I know I mentioned this guy on another thread but am repeating te link to his blog here because I think his story fits in really well on this thread. I'm absolutely blown away by his achievement
Like the lady mentioned in the original post, he too was about to undergo gastric band surgery. He weighed a pound short of 40 stone. He was diabetic and quotes sky high glucose levels . He had high blood pressure and a very rapid fasting pulse.
I had a Holiday booked at the end of September that year, the hospital and surgeon told me that it would not be done until at least October 2008 and to enjoy my last holiday as someone who is obese because my future is about to get better…..
I decided that I needed to change before the operation and attempted to get a little stronger for the operation
So he decided that he needed to get fitter, he wanted to ride a bicycle but was too heavy. That was the start of his journey.
He never had the operation.
He didn't lose his weight overnight and it took time to his glucose levels to become more normal, but over the next 4 years he lost nearly 70% of his weight.
Now he weighs 13 stone . He is an extremely very fit cyclist with normal glucose levels and normal blood pressure. He now takes no medication.
http://39stonecyclist.com/about/
(actually I've just done some more reading and the more I read, the more I'm impressed. When he started out on his journey he had what he terms a selective eating disorder ie he ate no proper meals only crisps, sweets and chocolates. he had eaten like this since early childhood. He had developed an aversion to 'proper' food. (no wonder his glucose levels were so high).During the first part of his weight loss he didn't alter this pattern, he just ate less and moved more. Eventually he learned to overcome his aversion and to eat more healthily but that took time and outside help)
