He's a big dude

smittybuilt19 · May 2013

^^ Wow, one of the pics that started it all! About 2 years ago, somewhere in the 235-240 lb. range. Honestly, I didn't notice I was that big. I can still remember one of my co-workers saying, "I wouldn't mess with Smitty, he's a big dude!" Maybe he was referring to an eating contest or something? lol.

^^ This pic was a joke. It was the Thursday night before my first casual Friday at my first "career" job. I Put on my jeans, 38/30's btw, tucked in my XL t-shirt as tight as I could, slapped on some hideous hat, held my chin down to my chest and stuck my belly out. Cheese! My wife and I thought it was hilarious. I remember looking at the pic and thinking wow, I'm fairly large.

The left side was my first 5k race in October 2012, Susan G. Komen race (approx 190 lbs.) Right side was my most recent 5k (approx 171 lbs.) I did the C25K program before the first race. I ran the second race about 5 sec. faster even though I only ran one time that week in preparation vs. the 9 weeks I spent training for the first one, lol go figure.

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bsutherland3681 · May 2013

Nice job! You look fantastic!!!

myarene · May 2013

WOW, you look great

howekaren · May 2013

Love the comparision pic! You're doing it right and for the right reason. She's adorable.

pyrowill · May 2013

Good lad!!

_JamieB_ · May 2013

You look fantastic, you should be very proud of yourself!!!!

likitisplit · May 2013

Sorry. Having a hard time focusing. Your baby girl is so cute! You look good too. I bet it's a lot easier to help her fly in her princess clothes too.

nicola1141 · May 2013

Awesome work!!! You look fantastic.

smittybuilt19 · May 2013

Haha. I definitely just spent an hour typing out my stats, experiences, lessons learned, future plans, and general love for MFP only to click "save" and get a "posts can only be edited within an hour of posting" message. I lost it all lol.

Anyways.

Questions, comments, rude remarks? I am accepting friend request as most of my current friends have quit logging. I appreciate the feedback from you folks who have already posted, as well as the support and robust amount of sound advice and information provided by the senior members of MFP!