Hello everyone. Mike here, Master Sergeant, USMC, recently moved back from Germany, enjoying the sunshine in Yuma, AZ these days. A friend in the group I play world of warcraft with actually turned me onto this site, let myself slide over the max this past X-mas season for the first time in 25 years (which was weird cause I joined the Corps at 125 lbs in 1987, bulked up to 155 lbs by 1991 and held about 165-168 for years, but I think my monster metabolism (ran track n X country in my younger days and used to eat whatever I wanted in as large of quantities as I please without a second thought) finally took a vacation and after this past Xmas I found myself 15+ lbs above my DoD max of 175 (used to be 181 but over the years I lost an inch of height, actually 67.5 exact, but I just go with 67 / 175 to be safe) but thanks to this site and the app on my phone, dropped back to 171 in less then 3 months.

I've found the app to be invaluable, I still eat just about everything, but with the app, I actually find myself paying attention to portion's, and that's made a world of difference. Anyhow, just glad to be here and nice to have company.

First of all thank you all for you service. I got out of the Marines back in 1990. Needless to say I am "Not as lean, Not as Mean, But Still A Marine!" I have really packed on the weight. The day I left the Marines, I weighed 157lbs. I ballooned up to close to 300lbs. I am currently at 209lbs. I know how this works, but doing it alone is hard. I am looking forward to you all pushing me to persevere. I give you my word I will do the same for you.

Semper Fi,

Rob

Hey, well I'm in the Navy for a few more months at least, my EAS is January and although I'd like to stay in-it's apparently not meant to be. Nonetheless I'm looking at jobs that are pretty physical in nature and looking good and feeling healthy are important whether in the military or out.

Hello All,
Current Active Duty Medic. I'm 25 and have let my weight become somewhat of an issue. Pretty large build guy usually. I went from 205 to 230 in about two years and I'm looking to get back down to 205. I'm ready to take the next step and get my promotion I want so badly, but I want to be an example to follow. Im determined enough to do this and I am looking forward to the hard work.