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So I'm the shrinking philosopher and this blog is about my attempts to become skinnier as I also try to become a philosopher. I'm currently completing my PhD, and in between studying I'm trying to lose weight. 


Why? because I have been the size I am now, plus/minus 5 kilos for the last 7 years of my life. I'm unfit, overweight and while it's not making me unhappy, I think being skinnier and fitter would make me more happy.

As a teenager I had always been fairly active, I played basketball, netball, took part in competition ballroom dancing, swam and won several prizes at school because I was just so sporty. Then at 14 I tore my ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) on my left knee and didn't have surgery to fix it until I was   16. In those two years, the mild depression I had at 13 became stronger; I stopped playing sports, stopped enjoying exercise and stopped dancing.

Fast forward 7 years (aka now) and I'm 23. The odd thing is that I retained the image of myself as someone who was strong, fit and completely capable of doing anything, whether that be going for day long hikes, cycling up mount wellington, being stronger than my friends, having endurance, easily being able to play a game of netball or anything else - I was completely fit and fantastic! … But in reality I wasn't.

I had this mental image of myself and my fitness from when I was 14, and it hadn't changed even though I am now 23, married and really unfit. I was in denial.

The shock of just how unfit and overweight I was hit me when I recently saw pictures of myself at a Christmas in July party on Facebook. I was horrified. Surely that couldn't be me? Perhaps it was just taken at a really unflattering angle? But as I kept looking at the pictures and slowly worked my way through a list of excuses, I had to face the truth. 


I was fat, and I looked really unhealthy. 

I realised I had to do something about it, and I had to do it now! I'm 23, my twenties are supposed to be the prime of my life, the years when I'm bursting with energy and trying a bunch of new things. If I don't do it now what will I be like when I'm 30? 40? or 50?. 

This cannot wait and I have to give it priority. This is my journey to being skinnier, healthier and fitter!

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