Arthur Bryan's Success Story

Artman2012

Hello My Fitness Pal friends,

My name is Arthur Bryan and I am married with three children. I am in the Military and I am working on my Masters Degree. So I am prettty busy guy. I just got stationed here at Patuxent River, Maryland a Year and a Half ago. I was weighing over 200lbs and I am only 5' 8". So you could say I was a little thick around the edges. LOL!!! In the military we do PRT's every six months. That is a Physical Readiness Test. This tests your Physical endurence as well as you Body Fat percentage. In the military you have to pass all portions of the test to Pass. This involves Push ups and Situps followed by a 1.5 mile run. If you don't pass you can get kicked out of the military. Well With me being over 200 lbs this made it hard to pass the Body Fat portions of the Test. The maxium allowed body fat percentage is 22% I was setting at 23 to 24%. When you are 20% and above most commands make you go on a mandatory fitness programs. Luckly when I weighed in It was just a mock weigh in. I had two weeks to loose 2% body Fat and about 15lbs. Luckly I was able to do this in that two weeks. Well this inspired me to do a life style change. I ended up loosing 15lbs on my own. Then I discovered My Fitness Pal. Soon as I started to track my calories along with the workouts that I was already doing the weight literally fell off me. By my next PRT I went from 191lbs to 160lbs. This happend in only 6 months. Now that was almost 6 months ago now. I am currently weighing 150.8lbs and I am in maintain mode. My waist went from 37.5 inches to a 30 inch waist. My neck went from 16.5 inches to 14 inches. My Body Fat percentage went from 24% down to 11%. I am now in chargre of the fitness program at Patuxent River. So for those who are trying this out for the first time. If you are honest with yourself with everything you log including exercise it WILL WORK. My wife is on the path for sucess as well. She just had a baby in december and now she is loosing her baby weight. She is following my same method I used and she has lost over 10lbs and 2 pants sizes in just one month. So it works!!! This is my Sucess story and I hope it will inspire others to do the same. God Bless you all and Good luck.


Arthur Bryan

" Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

ittybittybadonkadonk

A big congrats and thank you for serving our country :bigsmile:

amyllu

A big congrats and thank you for serving our country :bigsmile:

And the same here!
Well done on your magnificent effort.

lauren31085

I love hearing when people take responsibility!! I was in the Army for 5 years, and my husband is a lifer...and I hear and see way too often people just saying they can not do it, and keep on with the bad habits. I love that you did it! Awesome job, and it's great you are a wonderful example!!

oskybosky4

Well done Arthur, you should be proud of yourself and thank you for posting your story