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My name is Ernesto Ballesteros. I'm a 24 year old male, 5'10", and currently 278 lbs. I've been a lurker for quite some time (way back to 2003), and decided that since I finally seriously dieted, I should at least intorduce myself. Let's see, I'm a military brat, so I've lived all over, but I currently reside in San Antonio, Texas, where I've been in school for quite some time pursuing my doctorate. I have a BS in Electronic Commerce Information Systems (with an emphasis in software engineering), midway through my MS in Information Assurance and Security (which is NSA certified), and plan to get my Ph.D in Information Technology/Computer Science afterwards.
College seems to add a great deal of weight to certain people, and I guess I fit into that category. The heaviest I've been so far was back in August of 05, where I weighed a whopping 370+. Last summer, during the break, I really fealt exhausted from the past semester, so much that I would feel faint quite often.... Well, because I had been on a fastfood marathon throughout the school year, I actually caused my liver to get "fatty" (if you've ever seen the movie "supersize me", multiply his experiment by a whole year of the same eating habits). It scared the **** out of me, so I went cold turkey from that day on and haven't cheated once. I have to tell you, the first 3-4 weeks were ****, I honestly believe that I had developed some sort of chemical addiction to whatever is put into fast food (I honestly feel that there is something there to cause such an addiction); nose bleeds, vommiting, headaches, and crankiness were the norm.
So, it's taken me 6 months, but I've gotten to the point where food isn't what rules the day. It used to be that if there wasn't food involved, there really wasn't anything to do (I also got to the point where I just didn't like to go out in public because of my self-image). I'd be lying if I said I worked out the whole time, because I've only been hitting the weights for the past two weeks, so my results aren't what they could have been. Again, I weigh 278 now, but my body is naturally built big (I was once into all kinds of sports from football to amature boxing), so I only forsee going down to 210 at the most (my current stats are: waste - 42", Shirt Size - XL).
I don't know what else to share, but I'd be more than happy to answer any questions if it would help anyone.
Before:
At the zoo with friends during the summer.
Current:
My name is Ernesto Ballesteros. I'm a 24 year old male, 5'10", and currently 278 lbs. I've been a lurker for quite some time (way back to 2003), and decided that since I finally seriously dieted, I should at least intorduce myself. Let's see, I'm a military brat, so I've lived all over, but I currently reside in San Antonio, Texas, where I've been in school for quite some time pursuing my doctorate. I have a BS in Electronic Commerce Information Systems (with an emphasis in software engineering), midway through my MS in Information Assurance and Security (which is NSA certified), and plan to get my Ph.D in Information Technology/Computer Science afterwards.
College seems to add a great deal of weight to certain people, and I guess I fit into that category. The heaviest I've been so far was back in August of 05, where I weighed a whopping 370+. Last summer, during the break, I really fealt exhausted from the past semester, so much that I would feel faint quite often.... Well, because I had been on a fastfood marathon throughout the school year, I actually caused my liver to get "fatty" (if you've ever seen the movie "supersize me", multiply his experiment by a whole year of the same eating habits). It scared the **** out of me, so I went cold turkey from that day on and haven't cheated once. I have to tell you, the first 3-4 weeks were ****, I honestly believe that I had developed some sort of chemical addiction to whatever is put into fast food (I honestly feel that there is something there to cause such an addiction); nose bleeds, vommiting, headaches, and crankiness were the norm.
So, it's taken me 6 months, but I've gotten to the point where food isn't what rules the day. It used to be that if there wasn't food involved, there really wasn't anything to do (I also got to the point where I just didn't like to go out in public because of my self-image). I'd be lying if I said I worked out the whole time, because I've only been hitting the weights for the past two weeks, so my results aren't what they could have been. Again, I weigh 278 now, but my body is naturally built big (I was once into all kinds of sports from football to amature boxing), so I only forsee going down to 210 at the most (my current stats are: waste - 42", Shirt Size - XL).
I don't know what else to share, but I'd be more than happy to answer any questions if it would help anyone.
Before:
At the zoo with friends during the summer.
Current:
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