I don’t care how old or how big you are, it’s never too late to make a change in your life.
Meet Terence Haynes, a 430 lb., 45 year-old guy who suddenly decided to completely change his life. He set out to lose 200 lbs in one year, and did it. After losing all the weight, he rediscovered his passion for sports and a desire to continue improving his life: he went back to college and joined the college wrestling team.
If you have nine minutes to burn this morning/tonight/tomorrow, watch this video on ESPN. For you big guys/girls out there who have lost hope, who think it’s a waste of time, or perhaps you’re just too far down the road that you can’t get in shape. This guy ate 20,000 calories a day and was literally eating himself to death…so he enlisted the help of a personal trainer, cut his diet to a healthy 1800 calories (which must have felt like starvation for weeks), and exercised 4-6 days a week.
Obviously losing 200 pounds in a single year is an extreme case, but when you go from 20,000 calories to less than 2,000, and start exercising almost every day instead of sitting on a couch…you will get extreme results.
If you’re looking for motivation, here it is:
If you don’t have time to watch the video, feel free to read the article here.
Now, if you’re looking to get back into exercising, make sure you consult your physician before you start any exercise to make sure it’s okay, and then take it slow. Instead of concentrating on the numbers on the scale, concentrate on fitness goals – The scale might lie to you, but your body won’t.
Take it one day at a time, do a little bit more every day, eat right, and your weight will drop before you know it.
-Steve
