First time poster in the Health area but I am ready. A lot of people would probably recognize a lot of my posts as playing devils advocate, blunt responses to new over confident or fundmefornoreason people. Or about how ide rather carry whiskey before water. Mid February I did the Art Loeb Trail weighing 230 lbs. Most I've ever weighed. The 31 mile trail was anything but the easy stroll I once remembered along the AT and for more then the first time during, and after the trip I said " You have got to get this weight off". 29 years old, drank like a fish, hiked every weekend and the only portion size for me was when the plate was FULL. A baconator? no thanks ill have 2. A beer after work? No I'll have a fifth of jack. I was out of control. A semi functioning walking brewery. I would stay straight enough to do my job, and all other efforts were drinking, eating and somehow hiking. Started to scare me. After the Art Loeb I came back home and had lost 7 lbs in 2 days. I thought well, this is the best opportunity your gunna have to turn stuff around Al. I got home, house was dry and pantry full of junk. Threw it all out, went to the store and made a rule for myself. If it don't swim, fly or have roots? I'm not eating it. I walk a minimum of 3 miles a day, every day. And now that the time change is here, I will be doing my 3 miles during work breaks, and 8 miles with my pack after work. I am 35 days into this change and have lost 22 lbs. only 8 more to my goal of 200 and it has been an amazing life change. I am happier, think clearer, I can run!! lol and people have noticed. People around me have changed there lifestyles in hopes of seeing results as well. Making life changes I have found is much like acquiring a taste for certain foods. When you were younger, you thought " I will never like tomatos", the same as a year ago I would have said "I will never like the healthy road". Well come on in folks, the water is fine
I titled this "Don't make excuses & Don't be afraid of losing weight!" because I always found great reasons to post pone, or not even start losing weight, and it was because I was afraid of not seeing results. What I have found through this, is if you HONESTLY change, not half ass it, but a serious curve in your habits and diet, you will see changes. And that its better to try and fail, then to never try at all.
Disclaimer: This is in no way a sobriety post. Nothing better then an ice cold jack and water by the campfire, which I still partake in, in moderation on the trail.
Get out there folks