Live Better, Eat Better, Feel Better!
Health
Self-Improvement
Well-Being
Weight Loss
For The Over 50’s
Change Your Way is a health, self-improvement and lifestyle blog. The primary aim is losing weight and feeling better! I’m a self-confessed food addict who in October 2023 decided after many false starts to do something about my weight and lifestyle for good. After a number of health setbacks in 2023, the time just felt right and I wanted to share my journey with people in the same position. If you’re looking for inspiration to lose weight then this could be the blog for you! This is the purpose of Change Your Way.
If I can inspire just one person to start losing weight then it’s job done!
A Bit About Me
I come from a family of big eaters. Weight has always been a problem and I’ve struggled with obesity all my life. In 2023 my health took a turn for the worse. I’d been slowly putting weight back on since 2010 when I lost 40 kilos. I was fairly active in my job which made the weight gain a slow process but when I changed to a more office-based job, my eating went completely out of control. In March 2023, I was having serious breathing problems which led to me quitting smoking after 40 years. The fact I managed to do that inspired me to finally do something about my weight, lifestyle and eating.
September 2023, a month before starting.
That is how enormous I’d become and I’ve put this on here as a reminder of where I got to! Enough is enough!
The Challenge
My goal is to have a healthy BMI, no matter how long it takes! After a lifetime of obesity and yo-yo dieting, something finally snapped in October 2023. At 54 and almost a half, I felt it was now or never. The health problems I’d already suffered earlier in the year caused even worse obesity. I ended up a shocking 137.7 kilograms. I’ve lost weight before and in 2009/10 shed six stone (40 kilos) following Weightwatchers. It worked then but now I’m older and (allegedly) wiser, I’ve learned that it’s so much more about simply cutting down the calories. To coin a cliché, you are what you eat.
Change Your Way
Weigh Day
Every Saturday morning I weigh myself and blog about the week over the weekend. The ups and downs, my thoughts and feelings. I find this is helping me immensely with my health and weight loss journey.
Change Your Way
Health & Lifestyle
In this category, there are articles about healthier living and my new lifestyle. I’ve found I’ve learned so much on this journey and am sharing those learnings as I progress.
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