This weeks weigh in and my current struggle with arthritis

I weighed in at a class in Donnycarney today as I was in too much pain to travel on the bus to Athy and today I wish I just took the day off and weighed in tomorrow elsewhere as I was up 4lb and the girl that weighed me in was a bit rude to me saying 'ohh you've put on 4lb' in the tone of voice that in my eyes it's unacceptable, of all the times I weighed in at a slimming world class, the weighers all had dignity and respect for the person who has paid their money to weigh in, I already had a shitty weekend dealing with my hips and the constant pain I'm going through and that makes me feel shitty because I can't do fuck all about it and not even the strongest painkillers can take the pain away from me.

After my facebook status when I said I was raging after weigh in I was inundated with goodwill messages telling me it's gonna be ok and to keep going and that is what I aim to keep doing, I can place a bet with Paddy Power right now on how many begrudging pricks out there laughing at me right now but this is only temporary because I promise each and every one of those fools and the good people that support me that I will fight back and that me storming out of a slimming world class before image therapy which I always stay behind for is a one off

A big special thank you to an inspirational woman for the nice chat this afternoon and you know who you are and look forward to meeting up for coffee next week

The rise of cheap fast food and one politician's quest to stamp it out

The past few months through social media I've been speaking out against the likes of Centra, Eurospar and fast food outlets currently offering cheap lunches and this morning I woke up to a whatsapp message I recieved from my girlfriend regarding an article in this morning's Irish Daily Star which is a breath of fresh air for me as Senator Catherine Noone wants to crack down on these outlets selling fried chicken baguettes for €2.50 and the artery blocking 1250 calorie breakfast rolls for €3 and upping the price of these, these are the same outlets that RIP YOU OFF when it comes to buying healthier options like fresh salads where I believe Centra can charge up to €4 for a salad, the power of Slimming World in Athy has created a huge effect for fast food joints in the town and now some chippies are selling food half price to encourage folk to get takeaways, going back to the the likes of Centra, it seems like schools are not serving up healthier options in school cafeterias which is why kids are going for the fried chicken baguettes and the greasy wedges.

I just hope that Catherine Noone backs up the smack and do something about the ever increasing obesity epidemic thats diseasing Ireland right now and take on the likes of McDonald's, Subway, Centra etc, around 60% of the population are overweight and that includes me but I'm doing something about that, i'll probably always be considered overweight because of the bullshit BMI but as long as I'm healthy, fit and happy the BMI can kiss my East Finchley arse

The week so far

Thought I write a blog today as right now I'm feeling good in myself right now and my motivation is high up right now which is a good thing and I need to keep it going especially now the World Cup is about to start but I have plans in place for the gym so I don't need to miss many games.

Started training for the Great Pink Run at the end of August and thats going well right now and I want to get between 15-20lb down by then.

Ending this blog with a photo I just posted and thanks to Megan who posted it on Instagram and thought of me :-) as an overweight guy I was always looked down like a piece of shit especially by Polish lads who would hog the weights and have no respect or consideration for others and I left one gym because of their pisstaking and spoke out in another gym over this, just because I ain't a bodybuilder it doesn't give them the license to be a selfish, pisstaking, inconsiderate arseholes and that I pay my money to workout and I have the right to use weights, one thing I love about using Parnell's is there is no stigma attached and that I'm respected by others because I'm doing something about improving my quality of life and i'm sometimes surrounded by elite athletes YES I said elite athletes

Enjoy the football and the weekend and good luck to my girlfriend who is doing the Hell and Back race this Saturday

This week's weigh in and the exploitation of quick fix companies preying on the overweight

Weighed in at my regular 3.30 class for the first time in 3 weeks and it was good to be back to a normal routine and Operation 9lb Fuck Off which I called the next 3 weeks of my plan is going nicely with a 5lb loss this week and i'm really happy with that too, and to cap it off I managed to pick up my man of the year award that I should have got 3 weeks ago but couldn't pick up due to being away in London, another award to my collection but to me thesr awards are just a bonus as my main objective is to get the job done and live a normal life.

As you all know social media is a powerful tool when it comes to weight loss and healthy living and there is people who will exploit the vulnerable to make a quick few quid for themselves and i'm mentioning 'Crazy Wraps' 'Secret Diet Drops' 'Herbalife' and 'Juice+' as the main culprits in the bullshit quick fixes who promises results in super fast time, to me it's all a pack of fucking lies and i'm having these twats bugging me on Facebook and recently Instagram and I decided to speak out when a friend who I met on Facebook who has lost 12st (168lb) on the slimming world plan (in my eyes the safest weight loss plan out there as you eat proper food on this and some opportunistic scumbag selling Juice+ stole her before and current photo and added a smoothie and these jokers will use any dirty tactic to promote their product.

If you want to lose weight safely, the only way to do it is to eat right and get active

Have a good week

Visiting my old gym and my hopes come weigh-in

I always enjoyed working out in the K-Leisure in Athy and I do miss the place so when I get an opportunity to workout there I jump at it and I always seem to have a monster session when I go there. I have a new way of working out and it seems to work well for me

Will get in another session tomorrow and it's the evil leg day back in Parnell's GAA club in Coolock and then going out for dinner with the gf tomorrow evening and I normally make good choices and i'm hoping to pull back some of that 9lb gain on Monday and even if it's only a 0.5lb loss I'm happy

Enjoy the weekend ������

Visiting my old gym and my hopes come weigh-in

I always enjoyed working out in the K-Leisure in Athy and I do miss the place so when I get an opportunity to workout there I jump at it and I always seem to have a monster session when I go there. I have a new way of working out and it seems to work well for me

Will get in another session tomorrow and it's the evil leg day back in Parnell's GAA club in Coolock and then going out for dinner with the gf tomorrow evening and I normally make good choices and i'm hoping to pull back some of that 9lb gain on Monday and even if it's only a 0.5lb loss I'm happy

Enjoy the weekend ������

This weeks weigh in and relapsing

This happened to be the worst week I had since rejoining slimming world as my normal positive attitude and resisting temptation went out of the window and my food demons came back with a big fucking bang and I paid for it big time with a 9lb gain, there's no excuses why this happened and I have only myself to blame for this and now it's up to me on how I approach this week. I may have had a lot on my plate but I also need to watch what passes through my lips and not let these bastard demons get the better of me.

Today's blog is a brutally honest account on how food addiction plays with your head and the consequences it could have, yet there is arseholes who think they have the license to insult and poke fun of people who are overweight or battling food addiction but they probably only do it as they have either a small cock and need an ego lift or just plain ignorant.

I will tackle this gain and hope to get a big chunk of it down and being back home with the gf will help too, have a good week everyone