Not really sure what's going to go in here, lets see where it goes...

My name is Michael and I live near Leeds in West Yorkshire (not Kent as many douche Facebook users put). Yes that would be my first bug-bear on here.

I'm 26 and still live with my mum and dad :( as I'm starting my own business and need the cheap rent (cheers mum!).

I like watching films and listening to music when I find 5 minutes to do either.

I've been overweight since I was about 12 I think. Usual thing, everyone trying to make me feel better by saying it was puppy fat so I ignored the problem. Now all these years later I'm knocking 24st and not very happy about it.

I was going to the gym last time I tried to loose weight but my training buddies dropped off for various reasons and I find motivation difficult when I'm by myself.

By trade I'm a geek or IT engineer if you prefer. Most of my experience is in infrastructure but I also dabble in a bit of VB programming for various projects.

My target is to get down to 18st by my birthday (Mid September). That's a big ask of 6st in 8 months but I'm looking good so far. I'm not following any strict diet or anything like that, just counting every calorie that goes into the system. I have a spreadsheet which graphs what I should be able to loose sticking around 2000 calories a day. It also adjusts my BMR as my weight drops (give me a shout if anyone wants a copy).

I'll see if I can pluck up the courage to sort some before and (hopefully) after shots to follow the journey.

Thats a bit more than I thought would end up on here but there you go. Anything obvious that I've missed, ask me and I'll probably answer it.

If anyone thinks that my relationship status is not mentioned, I'm 26, living with my parents, have no money and I'm overweight. Nuff said on that one me thinks.