As I get older, I realize that things that didn’t used to bother me about my body, now do. My spouse and kids are the most important things in my life. {I’ve been heavy all my life.~I have struggled with weight issues most of my life.~For as long as I can remember, I have been overweight When I graduated High School, I was not very overweight. By the time I hit thirty and stepped on a scale I found out that my weight had almost doubled since I turned twenty one. I don’t recall exactly when I gained all of the extra pounds. Whether it was a job change or relationship change, for some reason I added weight. I have read the message boards at the biggest loser weight loss forum and seen this story repeated by many different people, most of us don’t know how and why we get into the shape that we do.
The Biggest Loser Show really got me to thinking about seriously losing weight. I was confident that I could accomplish my goal if I wanted to. I very rarely have let any obstacles in my way stop me from doing what I wanted. My spouse has a problem with her weight too. By teaming up, we decided that know was the time to fix the problem. We knew that it was going to take more than a six pack ab exercise program, but we weren’t sure exactly what we were going to do until we started to talk to some of the people at the church that we attended and found out they had the same desire to lose weight that we did. Our first step was to find some other people who would forma sort of weight loss club among friends.
The first thing I learned was that having to step on the scale in front of others gave me a tremendous drive to lose weight. I not want to be the least loser. I wanted to be near the top. I set my goals high, and because of the way that I am in my daily life, I don’t like to lose.
Shortly after we started the Monday night program, my wife sought out some information about how to lose weight on the internet at sites such as http://www.fatlossfactor.com, and she was able to develop a diet and exercise program that we could follow. I was able to do my program in my basement. When I began my routine I was only able to do about twenty minutes at a time. I just could not handle a 45 minute to 1 hour workout.
We made adjustments to our diets. I was never much for eating three balanced meals a day since before I can remember. Fortunately we had seen reports that told us one of the keys to losing weight is not to skip meals.
The week preceding the first weigh in, I got 3 workouts in. It wasn’t a long workout, probably about twenty or twenty five minutes. I also monitored my food intake and made sure that it was in a consistent range. I was nervous the first night of the weigh in. I felt like I had done the right things, but the scale would tell the truth. So I stepped on the scales and saw the numbers. I had lost twelve pounds. Boy, was I on ecstatic.
We kept meeting and my weight kept dropping by a few pounds each time. My weight loss was tied to the amount of time I spent working out. I could post huge losses when I worked out 3 or more times a week for 20 to 30 minutes.
When I first started losing weight, I was unsure what good it would do for me. Eventually, my clothes did not feels so tight. My level of pep was rising quickly as I worked out. I was amazed at how just a little working out improved my energy levels. My overall health was improving. I was not down to my goal weight yet and neither was my wife. What we were doing was working. it would have been great to win a cash prize for being the biggest loser, but it is still worth it.