I just thought I'm sick of being fat and it's effecting my mood and starting to effect my health. I was 3 stone overweight.
a year later I've lost a stone and a half and built muscle. I've dropped a dress size - so from being a 16 heading into an 18 - I'm a 14 heading towards a 12.
I've gone with a take it slowly and change habits route. I'm not a yo yo dieter this had all steadily piled on.
My downfall is savoury - so family packs of crisps eaten sitting on the sofa, a grab bag of crisps from the garage, cheese and biscuits as a snack before tea and then as a snack after tea.
It was just ridiculous.
I just stopped with the crisps - we still have them in the house but I'm just ignoring them. Little bags of fat.
I eat a breakfast with protein (poached eggs on toast, or omelette or Greek yogurt and fruit) ,
a smallish lunch usually leftovers without carbs, or home made soup.
And a tea with lots of veg, brown rice, potatoes with skins on or jacket. And some protein.
I eat more fish and less red meat. More beans and lentils.
I don't get starving and if I do I eat a banana.
I also joined a gym where you sign up to 3 weights/cardio classes a week and I go first thing so it's over and done with for the day.
Dog walk every day.
A 40 minutes walk on the days I don't go to the gym, which includes a hill.
I've built up to this - didn't do it all on the first day. But it's where I am after a year and is working for me.