Maheva

Hi! my name's Maheva, I am 37 years old, and am now living in Brussels with my bf after 10 years in London; I work office hours 5 days a week, and have a rather busy social & family life.

Since I am 20-21 I have been rather active (jogging, tennis, cycling, swimming regularly), eating sensibly and my weight was steady for over 10 years, between 62kgs and 64kgs. Then in 2005 I got seriously ill and spent over eight months in hospital, and another year recovering from the surgeries and treatments. That is when my weight shot from around 60kgs to 84kgs in a bit less than 2 years.

End of 2008, I decided to shake myself up and embarked on a long term challenge to lose the extra weight and get back to healthy eating habits: walking, jogging & spinning mainly: in 10 months I progressively shed 13kgs (from 84kgs to 71 kgs), and was quite proud of that achievement!! I was back in my size 38-40 clothes (from the 44-46 I was at!). Then a 12 months (2010) work assignment in the middle east got me again: eating out & alcohol, junk food, long flights, exhaustion, long hours at work...and no exercise. I put the weight back on!! And it started to get me soooooo depressed.

So here I am, back on fighting to get my figure back!! In June this year, I was at 81kgs when I joined the local gym (exercising 3 to 4 times a week since then). The move to Brussels earlier this year , a more controlled daily work routine (hardly no travel to disrupt my week schedule), helped me get the determination to be back in shape by March 2012. That is my target date to lose around 13 kgs.

I joined FS end of August as I felt the need for a support tool to keep myself in check on my progress, and make sure I do not give up & set myself achievable short term challenges too.