John500's Fitness Profile

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  Hey Again!

  Well, what I am doing is watching my calorie intake and doing some exercise videos off TV everyday. I don't know if you get the Discovery Health Channel, but I record the workouts on my TVO every mourning and I workout to them, They are only 30 minutes long and 2 a day, and the exercises are not too hard either, it is a great start for someone like me that hasn't exercised in a long time. I want to let you know that you caught my eye as soon as I read your story, I am so scared for my husband, well we are common law married, and he is 373 and only 25 years old. I do have to say I am very proud of you for taking a step and getting on here to get motivated, because my husband is not motivated at all. He wants to go and get the gastric bypass surgery and it scares me. He has been doing really good from the beggining of the year he hasn't ate any sweets, then I started agging him on to go work out on the treadmill at least 5 minutes every mourning when he gets home from work, just to start out getting use to it and that way it won't be bad on his knees. But he isn't motivated to do it! I know where you are coming from with your weight issue, but he hasn't gone through the health scares yet but when he gets older, that really scares me. Anyways I was just letting you know a little bit of my life, I haven't shared with anyone else. I am very proud that you at least made the step to get on here and want to work at it, my man won't even get on a cell phone app and count his calorie intake. He wants it the easy way, and we all do, but he doesn't realize the last time I lost weight, it took me 6 months to loose 30lbs. So what are you doing to try to loose weight? I know it is really hard, I say all the time, if we could go on one of those Biggest Looser shows then of course we would loose the weight quick because we would have someone there hollaring at us the whole time and there would be a prize at the end of it all. But that isn't reality, we have to make a lifestyle change by ourselves, luckily we have place like this web site to go to when we need help. I want you to know that I wish you the best of luck and I really am here for you if you need motivated, and you know yourself that you can still loose weight, you already lost that much and now here you are again back on here. Just try to stay with it. I keep up with all the people on here that are my motivators, because I hope they will do the same for me, I know how it is not feeling like getting of your butt and doing anything but watching TV and being bored and then you go to the kitchen every 20 minutes for something else to eat! It sucks, but once you change what you do, then you will not be as hungry and you will get more motivated to loose that weight! Start with small goals for yourself, and the scales are a big question for me, mine always read something different everyday, and a couple of my motivators told me to go by the clothes I am wearing, and if they are fitting better, then you know you are loosing weight! I know this is a long post, but I just want to let you know a little about me and I would like to know what your plan is! Talk to you soon, and don't leave another 22 days, get back on here day after day and that really does help, even if you are doing bad, that is the time you need to get on here the most. Journal about how your day is going, that way I know if you need a boost or not! You will do great! I have faith in you! I mean 100lbs already is awesome, so I know you have it in you somewhere! Talk to you real soon!

  Posted over 2 years ago by Grits

  
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  Hey Just Checking in on you!

  Hey I haven't heard back from you since you added me! Just thought I would write and check in on you! Hope to hear from you soon! Talk to you later! Bye!

  Posted over 2 years ago by Grits

  
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  Thanks

  Thanks for adding me as a friend! I hope we can help each other! I will be here for you anytime you need me! I hope you will do the same for me! I hate to here what you have been going through! It is total tragic! I can't believe you lost 100 pounds in 4 months that one time! That is amazing! We all tend to slip up and get off track if we have no one motivating us! Thank God I ran accross this site! I am ready to get in shape, and I know you are too! You have already made the first step by coming on here and telling your story! So now you need to start with a routine everyday! If I were you, I would take it slow, I would start by walking for about 10 minutes a day! That way you won't be overwhelmed and want to quit, you can loose the weight! I just want you to know I am here to help you, you know as far as the food goes, it is more about portion control! I can stand to think about dieting, why limit your choices on food? Just limit how much you eat. It's more about your calorie intake and how much you burn! You are gonna get through this! I promise! Hope to hear from you soon! Good Luck!

  Posted over 2 years ago by Grits

  
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  Trying to be a positive role model

  I've had health problems for years: severe sleep apnea, atrial fibrillation, fatty liver and recently gallbladder surgery. All of these probably directly related to my weight. The story behind my weight loss is rocky. In June 2008 I was hospitalized with atrial fibrillation. My heart wouldn't slow down, and I thought I was going to die. I was probably 500 pounds or more at the time, not really sure though because I didn't have any scales to weigh myself on. I was diagnosed with a. fib. and fatty liver and told I needed to lose weight or my life may be shortened a good bit. I immediately started my diet because I love my son more than anything and want to be around for him. I lost 100 pounds in four months. During this rapid weight loss I developed gallstones and the pain became very intense. After gallbladder surgery, I was afraid to keep going with the diet. But this is only partially true. Although I was afraid, I used the galbladder incident as an excuse to go back to my old lifestyle, and I gained back 100 pounds during 2009. In December 2009 I took my 2-year-old son to daycare, and overheard a child talking about how huge I was. In fact, the kid couldn't take her eyes off me. This didn't insult me and I wasn't angry. The child was right, I was huge. And kids are just kids, they don't mean anything by their observations. It dawned on me, however, that my son was going to have to grow up with a super morbidly obese father. I wondered if kids would one day joke him about his fat dad and maybe even direct comments about his weight. My child looks up to me, would he follow my lifestyle, becoming super heavy? What kind of a role model was I? Anyone who has been really heavy knows what it's like to walk around a grocery store or the mall or anywhere in public. I pictured my son, ten years from now, walking around with me in public places. Some people can be hurtful without meaning to be. Just staring or facial expressions can send a clear message to a large person. Other people will laugh, and some speak loud enough to be overheard when they comment on what they've just seen passing them by. Did I want my son to see these people look or laugh or talk about me? My answer is no. I don't want my son to grow up exposed to these things, and I don't want him to be influenced by my poor lifestyle decisions. Being large is an awful thing, both physically and mentally. It scars you in so many different ways and offers some insight into a darker side of human nature. I know what to do to turn my life around. I have the knowledge, and it's all up to me to make it happen. This site asks for a motto: Mine is simply "diet or die." Those are my two options.

  Posted over 2 years ago by John500