Where it all began

Just found this the other day, and thought I better get it scanned into the computer, as otherwise it would fade away forever. This is the weigh-in ticket from the first day I started Weight Watchers. I decided things had got a little out of hand, this was the first time I think I ever weighed over 11 stone. I had always been conscious of my weight, but never really had any issues. I looked at other guys who weighed less than me, and just assumed that they were different, and that I'd never be like that. My weight had always gone up and down, though I remember a spate of going to the gym before I went to France to live for 9 months back in 2000, when I weighed 67kg (10st7lb), and I lost weight during the time I was there (of course, on my trips back to the UK, my mum complained that I was losing too much weight!!). Probably the most weight I ever put on in one go was my trip to America in 2003, after all the steak and fries, I'd be surprised if I didn't put on 1/2 a stone in two weeks! My next skinniest point was when I moved back to France again that September for another 9 months. I got down to 63kg (9st12lb), which sounds quite low, but it was a weight I arrived at without dieting, just eating what I fancied, when I fancied it (although I always had 3 meals a day). I had everything I wanted, bread, cheese, nuts, meat...and managed to keep it down. Unfortunately when I moved back to the UK, the weight carried on rising, and I ended up back at the weight I was way back in 2000. Since then, it must have carried on creeping up to where I ended up 10 weeks or so ago. That was when I started Weight Watchers.