Day 1 - 300 Day Weight Loss Challenge
- Phil
- Mar 4
- 2 min read
In 2017, I hit rock bottom…
After 7 years of living in China with my family we were all set to come home with our newly adopted son, but then the wheels fell off. Six months and several battles with the Home Office later, things were rapidly becoming untenable.
No job.
No home
……and running out of money faster than I could think of solutions. Every day felt like a battle for survival (and it was, but that’s a story for another time).
In those six months, I gained 85 lbs through stress
the emotional eating
and the drinking that came with it, comforting myself with food when the weight of uncertainty became too much to bear.
I felt trapped, not just in my circumstances, but in my own body.
When we finally made it back to the UK, my focus wasn’t on me, it was on survival again.
Find work.
Find a home and provide for the family.
As for my health? Well that could wait.
And it did. Every attempt I made to lose the weight was half-hearted. I’d start with good intentions but quit before seeing results.
The truth? I wasn’t ready to face the real problem, I’d never fully dealt with the emotional scars that came with that struggle. What made it worse was that as a nutritionist and personal trainer I knew WHAT to do, it was the WHEN I struggled with.
Now, I’m done waiting.
So I’ve set myself a 300-day challenge to lose the fat I gained, rebuild my strength, and reclaim the life I nearly lost back then.
This isn’t about vanity or quick fixes, it’s about becoming the healthiest, strongest version of myself so I can lead, support, be an example and maybe even inspire those around me.
I know this journey will be raw, uncomfortable, and full of setbacks, but I’m ready to face each day, each challenge and fight for the version of me I know is there.
It’s time to begin…..
Have you ever faced a moment in life that forced you to start over?
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