I did this again and again, all the while moving the goalpost rather than celebrating monumental achievement.

My back was already messed up by this point.Īlong the way, I was simultaneously adding serious muscle. Photo from my wife and I’s honeymoon in Playa del Carmen in 2016. The weight shed off of my frame like a dog’s undercoat in the Summer. In addition to working out five, sometimes six days a week, I was oftentimes working out twice in a given day, splitting time between the treadmill and gym as I built up my chest, arms, and shoulders. Over time, it became more about losing weight out of spite than actually being healthy and feeling confident. While it was powerful, it also quickly became destructive.Įvery struggle for one more rep led that inner voice to bark at me to press on. I wasn’t just going to just be slim-fit, I told myself, I was going to get bonafide jacked! This was the mindset I applied to almost every workout. That grandparent who speaks his mind a little too freely that you haven’t missed any meals lately? Hope he enjoys the crow because that’ll be the only item on his menu come when the day comes. I had a little over eight months to prepare and I loaded onto my shoulder every chip I could conceive of to motivate me. I knew it was going to be a long road but I was determined not to look back one day at our wedding photos and feel embarrassed due to my weight. In 2015 my wife and I got engaged and I, being rather rotund at the time, wanted to do everything in my power to get into the best shape of my life before the big day.

After just three months of the DDP Yoga program, I was down more than 45lbs, and I wasn’t slowing down any time soon.

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