“I look back, and everything happens for a reason. But I wish I had done this years ago. This journey has opened my eyes to so many more possibilities that I never imagined possible.”
“I always tell everyone it’s just so much easier now to get up from the couch! A girlfriend of mine commented recently that even my fingers and feet were skinnier too!”
“I am trying to look at all that I’ve accomplished and I love myself and where I am at. I want to lose another 25-30 lbs but I won’t feel like a failure if I don’t. I’ve already lost over 100 lbs and I am so so proud of that.”
“Right before my surgery, I tied a string around my stomach. A few months later I put the string around myself and was blown away by how much weight I had lost. Another “wow” moment was trying on clothes that used to be too tight or unwearable and feeling like they are too big for me now.”
“This is a lifestyle change. Remember that you need to change your LIFE. Your mindset. Your relationship with food and fitness. Once you’ve done that, you’ve set yourself up for success.”
“I am motivated by all the things I want to do in life. Eventually, my wife and I want to start a family, and being the size I was, I could not have a healthy pregnancy or give my kids the best quality of life.”
I remember thinking after waking up after surgery “today is the day I start the rest of my best life.”
“Looking back on the person you have become is a feeling I can’t describe. It brings me to tears to see how genuinely happy I am. I have self-confidence now. I never had that before. I love myself, I love others, my bubbly happy personality shines.”
“I tell anyone wanting to lose weight that this is a marathon and never a sprint, you don’t have to be the fastest to cross the finish line you just have to cross it and if you put that in your mind I promise you things will fall right into place.”
“All of the clothes I had before are falling off of me! Which is a huge mind game. Sometimes when we look in the mirror we don’t see the changes! But they’re there, for sure!”