How are you today?

[Cridders88]

[MENTION=22727]Cridders88[/MENTION], OH, I hold no illusions, just ribbing you a bit for good times' sake.

Congrats on the gym. I absolutely have to face it due to so me diabetic problems. Luckily I have a free membership. At 19 stone 9 pounds, i. e. 275#, ( Most likely due to medication, I gained 12 pounds this last month) and 5' 11" I am in bad shape.

How on earth did you lose the weight by dieting? Any particular diet? That is really quite an accomplishment!

How is that going for you? I have tried the gym in the past before and I have never stuck to it for as long as I have this time, I go with a couple friends which makes me feel more motivated I guess. I seem to be getting a really good feeling from the exercise too that I haven't felt before, sure, it's bloody hard work but I feel great after, if not a little achey haha.

People ask me this a fair bit. I have always battled with my weight through my teens and early twenties. I tried dieting several times and failed miserably. But something just snapped. I got real real determined. I wasn't happy at all as I was. Somehow, I found the discipline to be real strict with diet, cutting out all sugary foods, most carbs and eating lean meat, vegetables and salad the majority of the time. I rarely ate fast food, and didn't touch chocolate for over a year. I didn't go as far as cutting out alcohol as some people do, and still saw results. Somehow, and I really don't know how, I stuck to it and the weight fell off over a period of 18 months. I wasn't motivated to exercise at all back then, so I had to be real strict with my diet to lose the weight.

Now, I am not so strict on myself but I still have to watch what I eat or I start putting on again. It will be a lifelong thing for me to make a conscious effort to maintain this weight.