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Raoul Duke

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Hey guy's, well quite simply my mrs left me got really depressed started going out meeting ppl weight seemed to fall off but the journey has only just begun, i jog 3mi/5km a day, kickbox, box, go spinning and weight training, yes i have loose skin but im doing my best to get it sorted non surgically, as far as im aware with the correct diet and training its inevitable that it will sort itself out :hurray:

Ive only been training for the last 3 months pretty much as soon as my weight loss allowed, i have to keep bumping up the training to feel it but im starting to get used to it and its part of my life hopefully for the rest of my life, and as the cliche saying goes if i can do it then...
 
Fantastic progress man!

You say you've been training for 3 months. Are you suggesting that you lost all this weight in that time frame?
 
lol i wish! no the weight started to come off around this time last year, mainly through walking and generally just moving around as before just walking to the bus stop was a mission!
 
That's fantastic, man.

It's amazing what a lack of basic activity can do to people. I notice it left and right in the office environment, where you've got kids coming out of college living somewhat active lives and they move right into a full-time job moving very little most days of the week..... and the weight just piles on.

What did you do on the nutritional side of things? Did you count calories or did you just *clean up* the food choices and let that go its natural course?
 
tbh i just couldnt afford to eat the way i did before, i blame bread mostly i could easily eat a loaf of bread a day if not more, bread and butter every day!
 
:waving:Hi Sweetie
What a FANTASTIC JOB you have done on yourself! Truly inspiring! To coin a phrase, you have made "beauty from ashes" and really turned your life around from tragedy (losing your mrs) to triumph!

Best wishes on the rest of your journey; keep up the stellar work!
ABBA
 
Amazing! May I ask, how much did you weigh in the penultimate picture? And how old/tall are you?

Again, congrats very much on the great work.
 
:seeya:

Hi there! What an amazing success. Honestly, you do not look like the same person anymore. What Steve said is so true -- it's fantastic to see what a little more activity can do to a person! It has jumpstarted your amazing journey, that is for sure.


Great, great job once again.
 
thanks for the positive feedback guys :) to answer some questions i'm 5' 8/173cm and the penultimate pic is at my current weight
 
Absolutely amazing, RD! Wow, really! You certainly kicked up a notch!

Reading back to what Steve said is so true. I never had to worry about weight back in the days when I walked everywhere and did it in the Florida heat 5-6 days a week, but I didn't make the connection that go around that my activity went to zip when I got a vehicle.

This time though over the last 10 years when I had children, I just was depressed and lazy and let it go. I knew what I had to to and why I was where I was, but I was too busy feeling sorry for myself and how things had gone in my life to do anything about it. I wasted a lot of years in that mindset. I won't do it again. I've vowed even if all I do is walk everyday modeling how i used to walk as a young adult, then I can at least maintain where I am. I refuse to do this again because I know better.

Anyway, enough of that. You really took terrific! You should be proud of your results! Amazing stuff and as someone about 9 months into this, it makes me excited for where I'll be 9 months from now! I'm sure it offers inspiration to others too! Nice going!
 
WTG go Bro!!! you look awesome !!! what a difference especially with the current pics you just put up! Keep us posted!!:party:
 
Thanks for the positive responses! if i can give anyone any advice which to be honest i really have no place giving lol it would be...

every cliche youve ever heard about life! lol

i guess... for me atleast i wanted it i and i got it, yes it took alot of hard work, am i happy?...hmm... will i continue? YES! i feel asif i have woken up from a coma and the more of life that i experience the more i realise just how much there is to experience both good and bad!

wherever you are whenever you are just breathe! feel that youre alive! know that I CAN! AND YOU WILL!

lol anyway im nowhere near where i want to be maybe half way... ish lol its not about fat anymore its about life!

have fun! see you on the bench :hurray:
 
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