Personal Challenges: My Health. My Weight.

This will probably be the most personal post I have ever written. It’s also one of THE most touchiest subjects for me to talk about. So if you see me in person, don’t talk about it lol. Some say I share way too much of my personal life. Maybe. Sometimes putting my thoughts into the public will give me some sort of release. That’s my dumb idea I guess. In this post, I want to share in hopes to educate, motivate myself, and maybe inspire others. Today’s subject. Losing weight.

I have always been a large local fellow. It’s in the genes. But at one point in my life, it got way. out. of. control. I remember all through high school I was sort of in shape. I remember being 275lbs. That was amazing. I got to college and I ballooned up to 315lbs my freshman year. My Junior year I was up to 385lbs. Good lawd! I finally decided to get my ass in gear. I spent the whole Senior year trimming down. I got down to 305lbs, convinced myself I have dense heavy bones, and that I was really a 285lb masterpiece. Ignorance is bliss mofo!

As I started my job in the real world and life issues got in the way, my weight went into overdrive. I realized in this time that food was a crutch for me. There was a lot going on in my life. So much that in 5 years, I weighed in at 515lbs! 5 hundred & 15 pounds. My job required me to use a cherry picker lift. It had a max weight of 350lbs. FAIL.

Things started to sink in about my health right before my mom passed. She did everything in her power to help me lose the weight. Bought me good foods. Paid for gym membership. Continuous nagging. You name it, she did it. She was scared of the consequences of being morbidly obese. She didn’t want me to die young. She loved me and cared about me. The problem was, I didn’t. I promised I would lose the weight. She passed before I finally started to keep that promise.

3 Years after she passed, as in right now, the weight loss promise continues. I care about living. I know others care about me. I don’t want to be suffering from health conditions due to my massively sexy body. A larger but smaller sexy body, I can live with. I want to keep track of the weight loss here. Keep weekly tracks of weight and talk about what changes are going on. Look in the ABOUT ME section for weekly weight loss updates. I hope it’s a loss. I’ll post at the beginning of the week of the things I have been doing. I started the weight at 485lbs which is when I started recording at the beginning of the year. Here. We. Go.

“To move ahead you need to believe in yourself…have conviction in your beliefs and the confidence to execute those beliefs.” – Adlin Sinclair