I get knocked down, but I get up again!

blackaheep4288

I started my new life style change Feb 16th, 2016 weighing 418lbs. I hit the gym daily and by Sept I was down 90lbs! I had gone from size 52 jeans and 5x shirts to 3x shirts and 44 jeans. I was doing 3.5 miles a night on the treadmill on a 15 incline every night. I had plans to do my first 5k. I then fell and tore my meniscus after someone had mopped at walmart without putting up a wet floor sign. I couldn't walk farther than a half mile. I had surgery on Oct 15th and that was the beginning of my downfall.

I was off work for a month. For about the first two weeks I was sitting on the couch eating the day away. After that I could get up a move a little, but had already fallen off the wagon. I stopped logging my food after 233 days. I went back to my old habits. Chinese buffets every other day and pizza buffets on the days I didn't have chinese. I stopped paying for my gym membership.

At one point I got tired of seeing my scale so I tossed it under the sink. My friends would ask how my weight loss was going and I'd just change the subject. I was still looking at the calories and such of what I was eating, I just didnt care. Bring on the oreos!

Last week I decided that I've got to change. Since my surgery I've gained 38lbs. I've went up to 4x shirts and 48 jeans. I refused to go back to where I was before. I paid up my gym. I walked a mile last night. I barely made it a mile. I couldn't breath and my heart was trying to jump out of my chest but I made it. I've found a 5k that is in my local town April 22nd. My goal is to build myself up to walk that 5k.

success313

Good for you! You can do this!!

goldthistime

Tubthumping good stuff!