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thanks it seems kinda weird but this is what I'm experiencing … chat later... in production

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It’s been a while!

Here's the recap: I left a chef’s job that proved too physical. 12 hours on my feet, was just too much. But it was a great job. Really pissed me off that I couldn’t handle it.

Took a cushy consulting gig in Bangkok in Oct 2018 (that’s when I last logged in) and it was good, lost a few pounds, down to 235 I think.

The consulting gig ended and I took a pizza gig on Hawaii that I knew was going to be pretty physical – but I wanted to give it a shot. Got into better shape and down to 225.

Got a call to open a shop in Michigan and that was going to be super physical, more than the chef’s job I couldn’t handle before. But I went for it.

Trained 45 days in 2 NYC shops that almost killed me and the opening 2 months in Michigan was the most physically demanding job I’ve ever had. But I pushed through it and on Christmas I was 195!

Just before Christmas I got a crazy call: a documentary series that I’m in was being world-premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. They wanted to fly me out for the screening and do promos and Q&A at the theatre. If I was the fat fuck I was before, NO WAY would I want to go to Sundance. I would have hid. But I did go. Had a great time with my wife – she loved the “red carpet” photos – and I didn’t mind either! Even got my photo on People/Entertainment Weekly! And I had a great time doing the promos and Q&A.

All of that would have never happened if I was still so fat. What a waste. Some people have confidence no matter what they look like. Not me. I like to say I have no confidence at 300lbs and full confidence at 200lbs

Today I weighed 186 and the world is my oyster...

Here's a couple of pics, 5 years apart:

https://i.postimg.cc/W3zvM9Vk/Andrew-Angie-2014.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/KYvzHDFZ/Angie-Andrew-2019.jpg

Wow, that's awesome Randy, very impressive! Sounds like you have the blueprint to living healthy down and can keep the weight off even with your profession. Looks like you beat Rochard, I don't see him getting below 190 anytime soon.

Good to see you around and sorry for your wife's eye condition, RandyRandy ! !

Since we bumped this..... By January 2019 I ended up at 235 and was stuck there.

I live in an HOA and they had closed down the entire pool / gym complex during a year long expansion. (We went from two pools to four pools, one of them indoors, and the gym is now five times bigger.) I promised myself when the new gym opened I would go every day until I was under 200 lbs. Well, the gym opened and... I went on the very first day and discovered I could watch Netflix. I started going two or three times a day. Now I have a new ten inch Amazon Fire Tablet and.... I am still going to the gym two or three times a day, plus riding my bike when I can, and more recently walking our new puppy.

I got under 200 lbs right before the new year, and and I am down to 195 and holding.

I couldn't be happier.