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Hi!

Just a bit about myself, I am a 33 year old man, 5ft 10in and started this year at 276lbs. People say I carry it well and are always shocked when we talk about weight. I think there is a lot of muscle under there somewhere . I used to be an athlete/bodybuilder in high school and maintained good shape in the military. I got out, gained 100lbs in less than a year because I quit exercising, but ate like I was still running 35 miles a week.

Used the Atkins diet to drop 110lbs, and kept that off for about 3 years, but didn't exercise and had a very stressful job. I'm a stress eater, and I got pretty big again, around 280lbs, but used the principals of the Atkins diet again (to a lesser degree) and dropped about 30lbs and stayed there for a while.

As I said, I started this year at 276lbs, and a bet of $200 with my oldest friend to lose 80lbs this year prompted me to get back on track (that and looking in the mirror!). He is about 335lbs, but also about 6ft 5in, so I have some work to do.

I started trying to exercise portion control and limit what I am eating in the way of sugars, carbs and incorporating more vegtables. I am down to 256 after about a month or so of monitoring my eating and doing P90X in the mornings. Just started Phase 2 and am determined to get through the full 90 days.

Some day I might even get down to a size 30 jean again (currently at 42).

Thanks for reading my rambling post!