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In 2006 I was in a really bad accident that caused me having to have my right leg reconstructed. I spend over a year on my back majorly depressed, unable to walk but a few feet from bed to bathroom… The only thing I had that gave me any enjoyment was food. I went from 175 lbs to 470 lbs the next handful of years. I attempted a handful of times to lose the weight, but never serious enough to actually do so. In November of 2019 I finally had enough and set out to lose the weight. A few weeks ago, I did my monthly weigh in and have officially lost 200 lbs. I still have a ways to go of reaching my final goal of 200 lbs but I’m very proud of my progress. August 6th is my 45th birthday, I’m stronger then I’ve been since High School, I still can’t walk great, but I try to do a couple miles a day on the Treadmill.

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Oh wow. Congratulations. You should be proud!

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14 points

Running 10k under 55mins :D

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5 points

I don’t know anything about running but that’s a lot of running

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3 points

Hoping to run the Berlin marathon next year *fingers crossed

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awesome, good luck!

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I can get my 5k in under 30mins with incredible effort. My stride and pacing are terrible.

I watch people smash a 5k in 20 mins. that’s a bit of a goal for me. Struggling at the moment to run 2k at a 12km/h pace. Tooooooo fast for me at the moment

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It’s so fuckin hard to run even 5k. Every time I feel like someone who just learned how to breathe- afterwards I wanna run some more tho

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12 points

no huge fitness achievements, but i started doing some basic strengthening and toning on my upper body a couple of years ago… just low-impact stuff, but i’ve managed to really stick with it… the benefits are starting to stack up now a bit, so i’m very glad i started…

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Next step, a couple years of lower body!

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basically yeah, legs and lungs, thanks for the encouragement

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Great work. This is what it’s about. I’m happy for you.

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thank you, man… i feel at least 100% better and counting… and i hope it helps somebody else get started, i really do…

remember to stretch, everybody

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12 points

Haven’t had anything with added sugar for year this month.

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Nice! Have you found that adjusted your sweetness tolerance? Meaning, do you find less sweet things satisfy a craving for sweets more now?

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It definitely allowed me to be more sensitive to sweetness. I don’t know if my cravings are always necessarily satisfied, but there are far fewer cravings. But it was really hard going through withdrawals for the first month or two.

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8 points

I got back to my weekly workout schedule this week after a month of not going.

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