Tooting my own horn!

So my trainer asked me to send him some before and after shots of me. I'm going on the gyms PT wall of fame. So I picked the following photos. The first is obvious - me at graduation. The second is me just before I joined the gym. The third was taken last night. And I gotta say - I didn't realise the difference between the second and third pics. I got a bit of a 'wow' factor when I saw that one.

So, without further ado, I present - my own horn toot!

I never used to have a problem with my weight. I knew I was big, but I'd always been that way, so it was kind of normal for me. I was an obese child. When I graduated from high school I estimate I was 150kg, size 26 jeans. I stayed big through uni, but after I left I started losing weight gradually. Mostly by eating healthier. I impulse bought a rowing machine with the intent to use it, but the novelty wore off and it sat in the corner for about 2 months. After my grandfather died I decided that instead of drinking to deal with it, I'd use the rowing machine as a distraction. I lost a further 20kg in about 4 months. It was then that I decided to really concentrate on losing weight. I kept going for a little bit, and then I hit a plateau. After a while of this I ended up joining the gym. With a lot of hard work, lots of little goals and the help/encouragement of the best trainer I've ever had, I've managed to lose another 13kg, and 2 jeans sizes. I feel so much better now days. I sleep better, am a lot more relaxed, and am miles healthier. I don't get sick as often as I used to, and I have a lot more energy. I still have a way to go, but when I compare what I used to be like, life as a whole is just better, I'm a lot happier. They say ignorance is bliss. Back then it was. Now I realise ignorance is just ignorance.