I've been doing some serious lurking on this forum for the last 4 months and figured it was my turn to participate. Some of the hard work and results I've seen on this site are phenomenal and helped me work toward my goal.
Little background:
I was the skinny kid my entire life. 100lbs dripping wet out of highs school and gained very little weight during my 5 years in the NAVY. I separated from the Navy in 2002 weighing 135. I could eat and drink anything I wanted with very little worry of weight reprecussions. When my wife and I found out she was pregnant we both quite smoking asap. This was in 2004. Over the last 4 years my weight as slowly crept up to 175lbs. There were several factors that led to this, unhealthy eating habits, a lot of beer, no exersize, and quite a bit more beer. I was quite unhappy with this large gut wrapped around my stomach. It was embarrassing for me, I didn't even like to go out to the beach. I understand some people are fighting much larger demons then my own, but in my mind, it was the same fight.
Why the change:
My wife was deployed to Iraq in May of this year for a 7 month deployment. I had tried several times to lose wieght but nothing worked. My attempts were half assed at best. This time I wanted her to come home to the guy she married! Not the beer gut clad one in the house when she left. So after she left I made an appointment with a personal trainer, changed my diet drastically, and have been sticking to it! The results speak for themselves.
Only thing is now I think I looked starved. I'm so confused!
May 18th: 175
June 23rd: 168
July 16: 159
August 16th: 150
September 16th: 144
Little background:
I was the skinny kid my entire life. 100lbs dripping wet out of highs school and gained very little weight during my 5 years in the NAVY. I separated from the Navy in 2002 weighing 135. I could eat and drink anything I wanted with very little worry of weight reprecussions. When my wife and I found out she was pregnant we both quite smoking asap. This was in 2004. Over the last 4 years my weight as slowly crept up to 175lbs. There were several factors that led to this, unhealthy eating habits, a lot of beer, no exersize, and quite a bit more beer. I was quite unhappy with this large gut wrapped around my stomach. It was embarrassing for me, I didn't even like to go out to the beach. I understand some people are fighting much larger demons then my own, but in my mind, it was the same fight.
Why the change:
My wife was deployed to Iraq in May of this year for a 7 month deployment. I had tried several times to lose wieght but nothing worked. My attempts were half assed at best. This time I wanted her to come home to the guy she married! Not the beer gut clad one in the house when she left. So after she left I made an appointment with a personal trainer, changed my diet drastically, and have been sticking to it! The results speak for themselves.
Only thing is now I think I looked starved. I'm so confused!
May 18th: 175
June 23rd: 168
July 16: 159
August 16th: 150
September 16th: 144
