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Today, I finally earned my 40-pound badge from Fitbit. It has taken me 16 weeks to lose 40 pounds and almost a month to lose the last five.
According to my weight history, the last time I weighed less than 280 pounds, I was 32 years old. That was seven years ago. I've weighed more than 300 pounds for the last four years and I have been at least 60 pounds overweight since I began using Fat Secret in March 2009. I wasted my 30s being fat and unhealthy.
Now I'm trying to make up for lost time and trying to turn back, or at least slow down, the clock on my body. I'm eating better and exercising more. I'm not wasting another second of my life on ultra-processed foods. I'm determined to get into the best shape ever before my 41st birthday - a little over a year from today.
I wrote an article last month about my journey so far and posted it on Medium.com. I thought I'd share it with everyone here, too: https://ralanpershing.medium.com/i-figured-out-the-key-to-losing-weight-bd6bd419a89d
This community is incredibly supportive. If you're struggling to lose weight and get healthy, you're not alone. My struggle has caused me to re-evaluate almost every aspect of my life, especially my career. More on that another time.
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278.8 lb
Lost so far: 40.0 lb.
Still to go: 33.8 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 24 April 2021:
losing 1.1 lb a week
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