I am my own worst enemy
At 25 I said to myself that it was time to "get healthy". When I got close to 30 it was a similar story - losing weight would only get harder with age, so that was the time. Now I am 35 and whilst I'm 15kg down from my heaviest, this morning I still tipped the scales at 140kg. Being over 6' stops me lookng like a ball and a fair amount of regular exercise has helped stave off any medical complications to date but a massive sweet tooth and near addiction to cheese have prevented any real headway being made.

I know that I need to change but the will power just doesn't seem to be there while my inner arch nemesis always points out when Ben & Jerries is on offer at the local supermarket.

/re-lurks
( ForecastMonkey, Thu 6 May 2010, 9:16, 4 replies)

I drink too much and smoke, eat a lot of shit and do no exercise.
However, I am now on day four of neither drinking or smoking, am walking 2.3 miles a day and drinking at least 1.5 litres of water.

I imagine that by 9pm tonight I'll be pissed out of my face and smoking like a chimney, which will continue through the weekend, and then I'll start again on Monday.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 6 May 2010, 9:35, closed)

Re the sweet tooth - there's a trick to sorting it.
Stop having sweet drinks. Train yourself to do without sugar in hot drinks and try low-sugar or diet soft drinks. This will help reduce your craving for sweetness.

Cheese though - lovely, innit.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Thu 6 May 2010, 12:03, closed)

He's right
He's right gradually go from 2 to 1 1/2 to 1 spoons of sugar and so on. As for the cheese, when you buy it buy the strongest ones you can because you'll end up using less of it.
(vicarius, Thu 6 May 2010, 12:39, closed)

Future me?
Apart from being a few years older than me that sounds just what I do.

Chocoholic, cheese lover and only excercise is walking everywhere.

So are you me from the future coming to tell me do be healthier?
(langers, Thu 6 May 2010, 12:04, closed)