I would like to say sorry to you all, I have not been as active as I would like on steemit but I have had some issues that I have needed to sort and I am still sorting them.
Over the past 6 to 8 weeks I have taken a job that has taken more of my time than I would have liked but this is something that I am enjoying and I would be stupid to drop the chance.
As I have been saying for a while now, I am going to be opening a fast food takeaway, and I am at present working for a guy who is willing to invest a lot of money into my ideas to bring it to life.
For the past 4 years I have felt dead inside, nothing to look forward to and now I have met someone that is probably the most amazing man I have ever met. He has lent me money without even asking for my last name or address, he helps me when I need help and I help him when I can.
he is my boss but has a lot of backing financial and that is what I need to get up and running with my takeaway, to show him that I am serious I have been working a lot, and when I say a lot I have been working everyday for the past 10 days without a break and this is going to be going on for some time.
On monday his brothers son past away at the age of 36 years old, he has left 3 children and a wife and my thought have gone out to his family, this however has been a shock to the owner of the takeaway I work for and he has had to drop everything and get a flight to see his grieving family.
What do you do when something like this happens? well, I have took full responsibility for his shop and I am having to make sure it runs smoothly, this has meant even on my days off I am having to go into the shop and cash up tills and make sure that everything is working and running properly.
If I hadn't have stepped up to the plate when needed he would have had to close the shop for a week as there would have been nobody else to do this.
I have also been picking his wife up and taking her to and from work too so she has someone for her that can help.
I have learned a lot, things don't always got the way that you would like in life but this is a step that I feel is in the right direction.
So my fellow steemians, this is the reason I have not been here for a while, not because the steem price has dropped, not because I have lost friends on here who don't post any more, it is because real life has taken over.
I have started to feel myself again, I am back on track and to top it all off I have lost weight, and a crazy amount.
in 2014 I weighed a massive 152kg 24 stone.
yesterday I got weighed and I am currently at 112.40kg this is 17 stone 7 pounds.
meaning that I have lost a massive 7 stone 44.45kg.
I met a friend yesterday that I haven't seen in a while and him and his wife both told me that I looked good for my weight loss. my jeans I am going to have to throw in the bin, because they are that big it looks like I have stole them from bobo the clown. all my t-shirts are massive and look daft on me.
Now you all might be thinking that I am dieting well that went out of the window a few months ago.
there was a post that I did last year about someone taking the mickey out of me for been fat, and this really hurt my feelings but still I kept eating like I normally do.
I am still eating the same, but less, my portion sizes are smaller and I am drinking more water, the key to this amazing weight loss is walking, I walk more than I ever have done in a long time, I have started running up steps when going to customers houses, and I feel more like a person who can do stuff again.
There is a massive plus to this too, 12 years ago I had a motor bike accident and I was told that I would have to have at some point plastic knees, I have lived in pain since this happened but I am too young to have the opp yet.
since I have lost this weight I have not had any pain, in fact I wouldn't even have thought about this if it weren't for the fact I was making this post.
So, if you ever wonder where 
I love my new job and if everything goes as planned I will have my own business by the middle of next year.
Be happy friends.