Recovering from a desk job

paulerdmann1 wrote: »

thanks for sharing all your stories. I'm confident we can reach our goals if we work together. Maybe we can start a friend group of desk jockey warriors?

Count me in! I can seem my butt widening with every passing day and donut!

Thanks for sharing your story Paul. You know what, for me it is all about exercise...although so much of my life I had no idea. Looking back on it, it should've beeen obvious. In high school I reached 200lbs, but dropped back to 160lbs when a friend introduced me to jogging. After college I went back to 200lbs again, but lost it in the Army, where we exercised a lot. And later in life I had gone up to 240lbs but got my interest back in community 5k runs, and dropped down to 200lbs (funny that my formerly 'top' weight, was now a low). I briefly then gained back to 220lbs, but got down to 168lbs after taking up cycling as a sport. Anyway, that's only a partial run down of my ups and downs on weight. Most weight loss was due to exercise, a few times due to depression. I guess I'm 'lucky' in that depression causes me to not eat, I know for some it triggers the opposite.

I digress, but on the subject of exercise, I believe so many of us humans are built to expend energy. If we don't, our bodies store fat. I'm 179lbs now gained some over the winter cycling break.

Without exercise I couldn't diet to lose weight. I understand some can do it, but its an amazing achievement that I cannot reach. For me, exercise must occur.