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Hello there, I thought I would start this blog, if not to talk to likeminded people out there, then to out my thoughts down without boring everyone. I suppose I am no different to anyone else in a similar situation. I am overweight and I struggle to go too long without thinking about food. In fact most of time I spend depriving my body of food, it cant be healthy. I always think that pleasing yourself must have some psychological benefit.

So my story goes back to when I was about 18. As a youngster I always had a healthy appestite, but I never put weight on. People often said my legs must be hollow. However, this all changed when I first got my driving license. Instead of walking the several miles a day I needed to go to work or the shops and getting on and off of buses, I got lazy and drove everywhere. I had daily burgers and chips and whatever lese was going so the weight started to come on. Not much to start with, I was probably about 65-70 kilos (142-154 pounds) at 18 which became 75-80 kilos (165-176 pounds) at 21.

A comment from my family which was harmless at the time had started me on the road to weight awareness and since then I have never been able to keep my weight stable. I have moments of healthy eating follwed by binges of junk food, followed by extreme withdrawal completely.

At 25 I weighed around 90 KG (198 pounds), at thirty around 105 KG (231 pounds), at 35 115 KG (253 pounds) and earlier this year at 40 years old I weigheds in at 125 KG (275 pounds).

So no matter what I have tried to do I have got progressively heavier as I have got older. I have tried all the shakes, pills, diets and gyms, spending a fortune at the same time. Recently I did one of those heart age tests and mine came out at 53 years old. I personally am worried that time is passing me by and I need to make life changing decisions with regard my diet. I have to just say no to all those foods that have caused me to put weight on. It is not easy as everyone around wants to encvourage you to eat the wrong things, not deliberately of course, but it still happens. The question is how do you get around it. You cant just not have a social life and deny yourself pleasures like a monk.

So at the begining of June I started a new diet. I began on 125 Kilos (275 pounds) and as of this morning I was 114 kilos (251 pounds). I purchased a bike a few weeks ago and so I am cycling for a few miles at least once a week so I hope the longer I exercise the stronger I will become and the easier it will be for me to cycle and get fit.

My dietary regime is nothing special. I dont really eat any mneakls but have small snacks and the occasional bowl of cuscous and salads. I eat soup everyday and try to eat fruit as well. I will record here everything I am eating and give you an aupdate on my weight.

I hope you find this interesting or useful.