I'm recovering from a recent heart attack and this has motivated me to eat better and healthier. I'm shocked at how many calories I would have been consuming but now I've been sticking to 800 to 1500 per day since my heart attack in July. I'm also type 2 diabetic, controlled by metformin, diagnosed in 1999 but I've never stuck rigidly to good control.

I have what I consider food phobias, I can't physically or mentally try new things, I've never had pizza, pasta, Indian, Chinese, I don't eat vegetables but I love fruit. I would eat on the go as I live a busy life. I work for the NHS and run my own business. So, lunch is usually a pie or two or three or fast food as I rush from one place to the next.

I struggle for inspiration, I love cooking but my limited diet means I eat the same few reoccurring meals every few days.

My goal, to get to 75kg, I'm currently 83kg, a loss of 6kg since July and at my worst a few years ago I was 95kg.