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Hi

Not sure where to post this so will go here and give a brief introduction.

Middle aged, single (not from choice) live with my dog in Australia.

I have always admired people who make the commitment to be fit, I have made some effort myself but get lazy and don't do as well as I know I can.

My weight is something I have always thought about, I saw how obesity affected my mother and how she never took responsibility for her own health and do not want to be like her.

Mostly my weight has stayed in an appropriate range for my height, but a few years ago I gave up and put on 20kgs so I was bordering on the obese range. I can remember the day I decided to change like it was yesterday.

Anyway I lost the weight and was OK, but then I decided to go farther and get fit. Over about 3 years I got the stage where I was running about 45k's a week and felt great, my weight was the lowest it had been since I was about 16. I worked really hard, to go from nothing to being able to run 10k’s was something I felt great about, and as a self-employed person I really need to be fit and healthy.

Then a couple of years ago I stopped, for the life of me I have no idea why, I am really cross with myself. I am now about 10kgs over where I feel my best and most of my strength and fitness had gone.

I have now got back into training and cannot believe how hard it is. From being able to run 5k's easily in about 29 minutes and 10k's in 65 minutes, I am struggling to stagger 4k's in 30 minutes, I am so cross with myself but will persevere and hope to get back to being able to run 10k's again.

The reason I have signed up is I have a problem with an obese person, it is connected to my business not personal. Unlike smoking, drinking etc, it is such a sensitive area I don't know how to resolve it. I don't feel I can ask anyone directly, so I wondered if it would be OK to post the problem here and get opinions or feedback from another perspective ??