Stay on HIVE! I've read a few of your posts, and please, stay on HIVE!

On the gym front: I was a 120KG man under four decades of age. I'm just a smidge over 6 foot (yeah yeah, I'm mixing metric and imperial). I stopped going to the "gym" (it was a squat rack in my yard) when my wife had her hysterectomy a few years back.

When we moved to our current home, we sold all that stuff, but I asserted that I would be rejoining the gym. I did that.

I'm still a 120KG man (last time I checked - on both accounts) and I'm pretty sure I haven't grown taller or shorter. But, the belt buckle tells me that it doesn't need the last hole on the belt anymore, and it is comfortable at the third (And if I inhale sharply - the fourth one).

I've done this in about 7 months. I still eat pizza. I still eat noodles. I still eat pasta. I enjoy food. You can't out-train a bad diet, they say, but you can just keep up with it.

All I am doing is lifting weights and five minutes on the stair machine, or ... now (that I will need to walk to my gym for the foreseeable future) - walk ~2.5km, then lift weights, then walk back home for the same distance, sometimes in the pelting rain.

Every bit of physical motion you do is an investment in yourself.

Willpower and accountability is the hardest thing. Tell a friend everyday what you achieved. Make a friend. Tell yourself in a notebook. In the mirror.

Nike has the best motto on this, and it isn't one that needs to be repeated.

Not only am I stronger, I am mentally more resilient, more confident, and no doubt, feel healthier. it doesn't even hurt when I move anymore!