My Back Story

Hi there and welcome to our blog. This is the first time that I have ever done anything like a blog so I expect that this is going to be a learning experience and a journey – one I’m looking forward to going on with you.
First up – who am I? Well my name is Marie Inch and I am a 26 year old (am I too old to say 26 ½?) who works and plays here in Christchurch.
Over the years I have attempted various different strategies for losing weight; gym memberships, commercial weight loss programmes, dieticians – all with an overall low success rate.
In August last year (2009) I decided that enough was enough – with a wedding coming up (oh yeah, that’s another thing – I’m engaged to my adorably supportive fiancé and the upcoming wedding is acting as a huge motivation for me – I can still hear Mike’s voice in my head “remember – wedding photos last forever!”) – anyway, I decided that it was time to try again.
I joined up with M1NT and I was set. To be honest things were pretty slow going for the first few months – I was extremely unfit so struggled with any real exercise programme that lasted for any longer than about 15 minutes!
I’m pleased to say that I have stuck with M1NT and have achieved results – results that to be honest I never expected I was going to be able to achieve.
Knowing what I have achieved thus far – I believe that I am motivated enough to keep going.
So, this is the beginning of my continued weight loss and fitness progress that I hope we can journey together. When Mike first spoke to me about doing this blog he stressed that it was going to be important to be honest – really talk about how I feel etc – so that’s what I am going to do.
I hope you join me for the ride.