Let the journey begin...

My (rather unflattering) 'before' picture

This is a departure from what I normally write about, but over the next while I'm going to track my mission to lose nearly 5 stone.

Anyone who knows me will know that I have struggled with my weight throughout my adult life. I've managed to shed substantial amounts (5 st and 4 st respectively) on two occasions, but then both times I've subsequently allowed it to creep back on again!😬

And any time since then I've seemingly never really been able to get my head in the right place to lose more than a few pounds at a time. Whilst I do exercise regularly (hell, I've run four half-marathons in the last year, along with numerous 10 mile and 10k events...), I am conscious that doing so whilst carrying so much excess weight isn't a great idea - not least for my knees!

I do have a plan - the details of which I won't be sharing (at least not yet) - but sharing progress updates might help to keep me accountable. Rest assured I won't be boring everybody with food porn pictures (yup it's a keto salad, like the one I had yesterday...😀) or every cardio activity (I'm on Strava in any event) but I will use this space to talk about how I'm feeling, my successes and frustrations along the way. So buckle up...