Welcome to day 1 of this journey, The no bullshit journey to a better lifestyle.
Come Read, Laugh and be Entertained. We don't take ourselves too seriously here!
This is more than a blogI don’t want you to just listen to me witter on, I want to create an open community, get involved, share our stories and get to know one another!
When I say day 1, that’s day 1 of this journey.
It’s actually around day 10,000 that I’ve been trying to lose weight. It’s not all that simple though.
I Love Pizza
I Love Pasta
I Love Ice-cream
I love Cider
I love Chocolate
I Love Vodka…... You get the idea, right!?
I currently weigh 14.2 Stone … That’s 92kg depending on which side of the ocean you are living.
First of all, I want to give you a little background of who I am and why The Fat Engineer blog is here...
SECONDARY SCHOOL
From the age of 11 I’ve struggled with my weight, I weighed 12 stone (76.2Kg) and was by far the biggest in my class. It wasn’t until secondary school that I really experienced the dread of Physical education classes: Mass changing rooms with 50 girls, legs up to their ears and not a jelly belly in sight.
It wasn’t just the weight either, I soon realised how unfit I was, desperately trying to keep up around the cross-country track as I watched the long-legged gazelles fade into the distance. I was lucky. I had friends who really hated sports too, so I never ran alone, that was because they didn’t want to, for me it was because I couldn’t.
At 14 I had decided I wanted to join the Navy and frankly I couldn’t run around the sofa so wasn’t sure how I’d manage the fitness test!
My Mum also weary of weight joined slimming world and I saw the difference it was making! I started joining in with the group and as a lover of pasta I literally managed to get down to 10 Stone 4lb (66Kg) in a year eating virtually nothing but Tuna Pasta, a personal favourite …Oh, how I wish for a metabolism ready to deal with that now!
I also hit the gym hard, every day before school I’d be on that treadmill running, I was determined to smash that fitness test, join the Navy and travel the world!
…..I didn’t pass that test.
FAST FORWARD A YEAR
After the failure of the Navy test I looked elsewhere for my career move, and I find myself moving 200 miles to start up in an engineering apprenticeship. The gym at this point is nothing more than a distant memory.
I end up in a relationship and you can already guess the outcome – Complacency.
6 foot 2, tall. thin and can eat whatever he wants all damn day, not putting on a gram. He eats takeaways like it’s a trip to the fridge and boy do I love takeaway!!
He tells me I’m pretty no matter what the size, cute, until your 15 stone (Kg) unable to shop in any high street stores without become upset, angry and ready to smash that poor store assistants face in with her disapproving “Did that not fit” face?
…. The relationship also didn’t pass as a success.
ANYWAY… HERE WE ARE!
So, with a million trials and tribulations along the way here we are aged 25. That weight now feels at home on my body, like a one-night stand lingering around a little too long. That weight needs to move the hell out. I need to make room for my health.
....The only person that can change that though…ME!
So, here’s my logic. I work better when I have to answer to people. When I have to tell them what I am doing, tell them what good choices I am making and admit what bad choices I am making. Those lovely critics are you.
BUT, here’s the catch, I want you to share your progress too!
This page is for all of us, it’s for ideas, motivation, goal setting so you’re going to see;
Progress Reports
Fitness Ideas
Recipe Ideas
Support
Shopping Ideas
Fun Mini Challenges
Most importantly, Motivation!
Get involved or just watch, laugh and have fun. We’re here to make a difference, get a little healthier, not to take ourselves too seriously, hell life is far too short!
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