12 Weeks

In my story(blog) "Been There", I told you of some of my accomplishments and of some of my not so successful moments. I told you about me gaining up to 328lbs. This "Before" picture was taken on 03-14-09. I obviously wasn't happy. The pic looks like I am asleep. I'm actually just not wanting to be photographed. I'm glad now that my wife took the picture.After seeing this picture, I decided it was definitely time for me to GetRight! I went on my own 12 week journey. I made a commitment to myself to not let anything stand between me and the success of losing weight anymore. I was through feeling sorry for myself anf making excuses!Now, I'm not going to tell you it was a piece of cake. I'm not even going to act like there were not times that I felt like giving up.There were things that came up. Just like with everybody else, things happen in life. I have some of the same issues as everybody else. The economy sucks! My wife is a victim of the downturn in the housing market. She was Purchasing Mgr. for one of the top home-builders in the nation. They laid her off 18 months ago. Needless to say, we don't have an expendable income. We have 4 children. So, we know the issues of parenthood. My daughter had my first grandchild(Emily) on 04-27-09. My 7 year-old dog passed away on 05-21-09. That was extremely traumatic for me. She(Nyxie) was like a memeber of our family.Don't forget there was Easter, Mother's Day, and other family dinners and functions I attended. So, how di I lose from the 318lbs I weighed on 03-14-09 to the 262lbs. I weigh on 06-05-09?I'm not going to pretend I didn't "quit" several times...I did! I just wouldn't allow myself to completely give up. I had decided. I was through being fat. I was through being depressed. I was done living life the way I was. See, I realized that I couldn't change any of the things that were happening around me. But, I can change the way I look and feel about myself. I am still on my journey. I still have a ways to go to be where I want to be, physically and mentally. But, considering all the "obstacles" that I had to contend with, losing 56lbs in 12 weeks, wasn't bad.( ihave lost 66lbs from my heaviest)I have developed a 12 week F.O.C.U.S. Program that obviously gets results. It's a program that I did while working 8-12 hours a day, 5-6 days a week, along with dealing with all of life's other challenges.See you just have to stop looking at the list of excuses. You have to see the "obstacles". Sometimes you go over them. Sometimes you go around them and other times you have to go under them. They will sometimes slow you down. But NEVER let them stop you!If I can do it, YOU CAN DO IT...GetRight!