A Year Ago...

A YEAR AGO:

… I had a hard time riding a bike a ¼ mile. 

… I’d get winded walking from my car to my office – I hated that walk. 

… I was wearing pants with a 60-inch waist. 

… I had to buy over-priced fat man clothes from Omar the tent maker.  

… I hated putting on shoes and socks – I couldn’t reach my feet. 

… I struggled doing yard work. 

… I had to be careful about the chair I sat in.

… I’d wake up in the morning feeling like I had been wrestling rhinoceroses.

… I had a hard time fitting into our vehicles.

… I would sit and watch my kids play.

… I weighed an embarrassing 410 lbs (down from my heaviest at 437)

NOW:

…I ride 20-30 miles a week on my bike.

…I sometimes even take the longer walk to my office to enjoy the beauty of Temple Square.

…I wear pants with a 42-inch waist – I wore that size when I was 17.

…I can buy clothes from pretty much anywhere I want.

…I put on socks and shoes with ease.

…I’m redesigning the landscaping on our backyard (and am doing the labor too).

…my chair at work doesn’t groan in pain as I sit in it.

…I wake up in the morning ready to wrestle our little rino’s.

…I can easily fit in our cars – including the back seats.

…I chase, dance with, give shoulder rides to, roll on the ground with and ride bikes with our 3 energetic kids.

…I weigh 271 lbs  (still 72 lbs from my goal, but very happy with the 166 lbs total that I have lost thus far)

A year ago I was worried that I might be on the road to some plus-sized health problems.  Now I have changed my future…

…and I’m thankful I am able to do it.