My story - its taken a while so might need some installments !!

Its funny - I've been using Myfitnesspal App to log my weight for the last 18 months and didn't realise there was this forum. I've lost close to 30kg's/66lbs in 18 months.

In November 2014 had emergency heart surgery that I certainly wasn’t planning on in November 2014. If anyone wants a free ride in an ambulance – go to your doctor and tell him you have been experiencing a “tingling numbness” in your left arm !! They thought I’d had a stroke and after a week of negative tests they gave me an echo-cardiagram – wired up & running on a treadmill ! The cardiologists reviewed the results and asked ” Do I have private health insurance ?” I raised my eyes and tentatively replied “yes” and that was my one way ticket straight into surgery to have THREE stents fitted to THREE 90% blocked arteries ! Luckily we caught it as I was probably days away from a massive heart attack !

So while I was recovering the next day I decided I wanted to be around to be the best Dad and Husband I could and that meant changing a few things and getting healthy ! There's a huge amount of nitty gritty details of what what followed in my journey to get healthy – The simple moral of the story was ” Get off your *kitten* and do something” – doesn’t matter if its about health, fitness, weightloss, life, careers, or relationships. How to actually do that was hard no doubt and I learnt a lot along the way.

I had a tough journey , bumps along the way, ups & downs, lots of hard work and managed to get the health bit sorted out – its been 18 months now. Wow – photos are scary ! I never thought I was fat but the below would seem to indicate I was definitely on the large side ! All up I’ve lost around 30kg is enough and don’t believe I’ll go any further than that. I am fitter than ever ! Have gone from approximately 114kg and size 40 jeans to 84.3kg and baggy 34 jeans !

I've raced a triathlon having not been able to run 10m .. and also race my mountain bike. Am having the time of my life !

Now to help others Get off their arses ! GOYA ! I also lost my job last year so while I am looking for a new job I thought I'd try and help others - I started "GOYA industries" - check it out on facebook and hopefully my blog will develop to help and inspire others

In the meantime I'll hang out here for a bit too !

Cheers
Bill