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How Much Does It Take?
I had a lady at the gym comment to me on how good I was looking. She has seen the change from the last two Challenges and asked me how much dedication it took. I really didnt know how to answer her because to me it has now become part of my life. The way I eat. the way I train are not dedication anymore they are simply the way I have chosen to live...
I started my journey at almost 400 pounds about 5 years ago. I dont know if that was my real weight or not. The highest I ever saw was on a scale that went to 400 pounds and I remember thinking that if I gain 26 more pounds..well I will need a new scale. At 374, I stopped weighing in and threw the scale out and kept eating my way to as fat as I could because I wanted to die...Sad but true. Heck I could have been 420 when I started...I don't really know. I just know something snapped inside of me and now I wanted to live...
So how much did it take? Well it took almost 4 years of just walking and eating less. I was walking up to 9 miles a day through foot uncers and shin splints and grumblings in the tummy because I just was starving myself..In that first spurt I lost 100 pounds or so. It was 4 years of crying and torture. I was not doing it right at all, but even so I did not give up. I guess that part was my dedication...Then I found this site, I have been here for one whole year and have only lost about 15 pounds...But let me explain...
Weight has really nothing to do with where I am in my Transformation. It's all about losing fat. The previous 4 years of dieting and walking made me a smaller version of me. I had no real muscle, I was weak and always hungry because of the way I went about doing everything to just get skinny...I lost weight, but I was still very very fat...So I tried it Bill's way...6 meals a day??? Yippeee!! I was in Heaven. I ate more, never felt hungry and started training with weights. Things got easier mentally. The physical part was kinda tough though. Losts of aches and pains, pulled muscles and old age issues LOL...And to be honest at first I had a real problem with my mindset as far as weight goes...
I went through my first Transformation amd lost zero weight. Kinda mind numbing considering I could see the changes in the mirror..I lost a lot of fat and replaced it with muscle. I had to buy new clothes and everything. But still...the mind said, Dusty, you didn't lose a pound. So I had to dump the scale and let life happen. That is when dedication started to turn into a lifestyle. I crossed the abyss of struggling to a life that is now on automatic...I just live the Transformation lifestyle and don't even think about it..
So how much does it take? I can't answer that. I can tell you that when it all becomes a way of life you are on your way to being a Champion forever. For me it was just a mind change of death and stuggling to live to a life that wanted to live healthy forever. It is all about undoing the pressure and living the life you are born to live. One that moves and eats good clean nutrition and helps other people to succeed...
Now my real desire it t help you get there... You can do this...
How much does it take?
How much does it take to put a car on cruise? Just push the button Champ...






That is Kind of eye opening for me. Thank You Dusty
Wow! You said it!
LOVE IT! Thanks Dusty!
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