My "one year ago" thread! (Page 2)

Excellent work! Soak it up and never look back. Good luck in your rave - you'll be great!

Interesting issue. I was concerned about loose skin when I was in the "thick of it" of the big weight loss. And it was not an issue.

However, not that I am stabilized and at a confortable weight, I did notice I do have SOME loose skin in the belly area. At first, I thought it was yet some unburned extra fat, but turns out it's just loose skin. But it's not something that is "visually" intolerable.

Congrats on an amazing accomplishment! Great job for taking control of your health and your future!

You have done an awesome job and should be very proud of your accomplishments. Great work and keep it up.

Very inspiring! Keep up the resolve and determination into your tri racing career!

Congrats! I can really relate to your situation when you started, since I'm in the exact same spot you were in a year ago. the only difference is I weigh 263.

You are definitely an inspiration for me!

Could you recommend some books and other resources you used to start off with?





Edited by csakamoto 2007-08-08 3:59 PM

WOW! Congratulations on a job well done! Good luck in your first of many tris!

I was away on holidays last week and was happy to see this morning that my thread is still going.

Not my original intent, but maybe this is the legagy of my journey. So I will keep monitoring and replying. If only one person can be inspired by it, I will have accomplished something!

It may sound boring, but it all starts in the head. Once you "turn the switch" and make the commitment to change your lifestyle, things just follow. There was not one book that made a difference for me, but I did read tons and tons of material both on the web and in books.

I started from scratch (ie: fitness walking). So the first "important" book I got was by Mark Fenton: The Complete Guide to Walking for Health, Weight Loss, and Fitness.

After that, the "rest was history".

One thing that really did it for me was to treat the journey just as if I was an athlete. Okay, maybe a real big and slow one in the beginning, but I viewed myself as an athelete in training and competition, not just a guy trying to lose weight. It's mostly a mental thing, but it was huge for me.