It's been a while since I updated this page so I thought I'd give a brief update.
I've continued to progress with exercise, getting fitter and stronger slowly, just as the weight continues to go down gradually. I'm eating better and better while not feeling hungry or deprived.
I feel better than I have since I was a teenager, all thanks to my fitness from various forms of aerobic exercise. I'm turning 47 at the end of the month. For me to feel like I did when I was eighteen, is a tremendous thing. And it couldn't be further from being bedridden and sickly, as I was a quarter decade ago when I embarked on this journey to change.
I feel like a normal person, in spite of still being a large person. There's nothing I think twice about, nothing everyday I doubt I can do physically. There was a time 2.5 years ago when I questioned my ability to get up and eat supper. I thought my life was behind me, not in front of me as it is now.
I just got back from a half hour jog with my nine year old son. In a few more minutes, I will have forgotten that I jogged today because I won't feel it. Yesterday I went on a 30 kilometre ride with both my kids (5 and 9) and my wife. Life is good, better than I ever imagined it could be from getting off my ass and moving my body.
This summer I realized a career dream. I had the lead role in a low budget indie feature film. It was the role I'd had been waiting my whole life for. This wouldn't have been possible if I had not transformed myself through exercise and better nutrition.
My endurance is remarkable. One night during the filming I didn't sleep a wink (due to caffeine and stress). Being an actor means having to be fresh and focused on your character and your next scene. We shot outside on a hot day without any amenities and I survived remarkably well. The old me wouldn't have lasted an hour. It was a shining example of how far I've come and the opportunities that have opened up for me because I reclaimed my health.
I've begun strength training and although I don't enjoy it that much, I am feeling the benefits of it. This is the next chapter in my story. I'm going to go really hard this winter and see how far I can go.
