Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2012 22:35:55 GMT -5
I haven't really been around much over the past 10 months, the reason for this is I've been very focused on my health and losing weight.
I've always been overweight since the age of 7, mostly only about 20 - 30lbs overweight but over the last 7 years I really let myself go. In 2010 I had ballooned to 425+ lbs, I became miserable and always in pain. On 12/15/10 after 2 weeks of begin sick and short of breath to the point of nearly passing out I was rushed by ambulance to the emergency room. I was diagnosed with several blood clots that passed through my heart and into my lungs. I would spend the next week in the hospital with alot of time to think about how close to death I came...
It was shortly after that that I began to walk daily and lost about 20lbs that way. However the brutal Oklahoma summer of 2011 with 60+ days of 100+ degree temps stopped me. I told myself I would pick back up in the fall but that came and went... Finally, I got to thinking about further chance of blood clots and diabetes, it was then I made the decision to gain control of my life and change my future... I haven't looked back since.
My journey began 01/16/12 and as of 11/19/12 I've lost 100lbs. I still have another 125lbs to go before I hit my goal of 180lbs but I'm looking forward to every moment of it.
I made this video to chronicle the first 100lbs lost, mostly as a motivational tool for myself... a reminder of where I've been and how far I've come since. So many people have been helpful and inspirational to me. I just hope that maybe this helps just one person...
I've always been overweight since the age of 7, mostly only about 20 - 30lbs overweight but over the last 7 years I really let myself go. In 2010 I had ballooned to 425+ lbs, I became miserable and always in pain. On 12/15/10 after 2 weeks of begin sick and short of breath to the point of nearly passing out I was rushed by ambulance to the emergency room. I was diagnosed with several blood clots that passed through my heart and into my lungs. I would spend the next week in the hospital with alot of time to think about how close to death I came...
It was shortly after that that I began to walk daily and lost about 20lbs that way. However the brutal Oklahoma summer of 2011 with 60+ days of 100+ degree temps stopped me. I told myself I would pick back up in the fall but that came and went... Finally, I got to thinking about further chance of blood clots and diabetes, it was then I made the decision to gain control of my life and change my future... I haven't looked back since.
My journey began 01/16/12 and as of 11/19/12 I've lost 100lbs. I still have another 125lbs to go before I hit my goal of 180lbs but I'm looking forward to every moment of it.
I made this video to chronicle the first 100lbs lost, mostly as a motivational tool for myself... a reminder of where I've been and how far I've come since. So many people have been helpful and inspirational to me. I just hope that maybe this helps just one person...
