{"id":11948,"date":"2017-06-15T11:27:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T15:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c34193.sgvps.net\/~mauricez\/?p=11948"},"modified":"2018-06-17T21:56:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T01:56:20","slug":"how-i-finally-let-go-of-the-fat-kid-in-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/how-i-finally-let-go-of-the-fat-kid-in-me\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Finally Let Go Of The \u2018Fat Kid\u2019 In Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before I was a fat kid, I was a skinny kid. Until about the age of 10, I was so lanky that my mom had to buy me special slim-sized pants. There\u2019s a picture of me wearing shorts in 4<sup>th<\/sup> grade, and you can see that my knobby knees are wider than my thighs. Then, over the summer between 4<sup>th<\/sup> and 5<sup>th<\/sup> grade, I\u2026expanded.<\/p>\n<p>To this day I still don\u2019t know how it happened. I remember eating a lot that summer, and drinking many milkshakes. Although there wasn\u2019t much junk food in my house, I still never really grew up with healthy eating habits, and neither of my parents were physically active or even advocates of exercise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/search?search=healthy%20weight\"><strong>Shop weight-management products and get your fitness on.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was nerdy, bookish, introverted, and generally averse to sports. So I suppose it was inevitable that an adolescent sweet tooth and not-especially robust <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/search?search=metabolism\">metabolism<\/a> would eventually catch up with me.<\/p>\n<p>As puberty hit, I experienced a massive growth spurt, and by the time I was in 9<sup>th<\/sup> grade I stood a little over six-feet tall and weighed around 180 lbs. If I had been a different person, I would have been primed to play varsity football by the age of 15\u2014and believe me, the high school coaches<em> tried<\/em>. But my geeky nature and body shame from being heavier than almost all my friends just made me want to withdraw from sports and exercise even more.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Although there wasn\u2019t much junk food in my house, I still never really grew up with healthy eating habits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>By the time I was 18, I was a self-assured punk rocker\u2014burying any insecurities I had beneath a veneer of exuberant extroversion. I was emboldened by a community of peers who felt equally alienated from the mainstream. So, at this point I not only despised exercise but actively eschewed it\u2014judging others as \u201cuncool\u201d for playing sports or working out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/04\/marathon-training\/\"><strong>How I Went From Gym Class Dropout To Half-Marathon\u00a0Runner<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That attitude worked for me\u2014for many years. I cultivated my mind and my personality. I had girlfriends. I had other personal and creative successes, so why should I care about being in shape? And as I marched into my late 20s, my eating habits didn\u2019t get any better. Like many 20-something bachelors who are poor and don\u2019t know how to cook, I was eating cheap takeout two to three times a day: egg sandwiches and donuts (yes, <em>AND <\/em>donuts) for breakfast, burritos for lunch, and Chinese food for dinner.<\/p>\n<p>I was probably consuming 3,000-4,000 calories a day without even realizing it, and that just added up over time. I kept telling myself that my shirts were shrinking in the wash, or that men\u2019s fashion was just trending towards slimmer sizes, but I went from buying large shirts to XL, to XXL.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I had other personal and creative successes, so why should I care about being in shape?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And then my father had a second heart attack. His first? Well, his first happened when I was just 22\u2014and who\u2019s thinking about death when you\u2019re 22? But his second, when I was about to turn 30, was a sobering experience. He thankfully survived it, but his doctors made it clear that the condition was both genetic and exacerbated by poor diet and fitness habits.<\/p>\n<p>It was also made clear to me that I could be at risk later on if I followed the path I was currently on. I realized it was time for me to get serious about my own health, and when I finally stepped on a scale at a gym\u2014at the age of 28\u2014I discovered I weighed 270 lbs. The last time I had weighed myself (around age 21), I was 215. Reality check-mate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/31\/zumba-weight-loss\/\">How Zumba Helped Me Lose 30 Pounds And Become The Life Of The\u00a0Party<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I knew I needed to develop some healthy habits, like cutting out fast food and creating a workout routine, but I didn\u2019t know where to begin. I had literally spent my whole life avoiding exercise; I was clueless about what kind of workout I should do, or even how to do it, or what constituted a \u201chealthy meal.\u201d So I did two things: First, I started researching. I read articles, books, blogs\u2014all critically, and fact-checking and second-opinion-ing until my head hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Second, I saved my pennies and hired a personal trainer. Nothing fancy\u2014I joined a cheap local chain and bought one of their intro packages\u2014but it literally changed my life.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It was made clear to me that I could be at risk later on if I followed the path I was currently on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Through that trainer, I tried boxing\u2014and through boxing I found an exercise I actually enjoyed. It made me want to get stronger, faster, and lighter. I eventually found a trainer who specialized in boxing, and then I went from working out two-three times a week to five times a week.<\/p>\n<p>A few years later I started running, and I trained for a 5k. By the time I was in my mid-30s I was running two miles<em> to<\/em> the gym, working out for an hour, then running two miles home. I was eating healthy, whole foods, without utilizing any crash or fad diets. Just exercise and sensible eating (and yes, I still enjoyed drinks here and there). Sometimes I even exercised on the weekends. I lost 60 pounds!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/search?search=protein%2Bpowder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shop protein products to rev up your workout.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They say that the best exercise is the one you enjoy, and that\u2019s absolutely true. It took me nearly 30 years to find one I enjoyed, but once I did it opened up a new world for me. Through boxing, I learned to love other workouts too: weightlifting, running, pushups. These days, I even coach some of my friends on how they can introduce exercise into their lives.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>They say that the best exercise is the one you enjoy, and that\u2019s absolutely true.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nowadays, I don\u2019t dread the idea of going to the gym and I no longer judge others for taking care of their bodies. I look forward to creating the time for myself to work out, too.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe what you\u2019ll love is yoga, or pilates, or biking, or swimming, or even dancing! The point is that it\u2019s never too late to find an enjoyable way to become active, and to make that part of your lifestyle. If you can find an activity that you love, exercise doesn\u2019t have to be about discipline\u2014it can be all about reward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I was a fat kid, I was a skinny kid. Until about the age of 10, I was so lanky that my mom had to buy me special slim-sized pants. There\u2019s a picture of me wearing shorts in 4th grade, and you can see that my knobby knees are wider than my thighs. 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