As some will know, I have experienced health concerns, and have been trying to lose weight for a number of years. My last visit to my local nurse led to me having an appointment with a nutritionist in person and she was wonderful. Some of her tips I had never known about, and as a result I do feel like I am losing weight. I still struggle to walk, that's expected but I can get around with help on bad days and mostly experience much nicer days. It's more my back pain that persists and makes me retreat to laying down; it's the worst pain I have ever felt in my life.

I can't compare it to any dislocation I have experienced, not even having dislocated both of my knees whilst at work because my line manager expected me to fully clean the back storage room, and move two indrusturial double fridge freezers to deep clean them and the walls behind (I wished I had requested to break it down throughout the week but the kitchen staff I worked with were horrible people).

Currently I am on a stricter diet, and have reduced the amount of pop that I drink. I had water prior but I did have a couple of cans a day of Tango and what I call Reggie Reggie Juice. I'm not back on mostly water, and a sugar-free apple Tango.

What about you? Are you on a diet? Do you enjoy fitness as a means to keep fit and healthy? What have you been doing recently?

Let's support each other, encourage changes that make an impact on each of our lives.

Body weight a struggle shared by probably a billion across the world. The challenge is normal @Chris 

Yeah the pop has to go (one of my things was ‘no carbonated drinks’ and I haven’t had one (apart from my exception of a coke for a bad hangover ) for over 10 years now. I’m out now I’ll post more over the next few days

I sympathise with you @Chris, back pain is awful and often the only thing you can do is lose weight, which is not a quick fix.

The thing that helped me most was switching to water. I'd developed a habit of drinking apple juice with sparkling water, thinking it was healthy. I was consuming about 200 calories with each glass. Changing to sparkling water (with a squeeze of lemon when I was feeling wild) made a massive difference.

Counting calories really helped me. It made me aware of what I was consuming and how much leeway I had.

@StarkMallard Yes, I have been watching that Dr. Now show. He helps people lose weight, and the information is really helpful. Not that I am that big, but the calorie counting and intake is so vital to losing weight. I am guilty of thinking I am being healthier with a diet, when it still isn't all that much but then there's medication that doesn't help with side effects of weight gain.

Some good advice shared by you, I hope you are still trying to adapt to the healthier lifestyle. =)