I am now 4st lighter, in fact it is 4st 1lb lighter and it has taken 2 years, of dieting, you could say I am slightly chuffed to be 17st 8lb

For those of you that have not followed my blog, I started dieting with Slimming World after the doctor told me the results of a blood test showed I was heading towards diabetes. The wife was already a Slimming World member, so I joined on the 21st July 2008, just on 2 years to the day. It has not been easy, there have been many times when I felt like saying sod it, but I have stuck with and the fact that I am now 4st lighter is proof that it was worth it.

I have to say thank you to a few people as I would not of got this far with out them, Alison Yorke-Saville at Slimming World for keeping me going, Clive at Massive MTBer, he has been an inspiration and given me the encouragement to keep going (he will hate me for saying that) and finally the wife for putting up with me when it has all gone wrong.

I still have a long way to go (at least another 4st) but at least I am doing something about it

Finally, daft thought of the day, my weight loss is the equivalent weight of 396 jam doughnuts!!