Lost 85 lbs!

suzij27

Way to go! The pandemic/lockdown helped change my lifestyle too.

Have you gone back to working in your office? Do you have strategies planned for avoiding the stress snacking?

pbpunisher

Thank you, and great job!

dubonnet480

well done you, such a good story! Thanks for sharing

olat165

Wow. Good job.

olat165

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crazyhorse8

You look great! Congrats on your accomplishment!

Thewonderofitall

suzij27 wrote: »

Have you gone back to working in your office? Do you have strategies planned for avoiding the stress snacking?

Yes, I have been back in the office for over a year now. When I had resigned myself that I was going to be a "fat guy", I just ate anything and everything. Now that I have my health and fitness back I can't imagine eating whatever I want! I'm to grateful to be were I am to get that way again!

I should also mention tat the weight loss got me off all blood pressure and cholesterol meds!

daisysf

That's amazing! I wish I'd start exercising "out of boredom"! 😂 Good for you.

jeanniebeanie59

Thewonderofitall wrote: »

Hi, I'm new here and here's my story.
Because of Covid-19 I, like many, started working from home. Instead of snacking at the office all day and stopping for a pre-dinner meal on the way home, I wasn't able to do all that! My wife does a lot of the food shopping and she doesn't eat much "junk" food so we don't have it in the house. So without all the snacking next thing I know, I've lost 20 lbs! I saw this as a blessing and I ran with it. Out of boredom I started riding our exercise bike in the basement and the weight just keep coming off! Once the Parks opened up again we were able to start taking some nice walks. As the weight came off I found it was much easier to walk further and further. Now I'm into running 5K's!

While I didn't think to take before and after photos, I did manage to put together this comparison:



I have gone from 239 lbs down to my current 154 lbs for an 85 pound loss!

great job!!

jeanniebeanie59

great job , very inspiring

halizabeth

Thewonderofitall wrote: »

Thank you all for the kind words! Now the challenge will be to keep it off!

Just keep doing what you have been doing. If you keep losing weight and don't want to, just add a more food a little at a time till it levels off. Awesome job!!! Thanks for sharing your inspiring story!!

CoffeeNstilettos

Amazing 👏 well done!

tjnahm

Congrats!! That is awesome!

Thewonderofitall

Since I've lost all the weight I've gotten back into running which I haven't done in 25 years! I ran my first 5K back in June and have run one every month since. My first 5K time was 36:16. This past weekend I lowered my Personal Best to 28:12!


Next is moving up to a 5 Mile run! That will happen on November 26th. I've run that distance twice in training so I know I can do it. Should be interesting to see my time under race conditions.

TootlesToodles

So Inspiring! You look amazing!

dblirondog

WOW that is so outstanding! Great job!! I am trying to lose 30 lbs, so that is very inspiring! Thanks for sharing.

Thewonderofitall

Did the 5 Mile run!

I went out very conservative to insure I could run the entire distance. There were a couple of challenges. The first was the hills which I was aware of but seemed bigger when I had to run up them! The second was the pulverized stone trails through the Park section. Managed to overcome both!



Going to start training for a 10K next!

mirianyusm

Awesome! good training!

urban287

Great job!

JackJHigson

Inspirational