Author: Danny
Date: 11-14-03 16:04
Kate,
I went through several phases really. Between about September 2001 and January 2002 I went from 215 pounds to about 205 pounds. I hadn't fully committed myself, made no real effort to take steady exercise or watch my diet. I just cut the calories a little and that's what I got for a period of lazy effort where I always told myself what to do, but never actually did it. Then, from about December 2002, I started back up and lost maybe another 10 pounds to 195, but again didn't stick to a regime at all. I made a decision in early 2003 that I would need to really get going. From late February to late March I went from about 190 to 175. It was this point where I gradually began to drop. I learnt more, took more exercise, went to the gym, and ate well. Then, from May to June I went from 175 to 150 all due to heavy exercise and strict diet. By July/August I was, give or take a couple, about 148. By this time I was a fitness freak so to speak. I upped the exercise a lot, laid down the laws on diet and did a lot of gymming and sport which led to me gaining a lot of muscle weight and losing a lot of fat weight, the final result has brought me to today where I am in the best shape I could have ever dreamed of (in fact far better than my past fantasies) at an about 140 pounds. This figure can vary by up to three pounds either way depending on whether it is a rest day or treat day etc. I go on very long runs etc and so lose a lot of water, so that day and the one after I might be 138, and if I’ve had a gym day and have eaten well to provide energy and so on, I could be 142. That’s the highest I’ve been in the last month, and the lowest I have been is 137. It is where I intend to stay and most likely will stay. As I said, I am a fitness/nutrition freak now. I pledged to myself I would never go back and would try to help everyone I could so that their success stories would be just as self-satisfying as my own. You all know what the benefits of weight loss are, lack of recognition, feeling fitter, doing more and so on. I get all of those still. Even months after the initial loss, compliments, and big ones at that come flying. I went to a dinner function today where I met a lot of different people, all of which I hadn’t seen from between two and six months. Most of them didn’t even recognise me; all the others were in ore. I smile everyday now.
Yours,
D
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