Crado

The first time I successfully lost weight, I did so with a personal trainer. I struck a deal to be the “test subject” of a local sports science gym. $5 a session, 5 days a week, for 9 months. I had powerlifted in college, but began the journey at 374. I lost 100 lbs, and started CrossFit. Then after 3 months, I became very tired, a little burnt out. I hovered around 290, but hard a time with diet. In the nine months losing weight, I basically ate the same thing (chicken and veggies) and juiced. Fast forward three years, to 2015, I was still at 290. And I couldn’t motivate myself to HIIT train or even ride my bike after I failed an attempt at hiking the Appalachian Trail. Then, I moved out of my parents place, and lived with my grandmother. There, I started learning how to be healthy. I juiced regularly, cut meat in half, and started growing vegetables. Over the next year, I installed a basketball goal, found a great yoga teacher and restructured my life. The lowest weight I ever got to was 234 lbs at 6’2. I was strong, turning compost, and really happy. Then, I started college again, my yoga teacher moved away, and I became busy. I still kept gardening, but I stopped going to yoga (would take another year to completely stop all yoga), I had a falling out with my grandmothers family, and moved back in with my parents. I’m still growing vegetables, and eating locally. However, since I stopped exercising with a group, or by myself, I’ve packed on the lbs. I’m somewhere over 300 lbs, I’m too afraid to weigh. Since gaining weight, I’ve been struggling with sciatica and it’s been so hard to motivate myself to exercise. I live in a rural area, 30 miles from a gym. I have a 1/3 mile driveway, lots of yoga training, I like to bicycle, and I have a big garden. What can I do in y’alls opinion to get back on the right path?

tl:dr 374->274->314->234 to currently at 320+lbs. I am depressed from not getting motivated to lose weight and exercise after struggling with the physical and mental side effects regaining weight.

Close to 4 acres. I also steward over a blackberry, blueberry, fig orchard. Really most of the major veggies. From potatoes, to kale, to beets, and melons I can grow it all except Brussel sprouts and celery. I love edible Perennial plants. I also have chickens, ducks, and turkeys for meat and eggs.

I started in March of 2014. It made it 720 miles. I started a little over 300 lbs. I had no experience hiking, and my pack was HEAVY. I struggled because I got trench foot in the smoking, and after switching boots, I had a hard time finding shoes that fit. My toenails were coming off, and I had gross blisters. My friends kept my going though. When I caught a water borne illness and was sick for a week, it finally broke my will to continue. I also hiked the Colorado Trail. It was a a great experience. I didn’t meet the lasting friends like I did on the AT, but the views were great