About Me

Hi and thanks for coming along and taking a look at my blog.

Who am I? My name is John 'Big Mac' McInally and I'm a big guy. I've always been a big guy and always loved food. Unfortunately, my love of food turned into an addiction for all things junk and my weight ballooned as I got older.

Gaining so much weight brought with it an array of health problems, all of which could easily have been avoided if I'd done something about my weight issues sooner. The problems I experience due to my weight are:

• Type 2 diabetes,
• Raised blood pressure (Hypertension),
• Raised cholesterol,
• Sleep apnoea,
• Osteoarthritis of the knee,
• Peripheral vascular disease, and
• Ulcers of the lower leg.

Its a pretty long list for a guy of 30 years old! I go into more details on these things here.

So, why have I decided to create this blog? Well for years I've tried pretty much every diet under the sun to try and lose weight with varying degrees of success. What I did find in my last attempts that I did better when I had a wider support network and held myself accountable by keeping a record of my actions and food intake.

I previously tried and did well on the Slimming World Extra Easy diet, so that will be my weapon of choice on this journey. It helps that my better half is attending the weekly meetings, so we're both supporting each other on the diet. The only difference is I don't go to the meetings, but get weighed every couple of weeks at my local Boots pharmacy.

This blog is also designed for me to discuss and improve on other areas of my life, such as mental health and financial issues. I'm hoping other people will be able to relate to my issues and understand what I am going through and hopefully offer mutual support to make our lives better.

Right, I get that, but what's your goals? Ultimately its to lose weight, alleviate my health problems and become physically, mentally and financially fitter. I've made a list of my goals here and will update them as I go.

As for the rest of the site, its purely to help you. I'll put things like recipes and deals on here as a helping hand on becoming a better you.

If you feel like getting more involved give me a shout. You can contact me by going back to the home page and filling in the contact form on the bottom right-hand side of the page. I also have a facebook group where I post info and motivation daily. Please feel free to join in here.

Thanks for having a look and enjoy the site. As always, your feedback is always appreciated!

John 'Big Mac' McInally.