A Journey of a Thousand Miles

kevinlee1981

Hello, I just thought I would introduce myself. At the start of my journey, I weighed close to around 450lbs, but didn't have a scale capable of measuring my mass, so that is a guesstimate. My friend has some connections at the local gym, and got me a meeting with a personal trainer, and with her guidance, I have gone from around 450 to 395. I have quite a ways to go before I reach my goal weight of 218 to 230. I am very tall and carry my weight very well, that is my excuse for letting it get as bad as it did.

I figure, the more friends that I have, who can hold me accountable, the more likely I am to try to achieve my goals. Friend me if you want to follow along, you won't find rejection here.

CafeRacer808

Congrats on dropping that first 55! That's a huge accomplishment. I think you'll find that religiously tracking your calorie intake with MFP will be really helpful as you try to reach your goal weight.

queenliz99

Wow! Awesome start! It's a good thing that you are tall!!

kevinlee1981

CafeRacer808 wrote: »

Congrats on dropping that first 55! That's a huge accomplishment. I think you'll find that religiously tracking your calorie intake with MFP will be really helpful as you try to reach your goal weight.

Indeed, that is what I have been trying to get in the habit of doing. I will admit that I dropped the ball over Thanksgiving, but hopefully, I can take those lessons, and carry them on to Christmas. We will see, walking to work each day has been a real eye opener, as I feel like if I am putting that much work into walking to work, it would suck to blow my diet. This week it has worked great, and I hope the trend continues.

Thanks for following along.

JulieCooper2012

Accountability does really work ...have recently done a six-week drop a dress size course at my local gym and one of the requirements was to check in with a buddy from the course if possible ..made quite a few of us much keener to keep at it if we knew somebody else was checking too

You've done great so far to lose the 55lbs, that's an amazing achievement!

kevinlee1981

queenliz99 wrote: »

Wow! Awesome start! It's a good thing that you are tall!!

Except I have to duck through some doors, and most chandeliers. At 6'6", sometimes it can be a burden.

On another note, I am your go to guy if you need to reach something high up.

queenliz99

kevinlee1981 wrote: »

queenliz99 wrote: »

Wow! Awesome start! It's a good thing that you are tall!!

Except I have to duck through some doors, and most chandeliers. At 6'6", sometimes it can be a burden.

On another note, I am your go to guy if you need to reach something high up.

Because I am short, tall people fascinate me! I'm weird!

kevinlee1981

queenliz99 wrote: »

kevinlee1981 wrote: »

queenliz99 wrote: »

Wow! Awesome start! It's a good thing that you are tall!!

Except I have to duck through some doors, and most chandeliers. At 6'6", sometimes it can be a burden.

On another note, I am your go to guy if you need to reach something high up.

Because I am short, tall people fascinate me! I'm weird!

It's not weird. You should see the looks I get when my 3 yr old niece comes for a visit. Her look of awe, always makes me smile. I wonder if she ever gets a neck ache, looking up at me.

marikaCL

Hi

Feel free to add me if you like.

I'm on everyday and try to support as best as I can