Well I'll start this by saying i was always the fat guy pretty much my whole life...This heaviest i was before i started my weight loss was a little less then a year ago and i weighed in at 247, to be that weight to be normal I probably should have been 8 feet tall but im only 5"10'. To tell the truth I had a horrible self body image, and I looked in the mirror one day and just said a long ******* I need to do something (maybe everyone here has had that feeling at one point.) I really didn't do anything hang out didn't do anything physical. Well on that epiphany of the whole, holy **** thats me, I decided to do something. I am one of those people who hates dieting and exercise, but I found something I loved which is combat sports. After i tried out my trial at a local MMA gym (mixed martial art...boxing, kickboxing, muay-thai and jiujitsu) I said I was going to do it. I signed up and went at it 100% and it was not easy at first. Let me just say for weeks i was having trouble just walking out of the gym (and walking normally the day after trust me it was bad), and that was just learning boxing at first, and then after i could tolerate boxing i branched out into muay thai and brazilian jiujitsu. I can say I have something i am going to stick with my whole life which is bjj and I plan to keep actively competing and being accountable to a weight class (light weight, 161lbs) for tournaments as a way to keep my weight down. All I can say is I am now in incredible shape and actually am happy about my body

Amazing!!

Thanks for coming by! I couldn't even tell that the second one was you! Great job so far, hopefully you'll have some fun here on the boards!

Take care!

Amazing Thank you so much for posting.

Being active and exercising doesn't mean the same thing for everyone. It's great to see stories from people who start doing something active that they LOVE and it helps them improve their health, and gives them something fun to do.

There's a Brazilian Jiujitsu teaching center about 10 minutes from my house... now you've got me thinking

Stick around! There's a maintainers area for those who have already lost the weight and are working hard at keeping it off each day. Post wherever you're comfortable.

All the best to you!