Hello all,
I'm Pete from warrington, i'm 31 a father of two and overweight.
i'm 6'2" tall which for my family is pretty tall, my old man had to stand on tiptoes to get into the police back in 89 (5'8")
i've never really been small, i mean i could see my ribs as a kid but my stomach always stuck out, my mum and dad know how to cook and i enjoyed eating it simple as.
in my teens i was pretty thin, 33" waist and no belly, couldn't tell you what i weighed but i know it wasn't that much.
however after around 2002 i was laid off work and i started to pile it on, it crept from there until around 2004 i was around 18 and a half stone.
i dieted a few times and sometimes managed to drop to as little as 17st but i'd always put it back on again. oddly i'm one of those people who around christmas gets really ill and then looses weight! still never helped.
anyways i decided to cycle more, i had a dodgy MTB and i used it for work, however all this did was increase my food consumption as it made me flippin hungry. at my max i was 19st 10lbs and a 44inch waist
then at the end of feb i developed a stomach complaint, initially they thought it was an ulcer but its really limited my eating, initially i didn't eat at all due to the pain, then as i've introduced foods i've managed plain things and slowly i've built up what i can eat.
i was 18 and a half at the end of feb. now i'm 16st 4lbs
i've bottomed out, i've met where the new eating habits and my activity join, i'm not really loosing any more but i'm certainly not gaining it.
i've bought myself another bike, a hybrid classic and my plan is not just to loose weight but to actually get fit, my health isn't great, the illness has shown that. so i hope to post my progress on here as there is some epic stuff on here guys, Gaz your change is amazing m8!
its 5 miles to work from my house thats 50 miles a week to start for cycling and with my new eating habits i hope to reduce my weight further.
pete
