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Robo · 12-02-2018, 08:58 PM

Hey guys I was thinking since we have a support thread for quitting smoking it may be a good idea to have a thread where people can share stories about weight loss or maybe give support to members that are having a tough time sticking with their exercise or healthy living routine.
I am 33 years old with 3 young kids I'm 5'9 and before I decide to change up my diet and actually focus on my health about 5 months ago I was 190 pounds. I was never really feeling great i was addicted to sugar pop, chocolate bars, anything I would just eat I never felt full until I was full of sugar.
I was tired all the time, I decided that I needed to change something so I started with cutting out so much sugar which was hard as f but the pounds seemed to melt off within a couple months I was down in the high 170s. I started swimming laps every second day for a couple months and got down to about 164 no matter what I did I couldn't get below that and with having 3 kids at home it was getting harder to sneak out every second day to swim. so we bought the bowflex max trainer which has been amazing with the 14 minute workouts almost daily I am now down to 159 pounds I feel great but honestly it is still a daily struggle to not pump my face full of candy and it hasnt been an easy 5 months but down 31 pounds I feel great
Sorry for the long post hopefully other people can share some stories and help people who maybe aren't seeing the results they want or are feeling discouraged about weight loss especially at this time of year with the new year resolutions coming up, anyways share away!

12-02-2018, 08:58 PM	#1
Robo Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Edmonton,AB Exp:	Exercise support thread Hey guys I was thinking since we have a support thread for quitting smoking it may be a good idea to have a thread where people can share stories about weight loss or maybe give support to members that are having a tough time sticking with their exercise or healthy living routine. I am 33 years old with 3 young kids I'm 5'9 and before I decide to change up my diet and actually focus on my health about 5 months ago I was 190 pounds. I was never really feeling great i was addicted to sugar pop, chocolate bars, anything I would just eat I never felt full until I was full of sugar. I was tired all the time, I decided that I needed to change something so I started with cutting out so much sugar which was hard as f but the pounds seemed to melt off within a couple months I was down in the high 170s. I started swimming laps every second day for a couple months and got down to about 164 no matter what I did I couldn't get below that and with having 3 kids at home it was getting harder to sneak out every second day to swim. so we bought the bowflex max trainer which has been amazing with the 14 minute workouts almost daily I am now down to 159 pounds I feel great but honestly it is still a daily struggle to not pump my face full of candy and it hasnt been an easy 5 months but down 31 pounds I feel great Sorry for the long post hopefully other people can share some stories and help people who maybe aren't seeing the results they want or are feeling discouraged about weight loss especially at this time of year with the new year resolutions coming up, anyways share away!