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I was the king of excuses from age 32 to age 45 and it almost killed me. I was an avid gym fan and took good care of my health until age 32 when my world got turned upside down when father died from a massive heart attack at age 53. I stopped going to the gym the day he died. I told myself I had no time to workout since I had to start taking care of my mom’s house in addition to taking care of my own house. I told myself I was too busy with my crazy work schedule. I told myself I was too busy raising my kids. I told myself it was okay to eat excessively because I deserved it because I was working so hard. I told myself it’s okay to be over weight in my late 30’s. I told myself it was normal to have aches and pains constantly once I hit 40. My back, hips, knees, ankles and feet hurt constantly. It wasn’t from being over 40. It was from obesity which snuck up on me while I was making excuses. 13 years later, at age 45, I nearly had a stroke due to obesity related high blood pressure. Excuses…… It was August of 2014. I was 265 lbs at 5’8”. I wore 40” waist pants and 2XL shirts. I got winded going up a flight of stairs and couldn’t stand up without grunting. I hit bottom. I was concerned I was going to die on my children. I decided to stop making excuses and start looking for solutions. I downloaded MyFitnessPal. I bought a food scale. I tracked my calories and weighed my servings religiously. I kept my daily calories under the limit MyFitnessPal set for me based on my age, weight and goal weight. 32 weeks later I was down to 153 lbs and my blood pressure and resting heart rate was outstanding. I never took any blood pressure medication. 153 lbs was actually 20 lbs too low. I was suffering from body dysmorphia. No matter how low my weight got, I thought I was still too heavy. I got a handle on that but it took time and I always struggle with body dysmorphia on a certain level. I will cover that in a future video! I will also say hindsight is 20/20. I made many mistakes. The biggest mistake was not getting help for the depression I suffered with over my Dad’s death. The second biggest mistake was losing the weight too fast. I not only loss fat, I loss muscle too. This lead to multiple minor joint injuries in the gym because I was trying to maintain my strength in a nearly malnourished state. I was stubborn and refused to acknowledge I was losing strength. I would not reduce the amount of weight I was training with. I made other mistakes like bring too rigid with my diet. I will cover my many mistakes in future videos. Thanks for attending my TED Talk! Thanks for watching! Please like and subscribe! Eddie