Welcome to My Fat Loss Blog!

I never thought I would be one of those people who would have a blog! Mainly because I never thought I would have anything interesting to say and also because it seems a bit of a choir! However, here I am writing my very first blog post! Why??? Well, I have been on a bit of a mission over the last 8 weeks or so trying to loose weight and get back in shape! Its been a pretty tough, challenging, frustrating time but at the same time extremely beneficial and rewarding! The overwhelming sense of achievement that you feel when you step on the scales every week and see another pound or two disappear is fantastic.

The thing I have noticed since taking dieting and excercise more seriously is just how much information there is out there, and here lieth the problem! There is far too much information! Do a search on Google for the word 'diet' and you will get over 181 million search results! Much of this information is contradictory so you end up more confused than when you started. One diet will say one thing and another will say something completely opposite! So which do you trust and follow.

The other thing I have found is that a lot of diets really are hard to follow and requires a lot of hard work and dedication. So not only do you have to contend with eating less and feeling hungry but you also have to put a lot more effort in. It seems many diets to me are not "real world" diets and are not suitable for the vast majority of ordinary people who are on them. By ordinary, I mean those people with busy and hectic lives, working 9-5, children, families, boyfirends, girlfriends, committments etc.

So I have created this blog for 3 main reasons:

1. I want to share my knowledge and experiences so that it might help others learn from my successes and failures
2. It helps me keep on track and stay focused
3. It gives others a chance to comment and contribute so we can all learn from each other.

So why should you listen to what I have to say? Well, so far I have had quite a lot of success! I have managed to loose 20lbs in 8 weeks and significantly reduce my body fat percentage and I am not finished yet. I am an ordinary Joe like you who is fed up of feeling fat and miserable and I am finally doing something about it! Whats more I plan to stay that way... no more "yo yo" diets. This is all about a complete change in priorities and outlook on life for me. Eating healthily, exercising more, taking care of my body and being more aware about what I am putting in and getting out! I hate to say it but if I can do it then anyone can!

Over the next few months I am going to provide regular updates on my weight loss progress and I will share with you everything I learn throughout the process, good and bad! Anything that I see that I think is interesting and beneficial I will try and if it works or not I will let you know. In essence what worked for me and what didn't!

So hopefully, over the next few months this blog will grow and grow and become a really useful resource for ordinary Joe's looking for tips and advice on weight loss and exercise. At the very least it will help keep me focused and on track!