Let's start at the beginning, shall we?

So, greetings!

I'll begin by making this concise as possible I'm a somewhat overweight, adolescent who originated in Britain and now lives in Germany.

My life began in 1991, putting me at the age of twenty-one years currently, it wasn't an unusual beginning of life, but the path on which I came to the point I'm at now was. I spent the first few years of my life in a small mining town and then moved to what would become the place I grew up in and stayed until my twenty first birthday, a small seaside town in the northern part of Wales. Most of my childhood was dominated by school problems which led to no fewer than six school changes in primary school, until secondary school.

Not long after a severe family crisis I began to slowly regress into a state of recluse which led to me becoming self-imprisoned into a room for the best part of eight years of my youth, up until the age of twenty. During which time, I had no exercise, ate poorly and had steadily increased in weight up until my largest point, at a staggering 176 kilograms (388 pounds).

In September of 2011, all of my past habits were changed, I was relocated from the house I had been trapped in, both physically and mentally and it signaled a big change in my life and my perspective. I initially began losing weight not long after. My second weigh in was at my doctors, which was the second visit I had made in eight years, my weight being around 157 (346 pounds) kilograms in early 2012 and began planning to move to Germany, to meet my now girlfriend, Daniela.

After an enjoyable summer, I spent a considerable time exercising and becoming more and more interested in fitness, I started bicycling and thoroughly enjoying the experience, I began lifting weights shortly after and then after my legs had conditioned adequately I started jogging more frequently than I cycled. In a six month period I've dropped 37 kilograms and I now sit at a (more) comfortable 120 kilograms (264 pounds) putting my lost weight at a total of 57 kilograms (125 pounds) which is more than some people actually weigh.

So now, my goal is to gradually lose weight until I reach an average weight for my height, which is something around 80 kilograms (175-185 pounds). After which I would like to attempt to see how much muscle I can attain, while maintaining a high level of fitness and exploring various other things that are involved in weight loss, fitness and a dabbling in various other topics I enjoy.

That's all for now and thanks for taking your time to read!

/Nathan