"Missionz"

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Ok- so I’m quite Happy with myself & my life. I Have a lovely house, a beautiful girlfriend & a little puppy called Skruffy- who gives me much Joy…… my life is good>- except for one thing…… I am alot overweight & have been for too long. I don’t like what I see in the mirror. I lost 7 stone is 6 months (12) years ago- having been very over weight since I left school really!

I hate it when I need to buy new clothes»> I don’t see the point in buying nice stuff because my stomache will just bulge through and make me look fat….. I got no confidence in public & I wear baggy clothes to try and hide myself a bit.

I’ve always been able to set my mind to something- learn it well, & become good at that thing.

I used to play badminton for the county and travel round the country playing tournaments and practice matches….. I won medals & trophies. I once carried my mountain bike on my back up snowdon & then cycled back down to raise money for a charity.

I have already proven to myself many times that I can pull my finger out & achieve difficult things….. So why then have I let myself look in the mirror for the past 5/6/7 years & feel crap, & lazy, & unattractive? Why struggle psychologicaly with myself every day because I know I’m eating way too much of the wrong kinds of food.

I don’t know the answer to why I didn’t take action before now to fix the last big problem in my life!…..

But now I am

I weighed myself today…. I’m (17) stones 8 pounds & (2) ounces.

I took 4 pix & I hate the way I look in them so I’m gonna change the way I look in them, I took my waist measurement which is (115) cm Currently most XL clothes and size 36 jeans are too small for me.

I’m gonna weigh myself, take pix, measure my waist once a week and post it here.

There is a 2km + walk out behind my house, through the woods, over fields, & looping back round into the village. Gonna start by speed walking/jogging round it every day I’m not at work doing garden landscaping. I think this is enough to “jump start” my metabolism & get my body into “fat burn mode” & I should see the scales starting to come down in digits after a week.

I’m cutting out all bread and High fat food like cheese etc & eating salads, soups, & vegetable based dishes.

No sugar in my coffee, no weak moments where I say stuff it, & go buy loads of rubbish- telling myself I’ll re-start my mission the next day…..(that never works)

Only way I’m gonna win is if I dedicate myself to the notion of how great I will feel when I achieve my goal.

Watch this space…

Jonny P.