From Fat to Fantastic!

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  • MoreMurch
    MoreMurch Posts: 4 Member
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    Werk!!! Awesome Job!
  • Kmsnomaha
    Kmsnomaha Posts: 167 Member
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    Congratulations! You look fantastic.. I have also done a century bike ride and know from experience that it is not easy.. You ROCKED that time!! You are an inspiration to young and old.
  • RunConquerCelebrate
    RunConquerCelebrate Posts: 956 Member
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    WOW!!! you are amazing congrats on your accomplishments.
  • Miss_Krissy87
    Miss_Krissy87 Posts: 214 Member
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    Great Job!
  • Kifissia
    Kifissia Posts: 136
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    YAY! You are inspiring. :)
  • NeverTooLateForChange
    NeverTooLateForChange Posts: 131 Member
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    You go Pops. Awesome accomplishment. You should be so proud of yourself. I am proud and I don't even know you. :laugh:
  • nomayo
    nomayo Posts: 228
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    Way to go!
  • CJ_Holmes
    CJ_Holmes Posts: 759 Member
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    I just got goosebumps seeing your "victory" photos! What an awesome feeling to complete those races and transform yourself! You should be really proud.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,472 Member
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    WOW!! GOOD FOR YOU!
  • gordonfroese
    gordonfroese Posts: 12 Member
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    This is why I am on MFP. What an inspirational story. Congratulations!
  • JT_Taylor_99
    JT_Taylor_99 Posts: 72
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    Jan 24, 2011…Happy 50th to me! At 248 pounds I was fat and disgusted by my appearance. I had let myself go. That day I started walking on the treadmill. 3.0 for 30 minutes, with two weeks I was walking 60 minutes 7 days a week. I then added 30 minutes of elliptical with the walking 7 days a week and within a month I added the stationary bike for an additional 30 minutes. By April I had lost 39 pounds and was addicted to working out. I started running soon after and was able to run 5 miles non-stop in an hour. I set a goal to ride a 100 mile bicycle endurance race known as the “Hotter N Hell Hundred” in Aug 2011. On the day of the race I weighed in at 173, I had lost 75 pounds and I succeeded and made entire 100 miles in 7 hours, 45 minutes. I ran my first 5K in October 2011 in 27 minutes and my first timed 5k in Nov 2011. My time was 24:52. I came in 4th in my age division. Then I started running more and more and cycling everyday in the Texas heat. I won several races and rode the 2012 Hotter N Hell, my goal was to beat my time by an hour. Well I blew it away my time was 5:45, two full hours better than the previous year. Finally this month I capped it all off with running my first ½ marathon, I set a goal of 2 hours 30 minutes. My official time was 2:30:56.

    248 pounds
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    173 pounds
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    2012 Hotter N Hell Hundred finish line 5:45
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    2013 Pittsburgh 1/2 Marathon 2:30:56
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    It is amazing how much losing weight can transform you.

    This was me at 46
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    This is me at 52
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  • oddyogi
    oddyogi Posts: 1,816 Member
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    Awesome! You're such an inspiration. :smile:

    P.S. Why aren't we friends anymore?!
  • JT_Taylor_99
    JT_Taylor_99 Posts: 72
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    Awesome! You're such an inspiration. :smile:

    P.S. Why aren't we friends anymore?!

    I deleted my old account so that I wasn't a slave to my nearly 800 day consecutive day count. I needed a break from it to focus on me. Friend request sent.
  • Losing85
    Losing85 Posts: 26
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    One of the best stories yet!
  • GeekAmour
    GeekAmour Posts: 262
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    Well, I'm impressed!
  • chepurner
    chepurner Posts: 21 Member
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    hmm, fantastic indeed! You look great!
  • crazypeachs
    crazypeachs Posts: 55 Member
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    that's amazing! seems unreal, but you did it! great job!
  • ambenbra
    ambenbra Posts: 4
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    You really are fantastic! Truly inspirational.
  • wendinbill
    wendinbill Posts: 48
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    What an inspiration!! Way to go!
  • tulsaBill
    tulsaBill Posts: 84 Member
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    Holy Crap! Way To Go Bro!

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