My Journey

My weight loss journey started in September 2009. I'm 6'2 and I weighed 429.4 lbs. My weight had started to really affect my health. I was short of breath, If I slept on my back I would wake myself up snoring, it was hard to bend over and pick up things, and just felt bad in general. I was on two blood pressure meds. HBP and diabetes ran in my family. And I felt my profession of driving a truck would soon be in jeopardy. I wore size 54 pants and 5x shirt. I truly felt I had hit rock bottom.



So I started doing lo carb. I figured I had tried to count calories before, but i always seemed hungry. And lo carb worked. A little over a year and had lost 129 lbs and got down to 300lbs. But then a plateau turned into a stalemate. It just stopped working. I continued to eat lo carb but it didn't seem to work anymore. It quickly turned to a year and a half and i was starting to lose focus. by June of 2012 i had gained back up to 322lbs.

So I figured I had to do something. So I decided to count calories. I had just got my first smart phone and I found MFP app.

What I learned is that counting calories was so easy for me! After not being able to eat so many foods, I could now enjoy fruit, bread, and much more.

During that time I ran my first 5K. I've since given up running due to my knees but still try to walk 3 miles 3x a week.

My first goal was 250 lbs. That was my original goal to begin with. Once i hit that my goal was 229.4 to get to 200 lbs lost. I've just reached that. Now i thing i was to get to 214 lbs to reach 50% lost. I think once i hit 210 lbs, that will be my ultimate goal.
As of today i wear a size 36 pants and xl shirt.

It's been just over a year since i started MFP and i am down to 224 lbs for a total of 205.4lbs. I've upped my calories a little to just lose one lb a week. For a long time I've done 2 lbs a week, but finally got down to where it was hard for me to do. And fearing a eating disorder, and getting closer to my goal, I wanted to force myself to eat a little more.







I feel that I can do anything now. Nobody knows how much weight can hold someone back unless they've been through it.