couple of times a week which aside from being bad for my body is not kind on the wallet.
This time last year I got myself some Withings scales, Fitbit and a decent pair of walking shoes and for maybe a month to 6 weeks I had stopped drinking soft drinks and moved to Pepsi Max and water and tried to go for a 35 mins walk at least 4 times a week and in that period I dropped about a stone which brought my down to 18 stone I was loving life. My diet wasn’t bad either I was eating rice and chicken breast and some count on us meals from M&S not amazing but still better than what it was. Then I hurt my foot and everything grounded to a halt and that was it back to my old ways.
About 3 months ago I joined the local PureGym to try and kickstart my ass back into gear and while during this period I tried to go twice a week some weeks I only went once and then just stopped going altogether. I did feel getting a bit fitter when doing cardio but no real weight loss happened during this time. But honestly my diet was still awful after doing a good cardio session in the gym and feeling like I could take on the world I would go to the local shop pick up a Lucozade and a packet of sweets and stuff my face.
Since then the weight has crept back on as of this morning according to my scales I am 19st’3. The past few days I have cut down significantly on soft drinks once again have only had 1 can of coke in the past 48 hours and I am planning to go for a short walk this evening. I am going to try this journey once more and see if I can do any better this time
I have no long term goal but I do have a holiday planned for the end of October time and I would love to be in 17 stone range by that time. I miss having been able to buy what I want in the way of clothes. I am now an XXL is now my size and 42 to 44 waist jeans and honestly, a lot of the brand names don’t go that and high in sizes. And the saddest part of this whole post I want to get the ladies to notice me once again.
In short I just need some advice on what I can do to try and make my changes permanent this time maybe some advice from people who have been in the same boat as me and what they did to succeed!
Age: 25
Height: 6ft 3
Weight: 19st 3lbs
My main downfall has always been junk food and takeaways. The biggest culprit would have to be soft drinks I could have easily drunk 3 or 4 litres of coke in a day no problem. When it comes to making dinner I would just find it easier to go down to the local Chinese or chip shop and spent my money there. Which could happen a couple of times a week which aside from being bad for my body is not kind on the wallet.
This time last year I got myself some Withings scales, Fitbit and a decent pair of walking shoes and for maybe a month to 6 weeks I had stopped drinking soft drinks and moved to Pepsi Max and water and tried to go for a 35 mins walk at least 4 times a week and in that period I dropped about a stone which brought my down to 18 stone I was loving life. My diet wasn’t bad either I was eating rice and chicken breast and some count on us meals from M&S not amazing but still better than what it was. Then I hurt my foot and everything grounded to a halt and that was it back to my old ways.
About 3 months ago I joined the local PureGym to try and kickstart my ass back into gear and while during this period I tried to go twice a week some weeks I only went once and then just stopped going altogether. I did feel getting a bit fitter when doing cardio but no real weight loss happened during this time. But honestly my diet was still awful after doing a good cardio session in the gym and feeling like I could take on the world I would go to the local shop pick up a Lucozade and a packet of sweets and stuff my face.
Since then the weight has crept back on as of this morning according to my scales I am 19st’3. The past few days I have cut down significantly on soft drinks once again have only had 1 can of coke in the past 48 hours and I am planning to go for a short walk this evening. I am going to try this journey once more and see if I can do any better this time
I have no long term goal but I do have a holiday planned for the end of October time and I would love to be in 17 stone range by that time. I miss having been able to buy what I want in the way of clothes. I am now an XXL is now my size and 42 to 44 waist jeans and honestly, a lot of the brand names don’t go that and high in sizes. And the saddest part of this whole post I want to get the ladies to notice me once again.
In short I just need some advice on what I can do to try and make my changes permanent this time maybe some advice from people who have been in the same boat as me and what they did to succeed!
Age: 25
Height: 6ft 3
Weight: 19st 3lbs