June of 2009 I weighed 285 lbs. I was 18 years old, fresh out of high school. I set a goal of 185, losing 100 lbs, in one year. Ambitious, but I felt I could do it. I entered the battle of the bulge because I began to box, and at 285 lbs, I was too large to compete.
By last November I was cage fighting, and was hard pressed to make weight, pushing my body with hours upon hours of running each night, lifting weights for hours, and doing full Martial Art work outs. I went to college at the same time.
By april I was below 205, but had to gain weight to make 205 for a fight. From that point until this august, I have been in a cycle of losing, then gaining, to make a fight deadline. In normal fashion, I got into a fight below 205, at 185. I lost the 20 lbs in under three weeks, and am happy to finally be past my original goal.
My body is ugly, misshapen from the constant and rapid weight changes, and bruised/cut up in many spots. I do not like where I am at, and need to keep losing body fat (21% now) in 'trouble' areas, but I feel like I have accomplished more than I, or anyone else, could have ever expected to accomplish. Losing almost ten lbs in a hard pressed week is a feeling of excitement, a rush unlike no other. I hope whom ever reads this and still needs to continue on the journey will understand one point, you get out what you put in. No pain, no gain. And above all, you must do it for yourself. No one else will care more about your health than you do.
My future goals are to get my body fat to 15%, and to gain ten lbs of muscle, to stabilize at 180.
By last November I was cage fighting, and was hard pressed to make weight, pushing my body with hours upon hours of running each night, lifting weights for hours, and doing full Martial Art work outs. I went to college at the same time.
By april I was below 205, but had to gain weight to make 205 for a fight. From that point until this august, I have been in a cycle of losing, then gaining, to make a fight deadline. In normal fashion, I got into a fight below 205, at 185. I lost the 20 lbs in under three weeks, and am happy to finally be past my original goal.
My body is ugly, misshapen from the constant and rapid weight changes, and bruised/cut up in many spots. I do not like where I am at, and need to keep losing body fat (21% now) in 'trouble' areas, but I feel like I have accomplished more than I, or anyone else, could have ever expected to accomplish. Losing almost ten lbs in a hard pressed week is a feeling of excitement, a rush unlike no other. I hope whom ever reads this and still needs to continue on the journey will understand one point, you get out what you put in. No pain, no gain. And above all, you must do it for yourself. No one else will care more about your health than you do.
My future goals are to get my body fat to 15%, and to gain ten lbs of muscle, to stabilize at 180.