Here we go!

I've just turned 50, and have pretty much been within half a stone either way of the same weight for waaaaaaaaaay too long. So my darling wife decided enough was enough and signed me up for a program called Transform360, led by a Brazilian nutritionist she follows on Instagram.

My blood pressure is on the high side, the BMI has me as Obese (harsh, but probably fair), and the last blood tests I had suggested I was pre type 2 diabetic...not to mention the raised cholesterol. My latest blood tests last week show that the spectre of T2D has faded, but BP & cholesterol are both still too high. And this is quite apart from my belly - oh to see my toes again in the shower!

I don't think I eat *that* much crap - certainly not at home at least - and now that my office has closed and I'm WFH permanently, maybe this is the right time to have a tilt at this - no biscuits & bake offs to distract, no more regular "swift halves" on the way home, and the end of the occasional cheeky sausage roll on the way in after a wakeful night. None of the fun stuff, in other words ;-)

I've tried diets before, but have never been able to keep it off, or even lose that much. I enjoyed the fellowship of my Slimming World group, but it was definitely more of a social thing by the end, and I gave up on it a bit. But with no commute anymore, we're putting some of that saving towards the Transform360 course, with monthly nutritionist appointments & a tailored diet. Apparently there's even going to be exercise :-D

We've already had our first one, with Vanusa, who was lovely and very supportive. It was like chatting with an old friend, and it was lucky we were the last appointment of the day as we were there for more than 2 hours! I'm not going to lie, I'm very intimidated by the amount of weight they want me to lose, but as she says, you've just got to take it day by day. So let's see. I'm going to give it a go.

I'll try to keep the updates down to weekly - this is a 6 month effort, so i don't want to lose you too soon! I'll be posting photos of my daily food on Instagram, you can find me here, if you're interested.

Welcome to my Weight Loss Journey, aka Fat Boy Slimming!

First Weigh in: 98.1kg

Comments

  1. Meg15 September 2020 at 13:54

    You’ve got this Andrew 🙌

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    1. Andrew Stroud16 September 2020 at 02:31

      Thanks Meg! Hoping to be very svelte by April... ;-)

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  2. BĂŞ Alqueres16 September 2020 at 05:40

    Muito legal!!! Vai fundo! :)))

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    1. Andrew Stroud21 September 2020 at 01:57

      Muito Obrigado Be! Esta indo bem ate agora, so falta 25 semanas rsrsrsrs!

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