From Bad Habits to Good habits, From fat boy to Fit Man! Would like friends from the community

Valentinogomez

]Before we begin on this journey let me begin with a bit of my back ground and history. At a young age I was a typical active kid who hand a lot of energy and spunk. However, as i got older and changing between staying with my mom then to my dad. However because of there uneducated views on proper diet and food.  I began to gain weight and at the time what they would call my obesity “Baby Fat”. Thats a funny term to use on an 12 year old boy. As my mom use to say "Awe mijo its just baby fat. You'll grow out of it" If you think about it, baby fat typically means fat that you have when your a baby. Not when your a prepubescent boy. Well that wasn't the case for me I had bad habits which of coarse included over indulging in food and games. No worries in the world except for watching the new episode of Yugio program that played every Saturday on kids WB. When it came to staying with my father for a while he grew up in a typical hispanic background. Girls knew how to cook and men knew how to work. So when it came down to raising me the only thing he could offer was take out meals and the most easiest possible breakfast that can be made eggs and chorizo or the McDonald’s breakfast sandwich. With the great combinations of all the successful tools to get a kid to become well past obesity I have achieved all of those not so wonderful traits. Putting me into football was no help because I was more interested in my games and the feeling of the comfort I was accustomed to why in the world would I want to join an exhausting sport that got me tired and made my muscles sore. If only, and I repeat that, If only I had at least some sort of reason why I was put into football and to what benefit it could have offered me then there could have possibly been a chance to change my mind and go through the brutal sport of football. Instead, because there was no reason to why I was in the sport I quit and probably one of the worst habits I have began to use throughout my entire life was, Quitting. Now i am a teenager with a handsome face yet a fat body. Of coarse I hated my self, my body, my weight everything where fat should not be I was absolutely disgusted with my self. So i began steps and I wish I began first with exercise but I definitely changed my relationship with food. I stopped drinking soda, serving my self once and struggled not to get seconds. I didn't know what I was doing no thanks to my mom who worked out, and was a personal trainer at one point. I figured out how to do it all on my own. From 230 I went down to 190. This probably was the most success I have ever hand in my entire life. I noticed the weight fall of and my confidence did slightly rise but because of the damage of obesity I had all of the unnecessary qualities. Stretch marks, saggy chest no muscle just skinny fat. If it wasn't for my height because I am a tall individual rising at 6'4 It could have been a-lot worst. Anyways, It wasn't until I was 22 after yo-yoing weight I began to workout, why did it take me so long to understand that working out was the one all to end all. The ultimate guide to finally reach my desire to be an attractive fit young adult with confidence, who knows but I figured it out all on my own better late then never. I started to run, a buddy gave me his cement weight set to use and I am extremely grateful for that. I was weak with no muscle but i tried every day to begin getting stronger. I started quoting the term "Be comfortable being uncomfortable." And so this was the beginning of a new way of life for me. I begin doing an intermittent diet protocol gathered all the information i needed from the internet. I also transitioned quit easy from going to a meat eater to a vegan diet. At the time of ignorance I didn't know how i was going to get there but i was going to achieve my goal! Fast forward it Seven months later I went from 230 (Mind you I got fat again) to -169!! WOAH!! I was a thin dude with the drive to be fit and be healthy! Everything has completely changed about my attitude and willingness to get things done. I'v achieved something that I had no clue was going to happen for me. But because of my drive and the want that was sitting in front of me I finally did it. I made my self proud and with that I began to learn a-lot about goal settings and achieving things that I most desire. I am now 25 and I believe that I finally have all the necessary qualities to achieve my ultimate fit goal. This is my journey and I will do everything possible to achieve my dream and thats to Be one sexy, bad *kitten* mother-F**er! Determined and focused on achieving not only my fitness goals but life and Career goals. I’v came along way and I am not ready to stop!