Former Football player letting it go.....Yeah right. 320-250

thunderlight7

Being a retired professional athlete left me with an in-season eating habit. Meaning eating double the portions, not watching my caloric intake, and putting fluids in my body the didn't benefit me. After retiring I continued to workout, workout and workout, wanting to get the weight off. I would lose and gain, lose and gain. Gaining usually coming off of weekends. It boggled me as hard as I worked out I still failed to see progress. "Quite discouraging." Once I began my new career coaching, I also made a new commitment to shed from this 310 pound body. I ran miles, did circuit workouts and also cut my weightlifting weight in half. Things were progressing, but not fast enough. My wife told me about this app called myfitnesspal. At first I thought, another app to take up space on my phone. But I downloaded it anyway just to see what it was about. I would log in for a week and then drop off, not seeing results. So of course it wasn't working. And then gradually I became consistent. This app really works. And its also contagious. Friends at work have joined and they are enjoying the results along with gym friends. I punch in items before I actually go out to eat or cook at home. Most items are in this app making it easy. I went from 310 to 250, hoping to lose more. I feel great. I'm happy. Running is something I love to do now. Its amazing how after you retire you feel so much joint and muscle pain. A lot of former players accept it and blame it on the game. I didn't want want to follow suit. Shedding weight has been the best move Ive made in a while. Plus there hereditary ailments that run in my family. So I'm definitely going to stick with it. I've also noticed a difference In my sleep apnea, which use to be an issue. I want to thank my wife, Friends and myfitnesspal for the progress.

mwestonp

Great work! Keep it up. MFP has definitely been a game changer for me.

carrie_eggo

Congratulations on reaching your goal. Nice work!

sunnydays33

Congrats on sticking with it, consistency is what works for me! I love being an athlete however was always overweight, so as I got older the injuries were getting to be the norm. Now that I'm working on a 85+ loss, I finally look and feel how I always 'thought' I did.

Great job, keep it up!

sunnydays33

re: your picture...replace the capital IMG with lower case img at each end of the link when you paste it on your post.

That should make it work...