I have lost 6 and a half stone thanks to my fitness pal

Firstly hi to everyone on the board, this is my first post having used my fitness pal for the last 13 months. When I started dieting in November 2011 I weighed 21 stone 7 pounds. I had spent all of my adult life obese and had listened to many people say how unhealthy I was and needed to lose weight, for some reason none of this mattered, I didn't have the will power to stop eating junk food more did I really want to stop if I'm honest. I saw my doctor in the November 2011 and he told me that if I didn't do something about my weight I wouldn't get to see my children grown up into adults, he said that I'd be lucky to see 40 I'm currently 31. So I set about losing weight , I started off on the weight watchers pro points diet it was good and worked but come the February of 2012 I didn't want to keep paying for something that really required discipline and a lot of it and a bit of guidance, my god found this app and was using it so I decided to drop weight watchers and give it ago and have never looked back. As with any dieting I have found some times very hard and have had a few off days but some how found the inner strength to carry on. I had to hit rock bottom before I could find the will to lose weight. I currently weigh 13 stone 10 pounds and have a goal weight of 12 stone so I still have a bit more weight to lose. But I wanted to post on here to let everyone know that my fitness pal does work but you have to have self discipline and determination. I hope this story about my weight loss will help some of you stick with your diets and keep going. It's ok to have an off day I learnt that if you have a bad day not to dwell on it. It's what you do the following day after your bad day that counts. Just remember that it's going to take a hell of a lot of food to stop you losing weight if its just the odd day that you break now and again. I'm Alex, male, 31

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  • moreORless50
    moreORless50 Posts: 261 Member
    fantastic work :bigsmile:
  • Kaylaef
    Kaylaef Posts: 194 Member
    Good for you!!! For all us Canadians and Americans on the forum, a stone is roughly 14 pounds. So 21 stone would put him around 300 lbs. Incredible achievement! Be proud of yourself, and remember why you did it!
  • crashcox
    crashcox Posts: 4
    Thank you!
  • Well done.. Thanx for sharing also :)
  • crashcox
    crashcox Posts: 4
    how can I upload a photo?
  • crashcox
    crashcox Posts: 4
    I have added a photo of myself showing before and after weight loss. its on my profile pic as i don't know how to post the picture on the topic
  • alfbedoun
    alfbedoun Posts: 31
    Well done to you! You are inspirational! :-)
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