What 110 Days Did to Me... (Lost a toddler & 30 in)

At the beginning of 2012 I couldn't bare looking at myself in the mirror. All I saw was fat here and fat there and I knew that something had to change. I was in NEED of a change, a huge change. Most of the clothes I had hanging in my closet didn't fit anymore, so I ended up wearing the same things over and over again. I mean that's not something that's really bad, but if you have so many other clothes but can't wear them, then that's bad.



Those pictures here are probably from when I was at my heaviest, at 339 pounds. Looking at them now I ask myself why I let myself go that far. I remember breathing heavy just getting up from the couch, something that should be an easy task. Over the course of probably about a year, I managed to lose 17 pounds, from which I gained about 5 pounds back. I was able to somehow manage that current weight for probably another year, and that's when 2012 rolled around.

Something changed and I was ready to do this. You know, really ready, not just, "Oh I want to lose weight today, but in the morning you want to stuff yourself with food again." Believe me, I had those scenarios before and they didn't get me anywhere. Anyway, I went to see what was out there and stumbled across MFP. The best thing that could've happened.


I signed up and started the beginning of February with a starting weight of 327 pounds as seen above. I was excited about everything, about logging my food but especially about getting moving, something I never thought I could get excited about. I worked hard to lose those pounds and about 60 days later and at 295 pounds, I looked like this:


I wasn't able to wear those black pants in the first picture for almost 5 years, so I sure was excited about that. I've had many NSV's over the course of only 2 months which made this journey even more worthwhile.

I kept on working hard and pushing myself further and was able to actually see results. I liked where this was going and imagined myself at the end of the year. It's quite amazing how clear you can see a picture once you get started.


Time passed and pounds dropped but I was still not able to button up my shirt. I knew I was getting there and I wasn't gonna give up. I wanted to fit into clothes that just didn't fit me anymore again. So I kept on pushing.

Suddenly there was a time where exercising didn't feel like it used to. I was unmotivated and it took more to actually work out and get it done. That phase went on for two weeks and even though I pushed myself to get it done and stayed under calories I wasn't happy with myself. I wasn't gonna give up, oh heck no. I had come too far already to ever go back again where I was. My friends on here have helped me through that and I realized that all I had to do was pushing through. It's easier said than done, but I managed to do exactly that. I'm still not as motivated as I was in the beginning about working out, but I can feel that with every new day, I'm getting a little bit closer to that. I enjoy working out again and try to do new things, even when it hurts.


I'm now at 280 pounds and for the first time in 5 years I'm able to button up this shirt. That was yesterday and it was a fantastic feeling. I was a little bit disappointed that I couldn't see a difference from the above picture to the one in just black, until my wife pointed out that

1) Black is slimming

2) The black pants look really baggy on me now

and

3) My legs are slimmer and you can tell muscles when zooming in and I've lost some more weight in the face.

That definitely made up for it.

So yes, those 110 days have been good to me, and I'm looking forward to what is coming next. Until next time, when I'm slimmer and more muscular!

339 Pounds

327 Pounds

295 Pounds

280 Pounds