So, Who am I...
I'm Mark Crook, I was born on the 11th November 1978, Making me
28 at the time if making this site (nearly 30 tho when updating
it). I was born in Liverpool,
Which is where I still live.
Starting this site, I'm 30stone 11.5Lb in weight, and I'm 6"2'
Tall (at the time of updating 18 months on, i'm 32 stone, 7Lb)
Interests
I really like Doctor Who, Don't ask me why, I just do.
I spend a lot of time on forums, and there are 2 main forums
that I currently use a lot..
Power Sellers Forum (dedicated to helping out people that use
eBay)
Fat2Slim Forum (the slimming support forum I run allong side
this site)
I cant stand football in any shape or form, I used to like motor
racing, but when working I would miss the races, and stopped
paying attention to what was happening in the world of F1. I am
now trying to get back into the current F1 championship.
I also like darts, and used to play a bit, but due to problems
with my wrist and hands it now causes me pain to play, but I hope to take
it up again soon.
What Do I Do For A Living
Well for years I was a cab driver in Liverpool, I had a short
break away from the cabs to live in the Isle Of Man and work in
a bookies, I loved the job and the people I worked with where
the best. I had to leave the island after I started to develop
problems with my wrists, and could no longer use the computers
they had, and problems standing. Also there was a few health issues with family that
finally swung the decision to leave, and back to the cabs I
went.
I then had to leave the cabs due to back problems, and I'm
currently not working. Some days I can only just about get out
of bed, due to the pain in my back. I was getting treatment of a
physiotherapist called Dave, and he was doing well with it,
but my biggest problem with the treatment was that it worked for a day or
so, then the pain all comes back. In October 2008 im still
haveing the back problems but the only option now is to lose
weight to ease the pains.
I hope, With the help of this site and the fat2slim forum that
I'm running, to shed a lot of my weight and hope that this will
help with the health problems I'm having, then I can get back to
work, probably on the cabs in Liverpool again. altho up to now
after a good start i have gained rather than lose in the 18
months since starting the site
Ambitions
My main ambition is to lose about 15stone in weight, this is
going to be the hardest thing I have ever done, and probably
will be the hardest thing I will ever do.
once I lose the weight (which I WILL DO!) I have a few things I
would love to do, I don't know if I will ever get to do them,
but here they are....
Things to do when slim!
Climb a mountain
Bungee jump (off a bridge)
Parachute jump
Run a marathon (well maybe walk one!)
Walk to the top of the empire state building (yes walk, not get
in the lift)
Fit in one seat on a plain
plus more to follow as I think of them.
Check out the following links to different pages about me...
