Wraithowl Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Congrats on the weight loss and welcome! Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
Shakeel_R Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 You are a victim of the chair! But you can do it. Congratulations on setting the goal and the weight loss. Welcome Quote Recovering from an epic clash with gravity, which I lost. Nobody gets out of life, alive || Senpai noticed me! || Company of unemployed superheroes Trying to get back on the forums and back in exercising in life any help motivation is welcome Link to comment
Steaky Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 Welcome, you're in the right place to fight the battle with the chair. Good luck with it all. Quote My curent challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/83866-steakys-feline-friends/ Link to comment
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