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suzcruzrides
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Let's call this "before & during"....
I started putting on weight around age 6 after having my tonsils out & have struggled all through my life. I've had success losing 70-125 lbs but couldn't keep it off. Last year, shortly after my 54th birthday I realized I don't have much more time to get this right. Lost my dad 13 yrs ago to congestive heart failure & my mom two years ago of the same.
I didn't tell anybody what I was doing. Jan 2013 I just started eating a lot better & walking. Two months in, I got a treadmill. My weight was dropping slowly. June 2013 I started lifting weights & July 2013 I got a cheapo MTB at wally world. I alternated weights & biking.
Jan 2013 my weight was 330lbs (5lbs short of my lifetime high). The photo on the left was taken in March 2013 at 312lbs. The photo on the right was taken 10/13 at 240lbs. I am currently at 221. Winters are hard for me, I have some female issues going on, I have hypothyroidism, blah, blah, blah. I keep losing/gaining the same 4lbs but now that I can get out & bike again I am confident this will help.
I still have a long way to go to reach a "normal" weight but I'm pressing on & not going to give up!

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