Delurking... hi!
 

:wave: Hi, I've been loitering for a couple of weeks and lurking for a lot longer than that!

I don't really know where to start. The beginning is that I was a pretty fit, happy and active kid until I went to a middle school that was out of my area. I didn't have anyone out with after school so I developed this ritual of after school getting a 500ml can of coke and a huge bag of crisps and taking that and hiding away with a book or something. This developed into several of the above and chocolate, sweets, pastries, anything you could buy at the shop on the way home.

The first time I went on a diet I was 14. Started weighing 11st 2lb and got down to 8st 12lb. I cut out all the extra stuff and did a Jane Fonda exercise video every day after school for 3 months :dizzy:. Four years later I'd gained it all back and added an extra half a stone courtesy of three months in Switzerland (where the chocolate lives!) for my Gap Year. Lost that half, but added another over the first year at university. Went from 12st to 10st 10lb over the first semester of my second year, then fell off the wagon when I went home for Christmas and failed to get back on. By graduation I was backed where I started... again.

But I started a new job in January. And there was a gym literally 30 seconds up the road. I joined for six months, no take-backs, because if I know anything about myself it's that I'm too cheap to be paying £40 a month for something that I'm not using. Everything else just sort of fell into place around the exercise... it seems wasteful to put the effort in with the exercise and then go have a tub of Pringles somehow.

It's been pretty slow since that initial kick and I've since left the gym and taken up running on my own, but the scale seems to be moving in the right direction still. Mostly. I'm focusing on my head, trying to reconcile "diet" and "ongoing" and "lifelong" and "process" among other things. It's in progress. I'm afraid to jinx it. The number I had in my head was 10st 10lb again.. And then it's was 10st and I'm a little adrift now that I've gone past it - I haven't been here for a while. And I'm working on it, hopefully with a little help and support and I'll do my best to recipricate.

...And that was ten times longer than I meant it to be. What I meant to say was I'm happy to be here. Looking forward to meeting everyone. :goodvibes

Hey & :welcome: ^^ Congrats on your weight loss so far! And best of luck to you for the rest!

:welcome2: Glad you found us. Look forward to seeing you around the site.

Welcome RFC84. :carrot: We're glad to have you. I used to be a member of 3FC and then stopped because of outside priorities. But I found that when I stopped checking in here, I also stopped losing weight. I don't think it was a coincidence. I love this group. Everyone is very supportive. I'm glad I came back, and hopefully the weight will start to come off again. I have about 2 1/2 stones (30+ lbs) to lose. The last bit's always the hardest. Keep checking in and take care...