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    I tried Everything, Went from 196 to 159

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    I watched my Dad die suddenly in 2016, it was brutally traumatic and painful. I gained a ton of weight, at my heaviest I was 196 pounds. I continued to work out, play hockey, cycle, most importantly I trained Jiu Jitsu and meditated.

    However, nothing seemed to change.

    It wasn’t until I started weighing my food and being brutally honest with myself on MyFitnessPal.

    I now weigh 159 pounds, I am 42, almost 43 years old and I’ve never felt better.

    I am stronger, faster and healthier then I ever thought I could be.

    It’s possible, find the inspiration to be better then yesterday.

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    • Posts: 591 Member
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    • Posts: 58 Member
      I'm sorry for your loss of your dad. Great job on keeping motivated and working on your goals. Its not easy under the best circumstances and even harder when there are personal tragedies going on also. Congratulations.
    • Posts: 187 Member
      Congratulation! So sorry for your loss.
      Can you share and tell us more about how you went about it? What did you eat etc.,
    • Posts: 49 Member
      Grayzer1 wrote: »


      I watched my Dad die suddenly in 2016, it was brutally traumatic and painful. I gained a ton of weight, at my heaviest I was 196 pounds. I continued to work out, play hockey, cycle, most importantly I trained Jiu Jitsu and meditated.

      However, nothing seemed to change.

      It wasn’t until I started weighing my food and being brutally honest with myself on MyFitnessPal.

      I now weigh 159 pounds, I am 42, almost 43 years old and I’ve never felt better.

      I am stronger, faster and healthier then I ever thought I could be.

      It’s possible, find the inspiration to be better then yesterday.

      I am so proud you. You flipped the script and are a better version of yourself! You completed a successful science/personal experiment. Way to be resilient.
    • Posts: 1,099 Member
      They say you can't outrun your fork - I don't lose either if I don't log what I eat. I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sure your Dad would be proud of what you have done for yourself though. You've accomplished something wonderful!
    • Posts: 32,344 Member
      edited March 2021
      You are the ethos of "Work hard in silence and let your success make the noise".

      You are an inspiration in every way.

    • Posts: 50 Member
      I'm sorry about your dad, Grayzer, but congratulations to you! Keep being brutally honest with yourself. As Shakespeare said, "to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man".
    • Posts: 9 Member
      Congratulations
    • Posts: 1,106 Member
      You're like a phoenix!
    • Posts: 56 Member
      Sorry for the loss of your dad. Tracking your food take isn’t necessarily sexy but it works.
      Well done sir!
    • Posts: 139 Member
      196 pounds is my goal weight (6’3”) currently I am 312 pounds having lost 9 pounds in the last 2 weeks. Well done for getting yourself back on track after the loss of your father
    • Posts: 2 Member
      Congratulations what exactly did you do? That is amazing, keep up the good job

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