My Journey

On January 12th of 2021, I got a job interview for a Shale Mine, after the interview I had to go take a physical exam. When I showed up to the exam they had me step on the scale (something I hadn’t done for at least a year or two) I looked down and it read 272lbs, mind you I was 20 years old, I thought I was in good shape, that changed my way of thinking about everything. I cried on the drive home wondering how the hell I was going to get that under control, I then did some research and found this app which is when I started. Fast forward to now, I can happily say I’ve lost 67lbs and still going! Feeling amazing, self confidence is sky rocketing, overall just better quality of life. MyFitnessPal helped me change my life, my bad eating habits, and stick to my diet. I refused day in and day out to slip up on my diet even once, and in return the weight has been dropping like crazy. At around the 240lb mark, I began going to the gym and lifting weights, at around the 230lb mark I got back into Boxing (something I had done as a kid growing up) and now I’m down to 205lbs with a goal weight of 185. I will add into this, I was also just recently told by my doctor that I do have Gynecomastia (it’s basically a genetic issue that causes glands in my pecs to be much larger and harder than normal, no amount of exercise can get rid of them, surgery is the only option) and a bad case of it at that, but surgery is scheduled for this coming January. Hope everyone finds the courage to give this a shot and better yourselves!