JAKE H

get it!!!!!

Gotta get the workout in early when you know its going to be a long day at work and meetings. I hope everyone has a good day!! PS. You all are looking amazing!!

As far as diet goes, i stuck to a good plan and for the first six months i had a protein shake for breakfast and lunch with a couple of protein based "snacks" (cheese stick, a serving of jerky..etc) and then for dinner it would be some kind of meat and veggie. The weight will come off regardless. i wasnt try to do it fast, Ive just become obsessed with the gym and working out. I started crossfit two weeks after surgery and i havent stopped. I also took up running. Just ran a half marathon two sundays ago. I wanted to get a good relationship with working out because i know the honey moon phase will end and i can eat more eventually. So, i know if i continue to exercise and add good foods to my diet ill be successful in the long run. So i guess the way i did it, is by relearning the true value in food and by setting up a plan for the rest of my life. I cant believe how fast time has gone. Im loving every second of it tho. I have days where i feel down when everyone at the house is snacking or everyone at my office is celebrating with beer and pizza. But then i look in the mirror and remember i use to hate who was looking back at me. And now every time i see myself i almost chuckle a little bit. Like thats actually you dude. Where im at today was well worth skipping the cake and pizza. But dont get me wrong, once in a while you gotta try a thing or two or youll go insane. lol Find that balance and live there. SOrry for the long response.

thank you!!!

i just hit goal yesterday actually. And i lost another pound since then. Im not sure where it will stop. But im already eating 1300 cals a day and cant really get much more in right now. So im sure ill get close to 200 when its all said and done. Maybe less. But overall i feel amazing.

thank you so much ❤️ i appreciate this so much!!

The feeling is mutual ❤️ thanks for all the support.

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thank you!!!!

<3333333 hahah thank you!!!....i think

You will get there! keep going. I was stalled at 217-218 for almost a month.

thank you!! yes it feels amazing. no doubt about it.

Luckily Aj hes just my nephew. But yeah he changed my life either way.

NO WAY, you are the ones coaching me!

Well after two back to back days to make sure the scale wasnt tricking my eyes, i am officially under my goal weight of 215, weighing in at 213 on the dot this morning. I know my weight loss journey is far from over, but to finally be under a number you use to think was a pipe dream has a good feel to it. Im very proud of myself and ready to continue to transform my body. TONE TONE TONE now. But im very excited for my future. I couldnt say that a year ago.

This is how you gotta take the picture when the whole outfit is on point and you dont have a full length mirror ?????

Yeah i guess its just a time thing....it will get better im sure. I look forward to it. But embracing and taking all this in now so i never forget.

i like these!! i like ralph lauren but i will check them out. time for some tighter shirts, off to amazon i go!!

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HAHAHA EXACTLY VIKING! But yeah i know i need to get some tighter shirts. To amazon i go. Pants arent going any tighter for now lol

thank you! Im trying to work on it. I feel great. And im proud. But still think like the old jake as far as dating goes i guess. All good though. I know it comes with time. I was overweight forever. i never once was thin. So 27 years of thinking one way. Ill get there, thank you so much.

thank you!! i decided after that happened i wasnt going to date until i reached goal. Gotta work on the confidence. i have none. Its all a learning curve at this point. lol But im happy and excited about my future. Thanks for the advice!

Regarding your first post, that makes a lot of sense. And on this trip i actually had pizza for my first time and chicken quesadilla. I sat there wondering if i should feel guilty or not. At first i did...and then this morning i got on the scale and was still down a pound, and if im truly being honest with everyone, it for some reason brought a tear to my eye and i got hit with a wave of emotion. Almost like a weight was lifted off my shoulders that im ok and im doing very well. and yes, we started dating after wls but i knew her a long time. The food thing was a issue once in a while. I wish we would have waiting but everything happens for a reason.

July sleever here! I was stalled for the past 3 weeks and it just broke! Stay the course! Youre doing great.

Im looking forward to being at that point! im one pound away from "goal weight," so im trying to get there right now and be good. even tho this weekend i definitely ate things i normally dont. But this actually brings up something i wanted to ask you savy vets. At what point does the obsession stop. Or does it not. And maybe its good now that i obsess about everything i eat and wanting to know its nutritional facts. But something was said to me last night at our team dinner that stuck me. "Jake youre not the same person when we are out to eat. You get quiet and look worried." I sat back and thought about it. Hes absolutely right. And he wasnt saying it being rude. Actually everyone on my team is very supportive. They know 386 pound jake. i was on the same team last year. But at meals i think im stressing so much about what im eating that im not focusing on my environment and the people. My ex actually brought this up once too. So, at somepoint do you kind of let go of the things because it just becomes a habit and eating well isnt a task anymore? Im not sure if this makes sense or not.