By Garry Metcalf
Starting weight 123kg (271 POUNDS) – current weight 67 kg (147 Pounds) – started t using 16:8 but now on OMAD.
I was a fat kid when there weren’t any other fat kids.
I was born in 1957, just after the end of of post-war sugar rationing.
I was brought up by my grandparents who used food to to assuage my abandonment issues.
I was mercilessly bullied at school because of my obesity.
I received no support of protection from the adults who were supposed to be protecting me. I understand now why this might have been, These adults would have lived through the war and enjoyed great deprivation in their own lives so they would have been very disapproving of my appearance and poor health, but I was just a child.
Being an obese child scarred me for life there is no doubt about that. It has negatively affected every aspect of my life from, my relationships, to my career and has ruined my self image.
Obesity has cost me friendships, career opportunities and even a marriage.
Please listen to the rest of Garry’s amazing story in the episode. It is very inspiring and moving.
Enjoy the show,
Graeme