![]() ![]() ![]() And what happened when I stopped swimming twice a day? Bingo. I actually swam a lot in middle school and lost my childhood chunkiness, but with high school came responsibilities, a job, a car and, of course, the pursuit of the fairer sex. However, the area of my life that needed the most work was my exercise.īeing the “fat kid” all of my life, I have never been much for exercise. I cut back on how often I stayed out late and made it a point to get at least seven hours of sleep nightly. I began to weed out the destructive food that I put in my body and focused more on nutrient-dense “fuel” my body desperately needed. If I wanted to be successful in dropping this weight, I needed to adapt some new habits and let the old ones fall to the side. That’s when I read a phenomenal article about habits that revolutionized my approach to weight loss. Winter turned into spring and I still weighed around 285. I saw the weight steadily come off at the rate of about one pound per week. Remembering that calorie restriction had something to do with weight loss, I downloaded an app to help me log my food intake. As an amateur, I poked around the gym for a couple months with minimal results. I remembered the basics of working out from high school and figured it would be like riding a bike. Without much research, I blindly joined a health club. When I tipped the scales at 300 McJunkfood-induced pounds, I decided it was time for a change. I couldn’t take a flight of stairs without sounding like a wounded hippo. ![]() I sat behind a desk, had a burger and fries four to six times a week for lunch and let myself get out of control. Could you imagine having to do that for every article of clothing you had? That was me in January of 2012. Have you ever had to “suck in” to fit into a pair of pants? Most of us have at one point or another. ![]()
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