About Marchie

Hello!  I’m Marchie.

For those of you who haven’t seen me in a while…

…I’m half the man I used to be!  Well, more accurately, two-thirds of the man I used to be.

How?

• Grew up.
• Finished university.
• Moved out of home.
• Got new job.
• Ate better.
• Drank better.
• Sold my car.
• Walked places.
• Ran places.
• Bought bike.
• Cycled places.
• Changed life!
• (Grew facial hair).

The Purpose

I will write about the things that I enjoy and the things that I care about; the list above gives a flavour of those.  My main aim though is to provide something useful for the world – to help people – maybe even to help you.

What is your proudest achievement? Common answers seem to be having children, academic performance or career progression.  Well, I don’t have any kids, so I can’t relate to those people.  I do have a first class honours degree, I also have a job; neither rank anywhere close to my proudest achievement – losing weight.

I am the happiest that I have ever been.  This is because I have changed my life.  I lost the weight because I changed my life, but equally, I changed my life because I lost the weight.

At some stage, I’ll write in some detail about how I lost the weight and how I keep it off.  Essentially though, it’s quite simple – change, discipline and patience.