Morbidly obese and taking no prisoners

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  • IronIsMyTherapy
    IronIsMyTherapy Posts: 482 Member
    Good stuff man, keep going.
  • cppeace
    cppeace Posts: 764 Member
    Sounds like you're doing awesome, Josh! Keep up the great work. Feel free to reach out if you need any more friends on here :)
  • Otterlover81
    Otterlover81 Posts: 25 Member
    Wow! Great journey so far! Very inspiring and encouraging! I will be checking in from time to time to see how you're doing, to re-motivate myself, and to cheer you on! Keep up the amazing work!
  • Jch4mb3rs
    Jch4mb3rs Posts: 67 Member
    Thanks for all the kind words guys! It's my understanding that my brooks running shoes are kinda a middle of the road type shoe! I'm definitely going to invest in trail running shoes at some point but it's too early for that.

    Luckily it wasnt an issue of a grip and more an issue of me not picking my feet up high enough lol
  • kajaet
    kajaet Posts: 12 Member
    METALforCHRIST wrote: »
    Thanks for all the kind words guys! It's my understanding that my brooks running shoes are kinda a middle of the road type shoe! I'm definitely going to invest in trail running shoes at some point but it's too early for that.

    Luckily it wasnt an issue of a grip and more an issue of me not picking my feet up high enough lol

    I just started following this so I read all 5 pages today and you are an inspiration. Also i'm sorry you fell down but I would like to point out that your legs look noticeably stronger and in better shape than they did in your video on August 11.
  • cppeace
    cppeace Posts: 764 Member
    You're definitely kicking butt!
  • Jch4mb3rs
    Jch4mb3rs Posts: 67 Member
    This was a long weekend work wise for me and it has had my sciatica really flaring up pretty bad, but today was day one of week 4 for C25K and I got that work in anyway! This week I was honestly convinced that being told to do 5 minute running sessions that this would be my wall....no way was I going to do it! Well I did it! And I even hit a pace, or groove or something where I was just listening to the sound of my shoes on the gravel and I was comfortable. The last 5 minute session ended and I was so surprised by how good I was feeling that I just kept running for a little while longer.

    I cannot believe that the guy that struggled to finish 60 second sessions on week one is finishing 5 minute sessions now.

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  • Lastchancetochange
    Lastchancetochange Posts: 146 Member
    JuanSLOjourney wrote: »
    Keep up the great work. I started at 408 doing Keto in Oct 2018 and in February 2020 I was 222. COVID thru me off track and I gained to 280, but now back down to 265 and still dropping. You can do it.

    Can you explain example of meal plans you we’re doing . That’s amazing.
  • Lastchancetochange
    Lastchancetochange Posts: 146 Member
    JuanSLOjourney wrote: »
    Keep up the great work. I started at 408 doing Keto in Oct 2018 and in February 2020 I was 222. COVID thru me off track and I gained to 280, but now back down to 265 and still dropping. You can do it.

    Can you explain example of meal plans you we’re doing . That’s amazing.
  • 4Phoenix
    4Phoenix Posts: 236 Member
    Awesome! Keep up the inspiring work. You are a warrior....with consistency you will reach your goals!
  • Josephfunk
    Josephfunk Posts: 31 Member
    Hi I came across your post and felt like reaching out to see how your progressing. I'm 5'7 and had hit a high point of about 370 but didn't kick my *kitten* into gear until about 353 pounds or so. 13 months later im at 221 pounds and ready to work on the two teens. I know the time and effort it takes to accomplish what you're doing so I just wanted to see how your doing.
  • dew11252
    dew11252 Posts: 90 Member
    @METALforCHRIST
    where are you?
    doing well?
  • KMC55
    KMC55 Posts: 100 Member
    Hope everything is okay and you keep posting. I am learning fairly quickly that having a community behind you can make a huge difference in your journey.
  • dcollins52
    dcollins52 Posts: 6 Member
    That is awesome cbrestensky! Keep it up!
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,464 Member
    @Jch4mb3rs, we haven’t heard from you in a while. How’s it going?
  • LeahIsALoser
    LeahIsALoser Posts: 78 Member
    edited May 2022
    joshuachambers597 wrote: »
    Hello everyone! This thread is pretty old by now but I'm going ahead and resurrecting it because I'm actually the guy that made this thread. I have a different account for various reasons and a lot has happened between the time of the last update and now...


    This is inspiring to see! You seem to have maintained your loss from long ago and even lost a bit more and that's wonderful! I'm back on MFP and back on the road to better health after regaining much of the weight I lost previously, but I feel good about things this time. You look like you are resolved to make a positive change as well.

    Congrats on your upcoming marriage. That's exciting! Feel free to add me as a friend. I have a fair amount of fat to lose (100 lbs loss would put me at the high end of my "ideal" weight bracket). I'd like to lose consistently enough to get rid of much of the extra weight in the next year and I'm prepared to do the hard work to reach that goal.

    As a former lurker on the message boards, I'm glad to see you back on MFP!

    -Leah
  • joshuachambers597
    joshuachambers597 Posts: 3 Member
    LeahIsALoser wrote: »
    joshuachambers597 wrote: »
    Hello everyone! This thread is pretty old by now but I'm going ahead and resurrecting it because I'm actually the guy that made this thread. I have a different account for various reasons and a lot has happened between the time of the last update and now...


    This is inspiring to see! You seem to have maintained your loss from long ago and even lost a bit more and that's wonderful! I'm back on MFP and back on the road to better health after regaining much of the weight I lost previously, but I feel good about things this time. You look like you are resolved to make a positive change as well.

    Congrats on your upcoming marriage. That's exciting! Feel free to add me as a friend. I have a fair amount of fat to lose (100 lbs loss would put me at the high end of my "ideal" weight bracket). I'd like to lose consistently enough to get rid of much of the extra weight in the next year and I'm prepared to do the hard work to reach that goal.

    As a former lurker on the message boards, I'm glad to see you back on MFP!

    -Leah

    Thank you for the welcome back! I'm excited to keep losing weight and to keep working towards my goals!

    This week I have ended up weighing 355 so I lost 2 lbs this week. My diet isn't under as good management as it was when I started this thread but I know that as time goes on I will get it more fine tuned.

    I worked out in some capacity nearly every day this week and of course went to jiu-jitsu where I got my butt beat lmao.

    Today I'll be doing the last day of week one for C25K. I didn't struggle with week one the same way I did when I started this thread so that was a really good feeling. What didn't feel good was that the trail I chose to run in ended up being flooded in some spots 🤦‍♂️

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  • joshuachambers597
    joshuachambers597 Posts: 3 Member
    I tried to revive this this thread a couple years ago and didn’t stick with it. There have been ups and downs, and I have had moments of determination and focus and large gaps of just not trying. One thing I can say for certain is however that I learn a little more about myself every time and I get better.

    I’ll give a more thorough update on my progress and such later but for now I figure I will kick off by giving a side by side progress photo from the start of this at 420 lbs and my current 315 lbs

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