I've lost weight...ask me how!

"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more..." Henry V, Act III


If you have known me for any length of time, you will have seen this quote from time to time as I have posted. It is a call to once more go into the fight and stress to perhaps this time see victory. Today, I ask you to recall with me a sure and certain victory. I have chronicled it before and I, once again, take up the gauntlet to update you on the battle. The picture below was taken in 2008. I weighed nearly 460 pounds. Things needed to change.

I didn't sleep well. I had a heart problem that constantly left me with either a medicine change or a frequent doctor visit. It was work just to get up and move around anywhere. 

This next photo was taken a little bit later but if you look closely I had the dark rings around my eyes that indicated that I was taking on fluid and not getting enough sleep. Still, something had to be done. 

So, I began to work out, take my medications faithfully, and to eat better. I accepted the fact that I was turning into a middle aged man and accepted that the changes were due to those mitigating factors. The doctor appointments were less frequent but still present. Still, something had to be done. 

So, the work was starting to pay off and I was able to buy some new clothes again. I traveled quite a bit during this time which my weight loss at this time gave me some freedom to feel better. Still, something had to be done. 

Now, there are ups and downs in this fight and the photo above was taken right before I ended up at the hospital and had ballooned to 450 pounds due to my heart problem flaring up and the pacemaker at the time,  one of which I've worn a version of since I was 18, gave out and the thought was that I was going to die. Still, something had to be done. 

The photo above was take when I weighed about 330 pounds. I was beginning to shed a bunch of weight and began a process that has continued to this day. Though I have made great strides, still, something had to be done. 

A most recent picture at a wedding. I currently weigh 290 pounds and am continuing to lose it. There is still much more to do but for now you accept the victory. Still, something had to be done. Next week, we will explore the something that had to be done.