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When I turned 30 last year, I started to think about my health.....or lack of it! Grossly overweight, 20 a day smoker for 16 years, and absolutely no exercise for a LONG time.....something had to change!! 
So after thinking about it for a while, I put my plan in to action, and a little over 11 weeks ago, I stopped smoking.....which tbh I found a lot easier than I thought I would!
Huge health benefits, and I've already saved enough cash to pay for the flights for our family holiday in June....I honestly can't recommend quiting enough to any smokers reading this, just DO IT!!
Then, two weeks ago, my diet kicked off! This was a huge shock to my system.....you see, I've ALWAYS eaten whatever I wanted without a second thought.....and all of it bad for me!! :shake: Some people might not get their head around this, but at 30 years old, I had never, not once in my life, had I eaten a salad (or even a small part of one)!! I'm a genuine salad dodger....quite sad, really! :thumbsdown:
I hadn't been able to weigh myself at home for quite a long time as the bathroom scales I had only went up to 22st 10lb, and if I stood on them, I'd get the dreaded "ERR[OR]" message on the display.....yeah, I'm a big lad! So off I went to buy some scales that would actually tell me how much I weighed (these ones go up to over 31st!). Me and my wife both had guesses as to what I'd weigh, my guess was 24st, my wife guessed 23st 7lb....so I got on the scales and the number staring back at me? A "paltry" 23st 2lb!! :shake:
So the diet started. Nothing fancy or trendy, just lower fat intake and watching the calories.....taking time to think about what I'm eating and more importantly why I'm eating it.....I keep telling myself, there's no point eating if I'm not hungry! :nono:
Anyway, after a pretty tough first week (during which I ate my first ever salad!), I returned to the dreaded "scales of doom" and closed my eyes while my wife told me how much I'd lost/gained
A really pleasing 6lbs 
which mean't I then weighed 22st 10lb.....a pretty solid start I though! 
Earlier today was my second weigh in, and since I've had a couple of guessing games on facebook, I thought I'd have a bit of fun on here by asking you lot if you fancy a huess too?!
So, only rules are, one guess each and no changing your guess! My regular weigh in day is Tuesday, and I'll keep it as up to date as I can. Please, as much banter as you like along the way.....this is all a bit of fun!!
Week 0: 23st 2lbs
Week 1: 22st 10lbs (6lb loss)
Week 2: 22st 2lbs (8lb loss)
Week 3: 22st 2lbs (same)
Week 4: 21st 8lbs (8lb loss)
Week 5: 21st 3lbs (5lb loss)
Week 6: 21st 0lbs (3lb loss)
Week 7: 20st 12lbs (2lb loss)
Week 8: 20st 8lbs (4lb loss)
Week 9: 20st 5lbs (3lb loss)
Week 10: 20st 2lbs (3lb loss)
Week 11: 20st 5lb (3lb gain)
Week 12: 20st 2lb (3lb loss)
Week 13: 20st (2lb loss)
Week 14: ???
Guess away!!!!
So after thinking about it for a while, I put my plan in to action, and a little over 11 weeks ago, I stopped smoking.....which tbh I found a lot easier than I thought I would!
Huge health benefits, and I've already saved enough cash to pay for the flights for our family holiday in June....I honestly can't recommend quiting enough to any smokers reading this, just DO IT!!Then, two weeks ago, my diet kicked off! This was a huge shock to my system.....you see, I've ALWAYS eaten whatever I wanted without a second thought.....and all of it bad for me!! :shake: Some people might not get their head around this, but at 30 years old, I had never, not once in my life, had I eaten a salad (or even a small part of one)!! I'm a genuine salad dodger....quite sad, really! :thumbsdown:
I hadn't been able to weigh myself at home for quite a long time as the bathroom scales I had only went up to 22st 10lb, and if I stood on them, I'd get the dreaded "ERR[OR]" message on the display.....yeah, I'm a big lad!
So off I went to buy some scales that would actually tell me how much I weighed (these ones go up to over 31st!). Me and my wife both had guesses as to what I'd weigh, my guess was 24st, my wife guessed 23st 7lb....so I got on the scales and the number staring back at me? A "paltry" 23st 2lb!! :shake:So the diet started. Nothing fancy or trendy, just lower fat intake and watching the calories.....taking time to think about what I'm eating and more importantly why I'm eating it.....I keep telling myself, there's no point eating if I'm not hungry! :nono:
Anyway, after a pretty tough first week (during which I ate my first ever salad!), I returned to the dreaded "scales of doom" and closed my eyes while my wife told me how much I'd lost/gained
A really pleasing 6lbs which mean't I then weighed 22st 10lb.....a pretty solid start I though! Earlier today was my second weigh in, and since I've had a couple of guessing games on facebook, I thought I'd have a bit of fun on here by asking you lot if you fancy a huess too?!
So, only rules are, one guess each and no changing your guess! My regular weigh in day is Tuesday, and I'll keep it as up to date as I can. Please, as much banter as you like along the way.....this is all a bit of fun!!
Week 0: 23st 2lbs
Week 1: 22st 10lbs (6lb loss)
Week 2: 22st 2lbs (8lb loss)
Week 3: 22st 2lbs (same)
Week 4: 21st 8lbs (8lb loss)
Week 5: 21st 3lbs (5lb loss)
Week 6: 21st 0lbs (3lb loss)
Week 7: 20st 12lbs (2lb loss)
Week 8: 20st 8lbs (4lb loss)
Week 9: 20st 5lbs (3lb loss)
Week 10: 20st 2lbs (3lb loss)
Week 11: 20st 5lb (3lb gain)
Week 12: 20st 2lb (3lb loss)
Week 13: 20st (2lb loss)
Week 14: ???
Guess away!!!!
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However the exercise will start in a couple of months time. No specific diet as such, just watching my fat and calorie intake, avoiding the dreaded take-aways and fried foods.....no crash dieting, just being sensible!! 
I might not have another 8lb loss....guess we'll find out next week! 
