Crazy, but I'm sitting here at my desk, of course I've only moved to go to the bathroom and to eat something for lunch. I'm 47 years old with a 14 month baby at home. Over the last 2 years I've gained 90 pounds. I've had 2 sinus surgeries, a back injury that left me unable to walk for 9 months and adult asthma has hit me (I'm told like so many others). Over the course of the last few years I cannot think of a time when I was not on some type of steriod taper of predisone. The funny thing is, I became a VEGAN and still I put on the weight. My cholesterol level is the only thing that improved. Psst! A little secret is that you can eat vegan brownies and still gain weight.
Now all that is behind me, although I'm on asthma medication and a cpap machine, I'm feeling better and ready to get going again except for this one thing, I'm fat. It hurts to walk. My knees ache. I'm tired and sometimes I just feel like giving up. I get winding just getting up sometimes. I'm a wreck. Not for sympathy but I fell 2 months ago just before I was ready for my first long walk and cracked my elbow in 3 places. (The Universe is telling me something, but I'm just not sure what it is.)
I then thought about the times I was really healthy in life. It usually was when I was active with sports like basketball or boxing with a group. I'd love to do that sort of thing, but I wouldn't last 30 seconds because I've let myself go to a point where I don't even recognize my photos. I have to get to a place where I can at least return to some type of activity. If I go too fast, I'm surely to get injured.
I then thought, I know groups work better for solving problems. And what if there was a group of people I could join so we could help each other with this fat problem. I then thought, surely there must be an app for that. And behold, here it is.
I'm ready to put my money down and help and compete with others around the globe to stop being so fat.
With much love,
Rob