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I wouldn't say I exercise a lot, I use an exercise bike a few times a week and go for walks at the weekend, but nothing strenuous - due to some health issues, I am supposed to stick to low/medium impact sports. I'm nowhere near as fit as I'd like to be, I probably need to get back to...

Brighthair, do you get the same reaction of people not believing your weight? Sometimes I find it very tempting to just say I'm 12 & a half stone!

lol I wish! But my scales, the doctor's scales as well as the hospital's scales all agree :eek:

I didn't see that thread Brighthair, but I don't go in NL very often. I am roughly size 18 (lower half) and 20 (top half) I have always been fairly 'heavy' even when a lot slimmer and fitter I don't go much below 11.5/12 stone.

Very interesting indeed. Well, I phoned up the riding school a month or two back, asked if I could book a lesson and told them my weight, they said no. Out of interest I was passing the other day, went in and asked if I could book an assessment lesson, which they were quite happy to do, and...

OK, I have created a new account for this, partly for obvious reasons and partly because I have mentioned my weight in previous discussions. I want you to have a guess at my weight. Imagine I've turned up at a riding school, I'm an experienced rider, though I know I am overweight and I've...