A Young Englishman Going Into Battle...

Hello from a fellow newbie - two months and 16lbs down.

Welcome to our ever shrinking (in weight not population) family. The people on here are fantastically supportive and knowledgable.

Hi im 24 i also have a long weight loss journey. I live in the US. I have lost 8lbs in 10days add me if u would like

Hey there, I too am on my journey too losing weight add me if you want.

Hi Tom, i'm just north of you in Hertfordshire, feel free to add me for support. I've also got a desk job and know how hard it can be to get any exercise in during the day when you're confined to a computer for 8 hours. You can do this though.

I'm a short, sedentary female office worker in the U.S., but I do have this one tip for you: small measures make a huge difference. Anything you can do to build in even a few steps at a time several times a day will likely pay off.

My strategies: take the farther transit stop. In the morning, I take transit an extra two stops so I walk a mile (plus) to my office.

I eat at my desk during the work day, so when I clock out for lunch, I take a 3/4 mile walk.

Finally, the way the building I work in is designed, most floors have the offices in a ring around the outer edge, with a "pod" in the center for the elevators, emergency stairwell, and other infrastructure. Two or three times a day, I will make an opportunity to walk around the "pod" two or three times. If your building doesn't have a "pod", maybe you can lengthen your route to the loo, or go talk to a co-worker face-to-face, or walk to a more distant break room; what have you.

Hi Tom

Welcome to MyFitness Pal.

I'm a little bit older that you, well a good few in fact, but our stats are very similar (at least when I started). I'm 6' 3" and at one time was over 350lbs. I have been where you are, I know what it's like.

My personal advice is that everybody is different, the issue with this forum IMO is that a vast majority of people have an attitude that their way is the best way and anything else should be shot down in flames. What you really need to do is self educate yourself, read and consume (in a intellectual sense) everything you can. Also read everything with a slice of scepticism too, if somebody is telling you something don't accept it blindly, find out if it's actually backed up by anything.

What you really need to do is find something that is suitable and sustainable for you and you alone. Whatever that maybe, I know what works for me, I'm happy to share it with people but I also know it might not work for them.

I live and work in London in IT, I suspect our life styles from a diet and exercise perspective are similar. It's actually a really simple process to change your diet and exercise more, but it can be tough (simple doesn't mean easy). It takes dedication, focus and time to achieve the results you are looking to achieve.

Your goal of 17 stone is exactly what you should be looking at achieving. If you lose a single pound it will be progress, a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. There will be bumpy times ahead, but it's just a process of dropping weight a pound at a time, each one dropped takes you closer to where you want to be and further from where you began.

If you want to know more about how I approach things then send me a message.

Andy...

P.S. that all sounded like a sales pitch I genuinely don't have an agenda, it's just our stats seem so similar I wanted you to know that with dedication you can reach your goal.

Going in to battle is a good analogy as it will feel that way at times. My best advice is to weigh everything you put in to your mouth and log it in your food diary.
Only eat back half of your exercise calories as it massively over estimates them. And take measurements as well as weight. It helps you through any stalls in weight loss. Best of luck and I'll send you an add to support you along the way

feel free to add me I understand the battle mindset. Since I first decided to lose weight I am down 67 pounds in 2 years, and to be fair I was down that far in the first 10 months or so and have been maintaining ever since.