If I can do it...YOU can do it....

NO, It WON'T happen overnight. But PERSISTENCE pays off!

If *I* can do it....you can.



NO EXCUSES.

I had my RNY on Jan 7th 2008...
I ended up in a coma for almost a month due to major complications (leak).
I could not breathe on my own and was kept alive by a ventilator for 3 weeks due to respiratory  failure.
My kidneys also shut down and I nearly lost my life.
After multiple attempts daily to ween me off the vent I eventually started coming around and was finally able to breath on my own....
I regained concsiousness but, I wish I hadnt....
What followed was a full week of withdrawal from the enormous amount of sedatives I was on... 24x7 Constant hallucinations, paranoia, delusions and absolute terror (mental issues were way worse than the unbearable physical pain!).
Not to mention the unbeleivably painful bed sores...
An open wound on my abdomen about 4" wide x 8" long and 4" deep that took nearly  6 months to heal from the inside.
Factor in 2 torn rotator cuffs from my 400+ lb body being moved around while unconcsious...
I had to learn how to stand, and eventually walk again, due to sever muscle atrophy...
What else?
An enormous Ventral Hernia about the size of a cantalope in my abdomen that had to be surgically repaired not once, but twice (2008 and 2009)....

Two years after I began my "journey", and after losing 240 lbs and a ton of muscle mass, I decided that the only way I was going to truly become healthy was to get serious about regaining my *strength*. 

Today, 1 year after beginning my resistance training, I feel unbeleivable....by far the best I have in my entire life.

Cardio is great....but if you haven't begun strength training....start NOW!  


 

LOVE IT!!!!

Congrats on achieving your goals!

Thanks bro and amazing work yourself....way to keep pushing yourself....

What an amazing story. Way to never lose hope.
Congrats!
Jan

 great inspiration buddy!  You look ripped!  Rock on!  

nice adam, you're lookin jacked-up!

Awesome Adam !

Thanks for being an inspiration!  Your story is very similar to mine.  I too suffered a leak early out and spent some time on life support and had the joyful experience of having a giant wound heal from the inside.  The scar reminds me every day to vigilent about my health and thankful I'm still alive.  Keep up the great work.  You look terrific!

Wow! You look awesome. It's definately an inspiration to me. Istarted about where you did.