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alansturge1981

Hi Everyone,

My name is Alan and I have just started on my long road to weight loss. Feel free to add me as im new here it would be good to make friends with people who are interested in getting fit too. I've tried no carb diets before and other fads but although some weight loss happened I never managed to stick to them. I attended a friends wedding recently and having been horrified with the beast I saw in the pictures have decided that enough is enough and the weight needs to go. Any hints and tips would be greatly appreciated when it comes to food and excercise. Anyone on the 5:2 diet that has recipes would be a life saver aswell although I am also a pescatarian, I should be able to adapt things to suit.

I am in no hurry at all, I know that fast weight loss probably wont stay off and am more likely to have excess skin so my current target is 2lbs a week to lose 70lbs in total.

To help me hit my targets ive recently purchased a cross trainer, some weights and a HRM as I think that MFP does tend to overestimate the calories burnt while working out. I have only been working out for a few days now, and although I get exhausted extremely quickly (extremely!!) I can already feel that I have more energy so should be getting better I hope!

So anyone that wants to add me for mutual support please go ahead :-) I'm generally a sarcastic person that likes to make jokes about myself and doesnt take life too seriously but for me, my weight loss needs to be one of the few things that I am serious about