I am a dad of 3 originally from London UK but living in West Yorkshire UK. I appear to have 'skinny genes' but a 'fat mentality' and recently before starting on fatsecret my fat mentality was winning the battle. Having never counted a calorie or thought about nutrition I was steadily gaining a kg a month. It got to a point where I developed knee pain which has not healed in 1 year. The kicker that embarrassed me into action was one day I was sitting waiting for a Uber taxi in the town centre and about to light a cigarette when my lighter fell through a hole on the bench I was sitting. I reached to grab the lighter and just couldn't reach it...I reached further and I almost completely fell on the floor but managed to save myself before a complete roll down the highstreet. A couple of minutes later a member of the public came to me said 'I saw you struggling' reached under the bench and retrieved my lighter. I thanked him and mentioned I have a knee injury. I vowed inside that I will not let this happen again. That is my story.