Hello ladies and gents. My name is Tim. I'm 23 years old and I'm new here.
Throughout my life since I was about 5-6 years old, I was very overweight. I was told my whole life you have to lose the weight or face the unfortunate consequences. I didn't listen and I wasn't going to listen. I WAS BULLETPROOF.
Around the age of 20 I started to see the problem I was living with. I hated to go to malls and stores and see clothes I could not wear unless I went to a big n tall clothing store. I hated how I couldn't run or even walk at a fast pace without breathing like I just ran a marathon. I hated myself and what I had become. I was 385 pounds.
On July 10th 2010, I was listening to Kid Cudi's Pursuit of Happiness. I decided I wanted to find my happiness. I set a HUGE goal for myself, lose 200 pounds by 2012. I had 17 months The next week I ate right. No 2nd and 3rd servings. No soda or juice. No snacks. 3000-4000 calories a day cut to about 1500-2000 a day. At the end of that week I had lost 6 pounds, no exercise yet. I started to walk 1 mile a day. After about 2 weeks I decided 1 mile was weak. So I bumped it up to 3 miles a day.
Around mid September 2010 I was down to 330 Pounds(50lbs lost). I signed up for a gym membership. I started going to the gym EVERY single day. I would spend about an hour each day working out. The first week I dropped 10lbs. I went everyday that fall and winter except the holidays. I missed maybe 2-3 days over a 120 day period.
In February 2011 I was at 270 Pounds(110lbs lost). And then I got cocky. I started to lose my vision of what I was eating and how much. I started to let soda back in my life. I was still hitting the Gym hard but I was not in the same state of mind I had been for the past 7 months. I stayed at 270 pounds for those 7 months.
August 2011 it hit me again that I had become weak again. I kicked the soda and snacks again. I started going 2 hours at the gym. 40 minutes of cardio and the other 80 hitting the weights.
January 1st 2012...... I did not meet my 200 by 12 goal. I was mad at myself. I was 248 pounds(140lbs lost). My family and friends noticed I changed that day. I was upset, I should have been ecstatic, jumping for joy. People would kill to lose 140 pounds. I lost a person weight wise off me. But I looked at it as a big fat F. I wasn't happy but it did do one thing, It motivated me even more than before.
Then we skip to today May 8th 2012. I am currently at 218 pounds(170lbs lost). And I'm happy. So right now lookin ahead I should hit 200 by the end of June 2012. 6-7 months into 2012. The 6-7 months i lost.
I would also like to wish everyone who is struggling with their weight that it can be done.
As the great Jim Valvano said "Don't give up, Don't ever give up".
Throughout my life since I was about 5-6 years old, I was very overweight. I was told my whole life you have to lose the weight or face the unfortunate consequences. I didn't listen and I wasn't going to listen. I WAS BULLETPROOF.
Around the age of 20 I started to see the problem I was living with. I hated to go to malls and stores and see clothes I could not wear unless I went to a big n tall clothing store. I hated how I couldn't run or even walk at a fast pace without breathing like I just ran a marathon. I hated myself and what I had become. I was 385 pounds.
On July 10th 2010, I was listening to Kid Cudi's Pursuit of Happiness. I decided I wanted to find my happiness. I set a HUGE goal for myself, lose 200 pounds by 2012. I had 17 months The next week I ate right. No 2nd and 3rd servings. No soda or juice. No snacks. 3000-4000 calories a day cut to about 1500-2000 a day. At the end of that week I had lost 6 pounds, no exercise yet. I started to walk 1 mile a day. After about 2 weeks I decided 1 mile was weak. So I bumped it up to 3 miles a day.
Around mid September 2010 I was down to 330 Pounds(50lbs lost). I signed up for a gym membership. I started going to the gym EVERY single day. I would spend about an hour each day working out. The first week I dropped 10lbs. I went everyday that fall and winter except the holidays. I missed maybe 2-3 days over a 120 day period.
In February 2011 I was at 270 Pounds(110lbs lost). And then I got cocky. I started to lose my vision of what I was eating and how much. I started to let soda back in my life. I was still hitting the Gym hard but I was not in the same state of mind I had been for the past 7 months. I stayed at 270 pounds for those 7 months.
August 2011 it hit me again that I had become weak again. I kicked the soda and snacks again. I started going 2 hours at the gym. 40 minutes of cardio and the other 80 hitting the weights.
January 1st 2012...... I did not meet my 200 by 12 goal. I was mad at myself. I was 248 pounds(140lbs lost). My family and friends noticed I changed that day. I was upset, I should have been ecstatic, jumping for joy. People would kill to lose 140 pounds. I lost a person weight wise off me. But I looked at it as a big fat F. I wasn't happy but it did do one thing, It motivated me even more than before.
Then we skip to today May 8th 2012. I am currently at 218 pounds(170lbs lost). And I'm happy. So right now lookin ahead I should hit 200 by the end of June 2012. 6-7 months into 2012. The 6-7 months i lost.
I would also like to wish everyone who is struggling with their weight that it can be done.
As the great Jim Valvano said "Don't give up, Don't ever give up".
