MY STORY
I decided to start this page to conical my own health and fitness and share my story as an attempt to help others who struggle with weight and health issues as I have. Most of my life I have taken a relaxed attitude to health and fitness, and I suffered for it. You see in 2008 I suffered a heart attack due to being over weight out of shape and years of neglect to my health. They took m
e to the emergency room and ran several tests, and after a 48 hour stay in the hospital they said they found no evidence of a cardio event. How ever they did say I was diagnosed with High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol and Type II Diabetes. At that time I was tipping the scale at around 255 lbs., but I know for a fact that I had bee up around 271 lbs. After all these diagnoses they proscribed me a hand full of pills to take and set me on my way with little information about health and fitness. Over the next year I took it upon my self to try to lose weight. I started with the fact that I had been labeled Diabetic, and all I knew is that I needed to limit my sugar intake and try to lose weight. So I set out to understand some diet ideas with low sugar and healthier foods. Over the next year with cutting back on the amount of food I was eating, and adding more veggies and less sugars and carbs, I managed to bring my weight down to around 225. After having some success with some weight loss but really not understanding what I was doing I suffered a second heart attack in mid 2010. You see even though I was trying to manage my weight and diet I really did not have the proper medications for my situation. Remember the first heart attack was not really diagnosed as a heart attack and some blockages in my arteries where undetected and got worse. This time they found a 95% blockage and the doctor said I was lucky to have survived it. They quickly did a catheter procedure and installed a metal stint to open up the blockage. Now knowing exactly what was going on in there the doctor was able to set me up on the proper medications to deal with my situation. Now in addition to taking pills for High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol and Type II Diabetes, They added a second Blood Pressure pill and an anti coagulant to keep the stint from collecting blood clots. About two years late, a move and two doctor changes later I was suffering with all kinds of side effects from the medications, but I was feeling good, so good in fact I had stopped working out and let my diet slack off to the point that I was eating everything again but still managing to stay away from sugar and keeping my weight around 225 lbs. Still way to heavy for my 5' 8” height. I felt so good that I figured I could avoid some of the side effects and save some money if I cut back on some of my meds despite what the doctors had told me, after all I felt fine. I know what you are thinking and you are right! In 2013 I had a third heart attack. This time was a eye opener. See it showed me that I had no idea what I was doing and needed help. After they installed two more stints, one inside of the previous one to open it back up and a second in another artery, I decided to sign up for the hospital's Cardio Rehabilitation program. It required me to go to the hospital's rehab facility three days a week for classes about diet and health and how to deal with my situation in addition to an hour of cardio and strength training with professionals who gave guidance and helped to educate people on taking care of their health. This lasted for two months and I had to take sort term disability from work, but it was well worth it. After that I have managed to diet and exercise more regularly on my own for about two years I concentrated only on my diet and got down from 225 lbs. to around 212 lbs that is where my diet hit a wall and plateaued. In November 2016 I joined the local YMCA and after a month of seeing incredible change and hitting my long standing ghoul of 200 lbs. I decided to step it way up and go for broke. I have now hit 190 lbs put on a lot more muscle tone and mass then I have had in years. My final ghoul is 175 lbs and more muscle mass. On this page I want to share my journey and the knowledge I have gained along the way about diet, exercise and over all fitness. You see I was a person who always made the normal excuses, “I have no time to exercise”, “Eating healthy dose not taste good”, “healthy food is to expensive”. Trust me I have used them all and I am here to tell you. I know it sounds cheesy but its true,
“IF I CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN!!!”
