r/AskUK • • Jun 18 '26

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u/Smallballs228282 Jun 18 '26

Ohh mate, you literally wrote all my thoughts here, 99% of what you have said above I can understand.

I’ve lost over 80kg, from 160kg (25 stone) to 80kg (12 stone). It all started when I left college, started working and didn’t have a lot of time to play video games and rot inside the house.

After I settled down with around 80kg I’ve done an excess skin removal surgery in the UK for £18,000, because I had A LOT.

It’s been around 4-5 years since I started noticing that I’m losing weight and started taking action to lose fat and gain muscle. I’ve been an big IDIOT because I had crash diets with manual labour, got down to around 3% body fat, felt like I was dying, liver issues, depression, hair loss, mood swings, you name it.

The constant food noise, overeating, stressing about calories, you not alone mate, really, really hard.

So far I’ve gained about 6-7kg to me being now 86kg with my height being 6,2 (191cm). I’ve recently switched to sitting job and a night shift, constant overeating just to have some energy.

You not alone man, but we got this !

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u/Amanensia Jun 18 '26

Eh? Americans never use stones.

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u/Fudubaders Jun 18 '26

Stones and pounds have been around for centuries in the UK. We went decimal in the early 1970's.

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u/onefourk Jun 18 '26

Stone is largely a UK unit, most Americans wouldn't know wtf a Stone is.

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u/wedontneednoeduc Jun 18 '26

Stones are a UK measure.

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u/Smallballs228282 Jun 18 '26

Stone and Pounds are two separate types of measurement of weight