3 years of dedication and 315 pounds lost.

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  • dworley50
    dworley50 Posts: 7 Member
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    You daughters were right. Your story is inspiring. I think to myself. If he can do this..... Surely I can loose the weight that I need to loose.
  • Deborah271
    Deborah271 Posts: 73 Member
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    Thank you for sharing your amazing journey and your honesty, you have truly inspired me today. Your story gives me hope in my battle, I've struggled with food addiction my whole life and I'm now 53 and weigh over 220 pounds. I wish you all the best!!
  • rlexpress
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    Thank you so much for your inspiration. You have set the bar high but give us all hope that with your dedication we can reach that bar. Today is only the next day to lose weight.
    Thanks
  • Galefen
    Galefen Posts: 1 Member
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    You're story is an inspiration to me. Thank you for sharing :)
  • PattyGymTime
    PattyGymTime Posts: 7 Member
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    Truly amazing!! What an awesome inspiration to wake up to this morning!! I am SO glad your daughters prodded you to post your story! So, so happy for you!!
  • daisydoo2015
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    Wow that is amazing well done.
  • starmagyk
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    Wonderful! Am happy for you and your family :)
  • christinadesneiges
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    You really inspire me. Im 435 pounds right now and i want my life back. I want to loose three hundred pounds and im willing to diet and exercise and do what ever it takes to do so. Congrats on the wheight loss i hope to be like you.
  • PeculiDar
    PeculiDar Posts: 18
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    You're incredible! Thank you for sharing your story with us; good luck in reaching that final goal weight!
  • marenlis
    marenlis Posts: 1
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    This is fantastic. Thank you :)
  • noweaponprospers
    noweaponprospers Posts: 2 Member
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    Omg...wow..that's amazing! Congratulations to you! This has definitely inspired me. Please let me know exactly how you did it. I am trying my best to get this weight off of me.
  • paulylarochelle9449
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    Stogie40 wrote: »
    I didn’t want to post in the success area until I reached my goal, but today officially marks my 3 year anniversary of my new lifestyle, and my daughter said it will help inspire others. This time 3 years ago I was leaving the hospital with the determination to get healthy and be a bigger part of my daughters’ lives. For too long my health made me an empty seat. It has been a long, hard, and lonely road, but I can honestly say, I never looked back and never faltered. I wanted to get healthier more than anything, because that meant being there for my family as much as possible. I read and researched as much as I could about eating healthy. In my case, diet was the only way I could loose weight and get healthy, because working out was not an option due to a serious issue with one of my legs. To everyone reading this, know that a clean diet is the key to being healthy. Every pound I lost was from diet alone. I’m not saying this is an easy lifestyle, I’m saying it’s the best lifestyle IMO. There are plenty of people that say, they can eat this and that everyday and still loose weight, but yet are they getting healthier? Just because you loose weight doesn’t make you healthy. I understand stopping the crappy food isn’t easy, we are going against a lifetime of eating a certain way. In many cases, food is our addiction. With our addiction, we can’t just quit it, we have to smell it, touch it, taste it, and consume it everyday, just to survive. I’m not saying give everything you want up. I have cravings bad, but I get over them by having a few bites. Like when my daughters get French Fries, I’ll steal 5 or so from them, or I’ll grab a few Pringles, just enough to take the edge off. If I don’t, I find myself fixated on my latest craving. I’ll stare at it, and loose myself in the though of eating it, much like a dog begging. I also allow myself to splurge on holidays, one meal of calorie and carb overload won’t make you fat, just like one salad won’t help you get healthy. Just remember this is to get healthy not a punishment. Moderation really is the key. When I left that hospital 3 years ago, I had a handful of prescriptions that I had to take 3 times a day. It took 2 1/2 years, but I am off all my meds, and I owe it to a clean diet. I eat lean proteins, healthy fats, lots of raw veggies, half my body weigh in ounces of water almost everyday, and I keep my carbs low. Not Atkins low, but lower. Carbs are great for long distant runners, but not my big ol butt. It takes longer for carbs to break down, so it takes longer for our body to go into Ketosis. Trust me, it is so worth every sacrifice you make to get healthy. It may be 80% diet, and 20% exercise, but it’s 100% mental. I would wish you all good luck in your journey, but luck has nothing to do with it. You need strength, and with that, stay strong and never give up.

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  • paulylarochelle9449
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    congrats stogie!! ur right when u say it's not just eating healthy and losing weight! it's a life altering change that demands rigorous willingness and desire to wanna make a difference in ur life on all levels! the only barricade that stands in our way of achieving such are the excuses we come up with to slack off and quit! we never know how far we can push ourselves until we have exceeded human capability. kudos once again and continue being an inspiration for yourself which opens up to being it for others. Godspeed
  • kthames2
    kthames2 Posts: 5 Member
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    Stogie40 wrote: »
    I didn’t want to post in the success area until I reached my goal, but today officially marks my 3 year anniversary of my new lifestyle, and my daughter said it will help inspire others. This time 3 years ago I was leaving the hospital with the determination to get healthy and be a bigger part of my daughters’ lives. For too long my health made me an empty seat. It has been a long, hard, and lonely road, but I can honestly say, I never looked back and never faltered. I wanted to get healthier more than anything, because that meant being there for my family as much as possible. I read and researched as much as I could about eating healthy. In my case, diet was the only way I could loose weight and get healthy, because working out was not an option due to a serious issue with one of my legs. To everyone reading this, know that a clean diet is the key to being healthy. Every pound I lost was from diet alone. I’m not saying this is an easy lifestyle, I’m saying it’s the best lifestyle IMO. There are plenty of people that say, they can eat this and that everyday and still loose weight, but yet are they getting healthier? Just because you loose weight doesn’t make you healthy. I understand stopping the crappy food isn’t easy, we are going against a lifetime of eating a certain way. In many cases, food is our addiction. With our addiction, we can’t just quit it, we have to smell it, touch it, taste it, and consume it everyday, just to survive. I’m not saying give everything you want up. I have cravings bad, but I get over them by having a few bites. Like when my daughters get French Fries, I’ll steal 5 or so from them, or I’ll grab a few Pringles, just enough to take the edge off. If I don’t, I find myself fixated on my latest craving. I’ll stare at it, and loose myself in the though of eating it, much like a dog begging. I also allow myself to splurge on holidays, one meal of calorie and carb overload won’t make you fat, just like one salad won’t help you get healthy. Just remember this is to get healthy not a punishment. Moderation really is the key. When I left that hospital 3 years ago, I had a handful of prescriptions that I had to take 3 times a day. It took 2 1/2 years, but I am off all my meds, and I owe it to a clean diet. I eat lean proteins, healthy fats, lots of raw veggies, half my body weigh in ounces of water almost everyday, and I keep my carbs low. Not Atkins low, but lower. Carbs are great for long distant runners, but not my big ol butt. It takes longer for carbs to break down, so it takes longer for our body to go into Ketosis. Trust me, it is so worth every sacrifice you make to get healthy. It may be 80% diet, and 20% exercise, but it’s 100% mental. I would wish you all good luck in your journey, but luck has nothing to do with it. You need strength, and with that, stay strong and never give up.

    b3dda71b-f9ae-4cc2-9466-3962f63218ba_zps04bee592.jpg

  • kthames2
    kthames2 Posts: 5 Member
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    You look amazing, congratulations to you and your family. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful story.
  • char71165
    char71165 Posts: 65 Member
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    Wow. Thank you for posting. You have inspired me.
  • Cabrakan
    Cabrakan Posts: 20
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    wow amazing ... congratulations! your story is definitely a major inspiration for me.
  • booklassy
    booklassy Posts: 10 Member
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    Well, look at you! You cannot hear me, but I am giving you a standing ovation! Well done, and thank you for posting this. As I deal with health problem not brought on by weight but certainly affected by it, I really needed to hear that you can lose even if exercise is difficult.
  • johnsonGA15
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    Congratulations! Wow, you really lost a lot of weight here!
  • proudmum1984
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    Omg hun you have made a massive change. You look so healthy and happy. Congrats on the weight loss. You look amazing. Keep smiling. Well done :)
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