Ranger Wraithowl

[Wraithowl]

Hello, my name is Rafael or (online) WraithOwl. When I was a kid I was bullied for being overweight, a lover of books, and an all-around nerd/geek; which I still am to this day. This bullying stopped after the summer preceding 8th grade, when I finally took swimming (I had been in the sport since I was 5 years old) seriously and started eating like an athlete. Over that summer I lost fat, put on muscle, grew 3 inches to hit my current height f 5' 10" (thanks to general old puberty) and, frankly, became a bit too imposing a physical specimen for bully to bother with anymore. A year later I started including martial arts as part of my cross-training for swimming and later on joined the military. To make a long story short, I was in excellent physical condition until about 10 years ago. When I left the Navy's Officer Candidate School in 2001 I weighed 199 lbs and had a 8% body fat percentage. Afterwards I started slacking off and when I left the Navy Reserves in 2008 I was up to 230 lbs and had somewhere around 13% to 15% body fat. Fast forward to today after 8 years working in Higher Education and spending most of my days in a chair and I maxed out at 335 lbs with a whopping 30% body fat. Enough is enough. About a month ago I cut all candies, pastries, etc. out of my diet and have already gone down to 320 lbs. Two weeks ago I started Crossfit and did my first modified WoD yesterday. The goal is to get down to 205 lbs. and/or more importantly somewhere around 12% body fat.

[Elastigirl]

Congrats on the weight loss  and welcome!

[Shakeel_R]

You are a victim of the chair! But you can do it. Congratulations on setting the goal and the weight loss. Welcome

[Steaky]

Welcome, you're in the right place to fight the battle with the chair.  Good luck with it all.