The difference between you and I is that I was heavy in college (the first time) and hovered around 275 but lost it all once to join the Army. I had moved off campus and ballooned-I was lonely, money stressed, my grades dropped-but I had food. Then I met my wife-she didnt’ care about most of that, or my weight. We married 2 years later, I had transferred schools, and then had to quit when my mom got cancer, to take care of my minor sister.
I split between my apt. and my mom’s house-3 hours apart, for weeks, got a job at the local Walmart in a town that I had left after HS. I wasnt making enough money, so I decided, at 23-to ENLIST. From January 2001 to April 2001 I walked MILES in that Walmart doing inventory, stocking, unloading trucks, and managed to enlist into the Army at 208.5-.5 lbs under their max for the BMI tape measuer test. I went from 265ish to 208, in 4 months through stress and necessity and work. I came out of Basic and went into AIT at 190. During basic I had sustained a fall (from the failure of an obstacle) that didnt get looked at until 3 months later. 2 ruptured discs. I was discharged 9 months later.

I was going to travel the world, now I got to go home to where my wife had moved us, to a be security guard with a back injury, and no college degree. Ick. So much for that Vocal Music major.

I, over the years gained it all back and then some. I started going back to the gym in September, but not seriously, only a few (2-3) days a week. I found your blog a few weeks ago. Since then, I have been going to the gym 4 days a week, 30-40 minutes during lunch hour, and ive dropped from 315 to 310 in the last week (morning weight).

Dude, you are awesome. Thanks for putting yourself out here. You are the reason that I sometimes hate “Mens’ Health”. They make it too busy, too much, to much thinking. You just go and DO.

Just resist the temptation.