Introduction
Hello My Name is Paul, I am 32 from Melbourne, Australia.
I have struggled with my weight all my life with my weight, failed attempts in the past, no motivation, now I am motivated, now I have the drive to succeed, it's time now before long term effects of my health take over and consume me.
This blog will follow my highs, my lows, my triumphs, my fails with the occasional alternative post about my life.
I am not setting up this blog to inspire people, more to document my journey as I plan to lose 60% of my body weight.
Previous attempts and why they failed
I will cover this in a little more detail in later blogs, but in the past I have lost 50kg and put it back on, this was due to motivation,I wasn't ready, I was pressured by external sources and even appeared on a TV show, but ultimately the support dwindled away and I stopped.
Once this happened I put it on at a more alarming rate.
Once I moved out of home and had the freedom to make choices myself, that is where things went wrong, but now I know more, I've researched into the surgery I am having, I am making far better choices with food (evident with pre-surgery weight-loss) and now it's time to show even the biggest people can come back from it.
Good Food Choices
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Now it's time to focus on food and fitness. After surgery I am left with only around 30% of my original stomach size, the rest is cut away in surgery (That's another post) but having this surgery means NOTHING, if you don't change your habits.
My Progress So Far
So far I have managed to lose 56.7Kg Since April 2018 (We moved from Adelaide to Melbourne) and started making some subtle lifestyle changes. While in Adelaide I looked into Weightloss surgery, they had scales at 300KG and I just went over. They told me I would have to lose at least 100kg before they operate, I probably put on more as I was disappointed with this, but moving to Melbourne gave me a new lease on life.
Below is my current stats (Since starting the healthy eating pre-surgery in the end of March, I have gone from 279 KG down to 253kg / 557 pounds) (26KG (57 pounds) in around 12 weeks
Mr Dr in Melbourne said if i could get to 270kg, he was happy to operate, needless to say I have already smashed that goal!
Whats Next?
In 7 days time I am going in for weight-loss surgery. After that I have the aim to keep losing weight and show people that it can be done, I am motivated, I am ready, I am pumped!
Thanks for reading.