Introduction

Introducing myself where I was five years ago is never an easy thing to do, but I think the best way to explain it is that I had no real value in my personal appearance, no interest in my weight or health, and often went long periods without cutting my hair or shaving (not that I can grow much further than patchy stubble!).

Below is a picture of me taken in 2006, which I think highlights this very obviously :)

At this stage of my life I weighed 128Kg/282lbs/20st, and while this was huge, it was stable. And at no point did I exceed 135kg, but i'd been around that size for probably 5 years, and remained at that weight when I began all of this in February 2009.

A couple of other stats are that I had a 44" Waist, and a 20" Neck.

Note: You've probably noticed the MFP icon on the right showing my progress, this is a little of a spoiler, but I felt it worth placing just to show my progress to date.