Ok id like to share a personal success story which iv acheived this year.

Basically at the beginning of this year I was very unhappy with my appearance. In the past few years (mainly since getting a car and an office job!) id put on alot of weight and it was really getting to me. My confidence was on the floor and It started to get where I was avoiding nights out as I hated all my going out clothes. In April I joined a slimming club as all the diets I were trying (ie atkins, low fat, slim fast etc) wenrt working. As soon as I found out how much I weighed it gave me the push I needed to finally do something about it. 7 Months later im almost 5 stones (70lbs) lighter. Heres a pic of me taken ion Christmas day last year




and a pic taken of me in October:

http://drycounty.com/jovitalk/viewto...er=asc&start=0 (its the big pic at the bottom of the page)

Im still not 100% happy with how I look and still have a few more pounds to go. Id just like to say, anyone who has battled with their weight will no know how hard it is and the only way I have been able to do it is completely change my lifestyle by following a healthy eating plan, instead of following trendy diets which only ever work until you go back to eating how you used to. Also, I think its harder than giving up smoking or drinking as you still have to eat and the temptation is there everyday. Also I seem to be surrounded by people who can eat for England and not put on a pound

Does anyone else have any good/bad experiences of diets they have followed???