Now for anyone starting the journey to losing weight, I know how you feel butbelieve me, patience will be your biggest reward and the sense of achievement isunreal. Just over a year ago i weighed in at 17st 9lbs and i was feeling lousy anddown on myself infact I would not lift my head to make eye contact because i felt sodisgusted with myself and thought thats how people thought of me. On thisparticular day I was laughed at in a clothes shop when picking up a shirt for myMother who is very slim and I began to cry in the middle of the shop. THAT WAS ITsomething had to be done I could not go on like this anymore. First thing I did wastake a photo of myself with clothes I grew out of and I measured myself and starteda journal with my first photo and measurements in the front. I then asked a friendto help my work out an exercise regime I would have to stick to, no excuses. Everyweek I began to get weighed and wrote it in my journal with my daily experiences for example walking up stairs or going for a walk i would see how far i would getbefore running out of breath. As the weeks went on the weight came off and i beganto see an improvement on my fitness. Now over a year later I'm now a very chattyoutgoing person with confidence to go out an meet people and even better i competedin a fun run when i could not even walk very far last year and I went back to thatshop were I realised I had to change and bought a top, which felt like the biggeraccomplishment ever as i had beaten my demon. Now i compare my first photo andmeasurements to the way I look now and i cannot believe how far I have come andlooking back at how i was pushed me to keep going. I still have a long way to gobut I know I can do it and I will do it. Alot of people look at obesity as selfinflicted condition and we get the least support that any diet addict or smoker outthere gets. I know at the first stage of weight loss it can feel like a long emptyand hungry road ahead but believe me its worth it. You'll feel on top of the worldwhen old friends dont recognise you or family you have not seen for a while cannotbeleive how you have changed and it feels GREAT!!!