The Story starts here

Where does one begin.?

I’m 57 years old and I’m fat! Theres no getting away from it, I’m fat, in fact I think I’m gross, but that’s a matter of opinion.

I hate the word obese, it’s a horrible word, and it has all sorts of stigma around it. Obese people are just greedy, they cant stop eating, they look sad and so the insults go on, I’ve had them all thrown at me and it hurts. If anyone who is overweight tells you different, then they are not being honest.

Apart from being fat, I am also kind, caring, a good friend, honest, politically minded, dont worry, politics is not going to be a feature of this blog, well it might be, but only a little😉😉.

I also like to crochet and am completely self taught (God bless the man who invented you tube!!). I can cook, but for reasons that will become clear later, at the moment dont do much cooking. I keep tropical fish. I have the most amazing tank. Its five foot long, three foot wide and two and a half foot deep. It is my pride and joy.

So that’s a little about me.

I have started this blog as I am starting out on a massive weight loss campaign. I have engaged the services of a personal trainer who specialises and in fact is very passionate about nutrition, to help me in this campaign. Also this morning I have a consultation with a bariatric surgeon to consider weight loss surgery. I shall report how the consultation went in my next blog.

I want to share how I am getting on, all the ups and downs, the highs and lows, the ins and out of what it is truly like trying to loose a massive amount of weight, I’m talking 15+ stone! It’s going to be a long hard tempestuous road to traverse. There may be demons exposed and hopefully excised. I shall fall off the wagon numerous times and when I do I shall be honest here and try and work out how and why it happened, and work out how to get back on that bloody wagon, before it gets too far away from me and disappears into the sunset.

So there you have it, want to join me, encourage me, give me tips? Please do. I think I have set this up so that people can comment

By the way, have I told you that I am also severely and chronically depressed…..