{"id":1545,"date":"2013-04-14T08:04:03","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T08:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2013-04-23T10:38:32","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T10:38:32","slug":"if-big-ben-can-do-it-why-i-cant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/archives\/1545","title":{"rendered":"If Big Ben can do it, why I can\u2019t?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"9fc581e4-60d3-46b7-918a-9f5f81f26c22\"<\/a>Ben Owen\u2019s\u00a0 Age 32. Lives in London<\/a>. Hometown; Perth, Australia\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

On July 22nd, 2010, Ben weighed 155kg. \u00a0 Height 1.96m. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BMI: 40.3<\/b><\/p>\n

On 7th April, 2011, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 weight: 109kg. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Height: 6 ft.5 in.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BMI: 28.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n

Total Loss: 46kg (7 stone 3lb!)<\/b><\/p>\n

Ben Owen was known to all his friends as Big Ben. He was 6ft.5 in.tall.\u00a0 If the affectionate nickname were all about his height, he wouldn\u2019t mind. But at 155kg, he knew people were referring to his weight and that made him feel embarrassed and self-conscious.<\/p>\n

The first thing people said when they met him was about how big he was. It was usually said with good intentions, but it made him feel really uncomfortable.\u00a0 He\u2019d joke alone with people but cringed inside. He was always a bit shy, but his weight made him try to hide rather than going out and talking to people. He\u2019d stay home and avoid places, where he knew he\u2019d stand out. Honestly, he sometimes felt quite depressed.<\/p>\n

When he was at school, he was always very active and loved playing Basketball, Cricket and Aussie Rules Football. When he had a growth spurt in his last year of school he started eating a lot more and, unfortunately, even though he stopped growing taller, he carried on eating and his growth spurt moved to his waist!<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout six years ago, he moved to London and was eating and drinking a lot, rarely cooking for self and socialising all the time. As an accountant, he was not very active. He piled the weight on and soon found himself at 155kg, his heaviest weight ever. His health was definitely affected. Walking up stairs tired him out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he was asked to be groomsman at his best friend\u2019s wedding, he decided the weight had to go. He didn\u2019t want to look how he did in the official photos. He just woke up one morning feeling \u2018Now\u2019s the time to do it.\u2019 And this time he was determined to do it properly though. He didn\u2019t want the weight coming back again. He joined a weight loss plan and lost 46kg . Once he got to his goal weight of 110kg he felt really good.\u00a0 He found it so easy that he decided to lose another 5kg to get down to a really healthy weight.<\/p>\n

Instead of people commenting on how big he was they remarked on his weight loss. He joined a gym and even joined the Aussie Rules football squad, training twice a week. He started feeling a lot more confident and happy. His friends have been really supportive, and he has developed a lot of good feelings from those around him. He is confident he will be able to get to his new goal and stay there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ben Owen\u2019s\u00a0 Age 32. Lives in London. Hometown; Perth, Australia\u00a0 On July 22nd, 2010, Ben weighed 155kg. \u00a0 Height 1.96m. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BMI: 40.3 On 7th April, 2011, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 weight: 109kg. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Height: 6 ft.5 in.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BMI: 28.4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Total Loss: 46kg (7 stone 3lb!) Ben Owen was known to all his friends as Big Ben. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[162],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}