Fat to fit- my nearing 30's journey- 5 stone / (74lb loss)

At 22 I was diagnosed with PCOS and was told I may never have children because of it.... It is incurable as such, but manageable within reason. PCOS causes weight gain.... but the symptoms of it are also exaggerated by the weight gain itself- therefore you end up in a circle! I ignored it for a few years and buried my head. I was the life and soul of the party, but over the months and years I withdrew, made excuses to stop going out, ended up with bad social anxiety etc. It changed my life for too long....

At the end of the summer of 2014 after a holiday away with my young godsons (where I was tired all the time and couldn't do things I wanted to do with them) I decided to make a change.

I came home and bought a bike. I'd go out at quiet times so no one could see me. Later at night or I'd avoid busy places. I started eating better and the weight started slowly coming off.

18 months down the line I now class biking as a real hobby, I bought another road bike I spend a lot of time on, I started owning my anxiety and I joined a gym which I attend 6 days a week. I also swim twice a week with friends, which means exercising is still socialising for me. I love being social again, make new friends and am lucky I have some old ones that stuck with me through all of this!

As my 30th birthday approaches, I am 5 stone, 3lbs down on my starting weight an looking to long continue the losses.

Cheers for reading!