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Three Years of Progress, Seven Years of Backsliding
In 2009 I found myself the heaviest I had ever been. After getting out of a long term relationship, I decided to seriously make an effort to get healthy and happy again. It took three year of hard work. Three years of watching what I ate, training to run 5Ks, and when I plateaued at 220 pounds, finding a personal trainer.…
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From 290 to 199 (and back to 220)
This was a picture of my progress. I started at 290 pounds in July of 2009. I managed to get all the way down to 199 pounds in January of 2010. Since moving back to California, I fell of the wagon for a few months and managed to put about 20 pounds back on. I did this without the help of MFP. I'm here to take the 20 pounds…
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MFP is exactly what I need
My fitness journey began in mid-2009. I was finally over a break-up and took a hard look at what had become of my life. I was 37 years old, 5'7" and 290 pounds. I was miserable. A friend was getting ready to be deployed to Afghanistan and was looking for other friends to start working out with him before leaving. That's…
