A Journey of a Thousand Miles

kevinlee1981
kevinlee1981 Posts: 28 Member
edited November 13 in Introduce Yourself
Hello, I just thought I would introduce myself. At the start of my journey, I weighed close to around 450lbs, but didn't have a scale capable of measuring my mass, so that is a guesstimate. My friend has some connections at the local gym, and got me a meeting with a personal trainer, and with her guidance, I have gone from around 450 to 395. I have quite a ways to go before I reach my goal weight of 218 to 230. I am very tall and carry my weight very well, that is my excuse for letting it get as bad as it did.

I figure, the more friends that I have, who can hold me accountable, the more likely I am to try to achieve my goals. Friend me if you want to follow along, you won't find rejection here.

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  • CafeRacer808
    CafeRacer808 Posts: 2,396 Member
    Congrats on dropping that first 55! That's a huge accomplishment. I think you'll find that religiously tracking your calorie intake with MFP will be really helpful as you try to reach your goal weight.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Wow! Awesome start! It's a good thing that you are tall!!
  • kevinlee1981
    kevinlee1981 Posts: 28 Member
    CafeRacer808 wrote: »
    Congrats on dropping that first 55! That's a huge accomplishment. I think you'll find that religiously tracking your calorie intake with MFP will be really helpful as you try to reach your goal weight.

    Indeed, that is what I have been trying to get in the habit of doing. I will admit that I dropped the ball over Thanksgiving, but hopefully, I can take those lessons, and carry them on to Christmas. We will see, walking to work each day has been a real eye opener, as I feel like if I am putting that much work into walking to work, it would suck to blow my diet. This week it has worked great, and I hope the trend continues.

    Thanks for following along.
  • JulieCooper2012
    JulieCooper2012 Posts: 4 Member
    Accountability does really work ...have recently done a six-week drop a dress size course at my local gym and one of the requirements was to check in with a buddy from the course if possible ..made quite a few of us much keener to keep at it if we knew somebody else was checking too :)

    You've done great so far to lose the 55lbs, that's an amazing achievement!
  • kevinlee1981
    kevinlee1981 Posts: 28 Member
    edited December 2016
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Wow! Awesome start! It's a good thing that you are tall!!

    Except I have to duck through some doors, and most chandeliers. At 6'6", sometimes it can be a burden.

    On another note, I am your go to guy if you need to reach something high up.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    kevinlee1981 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Wow! Awesome start! It's a good thing that you are tall!!

    Except I have to duck through some doors, and most chandeliers. At 6'6", sometimes it can be a burden.

    On another note, I am your go to guy if you need to reach something high up.

    Because I am short, tall people fascinate me! I'm weird!
  • kevinlee1981
    kevinlee1981 Posts: 28 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    kevinlee1981 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Wow! Awesome start! It's a good thing that you are tall!!

    Except I have to duck through some doors, and most chandeliers. At 6'6", sometimes it can be a burden.

    On another note, I am your go to guy if you need to reach something high up.

    Because I am short, tall people fascinate me! I'm weird!

    It's not weird. You should see the looks I get when my 3 yr old niece comes for a visit. Her look of awe, always makes me smile. I wonder if she ever gets a neck ache, looking up at me.
  • marikaCL
    marikaCL Posts: 276 Member
    Hi

    Feel free to add me if you like.

    I'm on everyday and try to support as best as I can :)
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