logged in for 365 days - Down 113 (Pic Heavy + Story)

MFP LEND ME YOUR EAR!

Now this is a story all about how my life got twisted upside down and id like to take a minute, just sit right there ill tell you how i became the prince of a town called Weight Loss..

Now i'm a pretty jovial fellow.. I like to "enjoy life".. *double finger quotes*..



I never minded being the taker in a relationship



but my problem was, I never knew when to stop.. I would always eat and drink like a king..



All I ever wanted to do was have fun.. Bring rock 'n roll to the masses without having my back hurt..



I wanted to go to the car show, and have some self confidence like the ladies in scantily clad bikinis..



Most of all.. I wanted to hang out with NHL players and not look like I wanted to eat them..




Either way, I was becoming more and more miserable.. my back was always killing me. I couldn't sleep.. I found I was just totally unhappy.. I didn't fit into clothes.. I was always looking for clothes in sizes that were just ridiculous..

Then my brother & mother started a shake diet called Isagenix.. most of you are probably aware of this. A protein shake diet that is ridiculously over priced but it was a program that laid it out on the line.. Here's what you eat and drink.. Here is what you don't eat.. Plain and simple.. There was not having to learn anything.. So I signed up and regretted spending money instantly.. I hated that I was doing something the easy way. But it was too late.. I made the financial commitment and I was going to do the program.. and I was going to do it right.. In the first month I followed the plan religiously.. and lost 28 lbs..

Here's a before and after.. and trust me.. I really hate looking at these so this pains me..



Shortly after the first month, I was still bitter that I spent the money, so out of spite, I quit Isagenix and was totally motivated to educate myself and do it properly.. and so I started a Paleo diet.. I'll give Isagenix a bit of a complement here.. Because I had consumed so much liquid and wasn't filling my belly with food all the time. My stomach shrank.. I could not consume the meals I was eating before. So this really helped in the months following.

Another 6 weeks after quitting Isagenix and starting Paleo, I was down another 22 lbs..

Here's me shortly after losing 50.. This still pains me cause I hate how I let myself get too far..



At about this point, my back was starting to feel way better. Not perfect.. just better.. So I started walking.. maybe 2k a day perhaps.. but this was strenuous.. I would get in sweating.. When that started to become easier.. Around this time one of my MFP pals LeanerBeef posted a challenge about running a 30-35 min 5k.. He didn't know it.. But i'm friggen super competitive.. so I signed up for a 5k, started the c25k running program and never looked back. I ran the 5k in something like 32 mins.. When I started c25k.. I was doing it in 45 - 50 mins..



Right before this race I had discovered Saucony running shoes.. and they were the most damn comfortable shoes, I have ever worn.. at this point it was fate.. I was to become a runner.. I've put over 500 kms on my shoes.

I've now run 2 - 5ks, 1 - 10k.. and my absolute favorite race.. The Spartan Run..

Me the day before the spartan run.. Down 85lbs..



Me during the spartan run..



Today I still maintain a Paleo diet.. probably a little more lax than I used to be.. I run 20-30 kms a week.. and go to the gym at least once a week.. but i try for 2, and soooooometimes 3..

I don't really log food much anymore but I still log exercise and weigh myself religiously.. If I find i'm up, I go back to logging food religiously.. After a year, you get used to smaller portions, you know what's good for you.. you can tell when you don't feel right..

MFP truly has changed my life.. The friends that I have met thru this website have been extraordinary.. Sure it's filled with winey babies sometimes, and people who pretend that they are motivated.. But you don't have to be friends with those people.. I mean look at my list.. If you are on my friends list.. You helped me thru this journey.. I've watched people lose large #'s in the past year.. and I've seen people who don't lose #'s, but daaaaamn they look smexy cause their body composition has changed big time..

This journey was more mental, than physical. Don't make excuses people. This is totally do-able. Everyone has time. Don't give me that bull****, I don't have time excuse. Make time.. It's your life. We've become too lazy and make too many excuses.. Your body was meant to have motion. MOVE that body..

Anyways here are some most recent pictures..

down 113 lbs..
down from a 5xl tshirt to an xl..
down from a 44 waist to a 34 waist.
up from 0 pushups to 12 pushups..
up from 0 crunches to 50 crunches.
up from 10 sec plank to 1 1/2 minute plank.
up from running 5 seconds to running 59 minutes..

1 year.. That's all it took.. and my life is completely different.. You forget how fast it goes.. I can't thank my MFP friends enough for the help and motivation that they have given me.. I also want to thank my close friends who joined me on this journey.. Their success has made me extremely happy..






and just for the ladies.. unnngggghhh



Now enough of this ****.. WHO WANTS TO PARTY.. *duke nukem accent*