I’m a habitual hermit. A hint asocial and so I’ve been taking steps in the last 6 months to start sharing my story. Consider it good therapy?
Anyways. At one time in my life I was near competing in the olympics, thanks knee injury. Had 6 percent body fat, a round burly chest of muscle and energetic as all get out. I joined the military at age 18, could do 80 pushups in two minutes, 90 situps in two minutes and 2 miles in 13 minutes and 26 seconds.
Maybe impressive, maybe not no world breaking numbers. I was deployed to Iraq for 2 years. After coming back home in 2007 I dealt relatively well with my experiences, though I drank heavy, binged ate and even drank to fall asleep. I considered myself one of the more mentally and physically fit individuals. I did this up to about 2009. Like many my unhealthy lifestyle snuck up on me. One day I looked in the mirror and realized I had a massive belly, flabby chest and more fat on my arms than muscle.
I was horrified. What was worse was my mental strength had wasted away too! In my days of fitness I could push myself until my arms were numb, until they collapsed. Instead I found it difficult just to workout. I worked out as much as I could. I eventually got P90X and worked out, I researched nutrition, the science of the genes and healthy eating. While at my height of my unhealth I was 225 pounds, 45 inches in the waist and 30% bodyfat.
So I decided to start a blog, and I’ve been looking into programs ever since to get into shape again.