About 2 years ago I was in a mall waiting for my wife (slender and extremely attractive) to use the bathroom. At the entrance to the bathrooms they had a 25cent scale. I thought, what the heck I haven't got on a scale in years. Little did I know that $.25 would change my life. I deposited the quarter, stepped on and was blown away when I saw the weight on the screen. 280lbs. Holy crap, no way, am I that big? It seemed like just yesterday I was in awesome shape, working outdoors, I was the guy who got the stares when I walked in the room, and now what is this, 280, that scale must be busted, it has to be wrong I told myself.
I wasted no time going home and weighing myself again. It was exactly what I feared, the scale at the mall was not busted, I was 280 lbs.
For some people this might be the instant drive they needed to get their arse on a treadmill, but for me it made me depressed. I knew that I was 100+ pounds overweight and it felt out of reach, I got depressed and sad, I started loosing even more self respect and self image.
After obsessing on it for a while, I decided to get in shape, I knew it would be tough, I knew it would be the hardest thing that I had ever done, but I also knew how rewarding it would be in the end.
Its been 2 years, I've lost 100 pounds, and I'm about 10 pounds away from my goal. For the first several months I only did cardio. Cardio became my best friend, I usually did 2 cardio sessions a day for 5-6 days a week. I then decided to start lifting weights as well and that led me to where I am today.
I am not in perfect shape by any means, I went to the Dr. a couple weeks ago and although she gave me props for loosing all I have, she also pointed out I have more to loose. Its not over yet, but it is getting harder. I have been stagnant for months now. Recently I made a commitment to myself to loose the rest of this weight. To do so will require me to focus on my diet again, as well as hit the cardio hard.
This blog (if your reading this) will serve as my training diary and hopefully when I hit my weight loss goal will serve as my weight lifting diary.
Even when I started I didn't truly believe I could do it, but I knew that if I took every day at a time and focused on smaller goals it would be a little easier. If I can do it you can do it.
I wasted no time going home and weighing myself again. It was exactly what I feared, the scale at the mall was not busted, I was 280 lbs.
For some people this might be the instant drive they needed to get their arse on a treadmill, but for me it made me depressed. I knew that I was 100+ pounds overweight and it felt out of reach, I got depressed and sad, I started loosing even more self respect and self image.
After obsessing on it for a while, I decided to get in shape, I knew it would be tough, I knew it would be the hardest thing that I had ever done, but I also knew how rewarding it would be in the end.
Its been 2 years, I've lost 100 pounds, and I'm about 10 pounds away from my goal. For the first several months I only did cardio. Cardio became my best friend, I usually did 2 cardio sessions a day for 5-6 days a week. I then decided to start lifting weights as well and that led me to where I am today.
I am not in perfect shape by any means, I went to the Dr. a couple weeks ago and although she gave me props for loosing all I have, she also pointed out I have more to loose. Its not over yet, but it is getting harder. I have been stagnant for months now. Recently I made a commitment to myself to loose the rest of this weight. To do so will require me to focus on my diet again, as well as hit the cardio hard.
This blog (if your reading this) will serve as my training diary and hopefully when I hit my weight loss goal will serve as my weight lifting diary.
Even when I started I didn't truly believe I could do it, but I knew that if I took every day at a time and focused on smaller goals it would be a little easier. If I can do it you can do it.
Here I am at around 280 lbs.....
This is me at about 195 lbs, I will be taking more recent photos soon....
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