Project Ripped

This section needs updating as still original 2008 ‘about’. I now live in New Zealand.

I am going to keep my identity private for now. I don’t want my name indexed by the search engines yet. I do want this blog to hold me publicly accountable for my actions towards becoming ripped and I will share this blog with the weight-loss community.

I am a high school teacher and as such don’t want my students to have easy access to over-weight photographs of me should they google my name. Once I have managed to become ripped I don’t mind and will add my name and location to this blog. Children can by unintentionally cruel.

For now I will let you know that:

• At the start of the programme I am 38 years old
• I am married with two children
• I am a high school teacher teaching ICT to 11 to 18 year olds
• I have been over-weight for many years, although as a teenager I was very thin
• I live somewhere in the British Isles

Like many others I have tried various diets over the years and failed. My lifestyle has made it difficult to do any form of exercise and  frequent long periods of depression have seen me comfort eat for extended periods.

I have an IQ of 140+ and know that knowledge alone is not enough to lose my fat. I need to be sympathetic to my emotions and use goal setting effectively to help direct my daily actions.