My short story

Greetings all. Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Shawn, and I finally have committed to losing weight this year. Its been a long journey to get here and here is my brief story.

When I was younger I was always an athlete, in fact, I player Wide Receiver as a college football player. I joined the Army at 22 and was in solid shape. About 6'1 205. I got out in 2004 and rebelled against life. I started packing on the pounds. I estimate about 12 lbs per year on average. I never had to many problems dating and always had an attractive girlfriend. I got married in 2014 to a beautiful wife



Fat and happy I didn't mind the weight too much other than the knee pain, poorly fitting suits, and avoiding booths at restaurants. Wife kept bugging me about going to the gym so I figured I would show her how its done, as I had spent tons of hours in the gym playing football and for the military.

I was embarrassed. At my prime I was repping 225 10+ times....I had trouble with 115. However, I still wasn't committed to getting in shape, so I was averaging 2-3 times a week with no change to my eating habits.

Last week I went to the Dr. He was blunt with me. He said, do you want to live or die. Its that simple. Of course I choose life with my wife.

For whatever reason, I have become motivated. I bought a scale. I am working out everyday, doing something even if it is just a 2 mile walk. I do P90x most days as I had good results with it previously. I changed the way I eat, no rice, bread, pasta, soda or sugary drinks. My wife helps me a ton as I doubt I could do everything I need to on my own. She prepares all of my meals for me to take to work. I measure everything and she gets a kick when I make her take food off my plate to weigh it so I know exactly what I am eating. Surprisingly I am not hungry and I often come in well under my suggested calorie intake. I started this March 30 and I weighed 348. This morning I came in at 341.

I am hoping to continue this motivation for life so any one who wants to be friends for this journey we are all taking, please hit me up. Thanks for listening!