My body transformation - Part 1 - High School.

I lost 60 pounds and it changed my life.

I used to weigh 220 pounds of pure fat and bone.

I changed my life, and you can too.

Here is part 1 to my body transformation:

Since I was young, I have always been pretty active. Loved to play outside and even played baseball for a few years. I got into skateboarding and scooter riding, and I was a healthy kid. While you are young, it is pretty easy to stay in good shape.

That was until I was exposed to the wonders of videos games...

That shit was a drug to my adolescent brain, and I was loving the high. I stopped wanting to outside, go to the skate park, and instead I chose to sit my happy ass down in front of the TV for hours on end playing Call of Duty on my Xbox.

During my gaming sessions, I would enjoy snacks like cosmic brownies (remember those things?) and cookies. That was my slipstream of dopamine: video games and food.

This continued for longer than I would like to admit, and it affected more than just my health. By the time I started my senior year of high school, I was weighing 220 pounds. My academics were not much better.

Just before graduating from high school was when the best and the worst thing that could happen. I got a girlfriend.

This girlfriend, she filled the void that I apparently was filling food and video games with. I started to drop weight. And dropped fast.

I wasn't working out. I wasn't trying to "eat less" or go on a crazy diet. I was infatuated with something other than my computer (at least I upgraded to PC games by then), and it was making a massive change.

This was my first mistake.

It was not healthy.

3 months after we got together, I was graduating from high school about 50 pounds lighter than when I started the school year. (she broke up with me after a month LOL)

Let's do some math:

50lbs/3 months = ~17 pounds a month. That's just over 4 pounds a week.

When someone says "I lost over a hundred pounds in 6 months"... it is entirely possible.. Trust me. (unless if you are 300+ pounds, you don't want this)

Next chapter, college.

Tune in next week for part 2.

Thank you for reading. This story is really near and dear to my heart, and I think a lot can be learned from even this part one.

Always remember, Keep Going.

BS.