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Becoming more by becoming less

iamjamessmith1
iamjamessmith1 Posts: 1 Member
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Hi to you. I'm here for professional help in losing weight. I'm 6'0 and now 208 and recovering from a small stroke 2 years ago. I'm able to work and generally doing great. I was always healthy till this but now seem to be back, YEAH! Let's see how this goes. Tell me about you and your journey.
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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,519 Member
    Hello, and welcome!

    Mostly, you won't find professionals here in the MFP Community, just regular people like yourself. (MFP's blogs do have advice from experts/professionals, and of course professionals were involved in developing the app in the first place.) But regular people may be more help than you'd expect.

    My journey? Gotta admit, I don't usually think of it as a journey. It's just life, and life is made out of time . . . the question is how we spend that time.

    I was very sedentary and in a high-stress job until I got cancer (shortly after becoming a cancer widow) in my mid-40s. As part of recovery, I became much more active: I realized I needed to work on my physical condition if I ever wanted to feel strong, energetic, even happy again, after going through diagnosis, surgery, 6 months of chemo, 6 weeks of radiation. Luckily for me, I eventually stumbled over something I love so much I'd do it even if it weren't good for me. I gradually started training pretty hard regularly, even competing as an athlete (not always unsuccessfully, in age group terms).

    But I stayed fat, class 1 obese much of the time, for another dozen years. Finally, at age 59, I realized I was lying to myself that being active/athletic was enough to be healthy. I wasn't healthy (though probably healthier than if I'd been inactive and fat). I had high cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, and more. Luckily, I found MFP, and was able to lose down to a healthy weight in just under a year, and have been at a healthy weight since for 7+ years, now age 67. The MFP tools, and perhaps more importantly the information and support I found in the MFP Community here, have been hugely valuable to me. Reaching a healthy weight not only turned around all those health problems I mentioned, it had numerous other quality of life benefits, including some I never could've imagined. So worthwhile!

    I'm cheering for you to achieve all your health goals, too!

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