GPOYW - One year and 29 pounds ago.
I was going back through pictures from my post-graduation trip to Europe last June, and was struck by the totally different person I saw in the photos - that’s me at 217 lbs. It may look like the same outfit, but those jeans on the right are 4 inches smaller in the waist, and the shirt is a large, not an XL.
Thanks largely to Tim Ferriss’s fitness method, which I started in late March (just over 3 months ago), I’m now down to 188 lbs, which is 17 lbs less than my weight of 205 at the beginning of my “experiment”. I have also gained significant muscle mass as well. I feel great, and completed my first 5k in May.
So to all those out there that need motivation to get to the gym - do it. I know it hurts at first, but you’ll slowly develop some stamina, and before you know it, you’ll be in shape. The diet is tough too, but struggle through - it takes two weeks to change your body’s tastes and eating habits. It gets easier, and the payoff is worth it.
If anyone wants to discuss more about what I did for exercise, diet or anything else, feel free to reblog or comment, and I’m happy to answer any questions or help in any other way possible.
GPOYW: My mom and I, nearly a year ago at my graduation from Wake Forest. My how time flies.
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Yes, it’s a day late, but I didn’t get home from work until after midnight last night. And this pic was taken Tuesday. So average it out, that’s Wednesday right?
GPOYW - Still at work at 10pm edition. Can you tell how thrilled I am? Perhaps I should have shaved this morning, been sporting the 5 o’clock shadow all day.
Ah - settling in for a relaxing night of DVR’d TV in my silk pants and ridiculously oversized slippers.
Also, consider this my cop-out GPOYW.
GPOYW. It’s cold and a workday edition.
GPOYW - My brother (sitting) and I horsing around at the pier bar in Aruba last weekend.
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Note the juxtaposition of the electric guitar with the dorkiest/coolest shirt I own (from XKCD).
GPOYW - In Paris, at the top of the Eiffel Tower. Truly a magnificent sight.
(No, I am not at the top of the Eiffel Tower at this very moment. This is from a few months ago - Sadly, I am currently sitting in a cubicle in North Carolina.)
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Following Mr. Pants’ lead.
