How weak were you?

[sootywooty]

BI!!! I never knew that either. Please tell your story man....you're an inspiration and I don't even know the bulk of it.

Do tell!!!

Yes same from me, would be great to hear the whole story.

 

[shortz]

Thanks for the reply Turbo! Yes i was about 15% BF and was allways about that till i got this diabetes, about 7% at the moment, but at least the diabetes seems under control now touch wood.

15% when you were diagnosed and 7% post? That is unheard of with diabetics and even diabetic athletes. Are you taking anything else? Are you type I or Type II?

 

[Docd187123]

The earliest I remember is being able to squat 150lbs, pull 185lbs but my bench was a measly 80lbs or so hahaha. Oh the memories!

 

[uphillclimb]

I wasn't allowed to weight train until Junior year in High school....I graduated at 6' 192lbs with hockey legs and a D1 throwing arm but the bench of a 6 year old girl.....not much has changed

 

[sootywooty]

15% when you were diagnosed and 7% post? That is unheard of with diabetics and even diabetic athletes. Are you taking anything else? Are you type I or Type II?

Hi Shortz! I am type 2 and take 1500 mg of metformin daily, yes i was 270lbs when the diabetes broke out and it took alot of my mass and fat also.

I am now around 220lb the low carbs have helped, and i have done loads of cardio and walking each day and lost another 30lbs in total, the doctor is happy now, and at my 3 mth test my ave blood sugar came out at 5.5 and my blood pressure is going down also.

 

[danielrh]

Hi Shortz! I am type 2 and take 1500 mg of metformin daily, yes i was 270lbs when the diabetes broke out and it took alot of my mass and fat also.

I am now around 220lb the low carbs have helped, and i have done loads of cardio and walking each day and lost another 30lbs in total, the doctor is happy now, and at my 3 mth test my ave blood sugar came out at 5.5 and my blood pressure is going down also.

That is really good to hear, SW.

 

[Turbolag]

Hi Shortz! I am type 2 and take 1500 mg of metformin daily, yes i was 270lbs when the diabetes broke out and it took alot of my mass and fat also.

I am now around 220lb the low carbs have helped, and i have done loads of cardio and walking each day and lost another 30lbs in total, the doctor is happy now, and at my 3 mth test my ave blood sugar came out at 5.5 and my blood pressure is going down also.

I had no idea man. I'm glad you are ok.

 

[IronSoul]

I was a itty bitty guy. 5'8 graduated high school at about 155lbs. And that was what I got up to from starting this lifestyle my senior year. Went from there to 216 today, but only about 201 LBM at the moment. I remember I struggled for a bit, I don't remember my first lifts in anything but the squat. I was scared to try 135 at football weightlifting and I ripped that shit and felt like Hercules lol. I remember when I got my bench up to 185 at the endof my senior year I was ecstatic. It's been about 7 years since then. But man o man could I run like the wind for days back then. It's been at long journey for me. Was always a little guy, not anymore

 

[BrotherIron]

BI!!! I never knew that either. Please tell your story man....you're an inspiration and I don't even know the bulk of it.

Do tell!!!

Only some know of it. I don't whine about it or use it as an excuse.

It's actually crazy. I was a star soccer player as a kid. My father used to tell me and my brother... I'm not going to have any fat kids in this house, so my brother became a runner (is now an ultramarathoner) and I started playing soccer. Years passed and I was good, scouts came to see me play. Unfortauntely, I began having problems. My legs would give out on me. It was like I didn't have a lower body (I couldn't feel my legs, let alone use them) so I would fall. In the beginning it lasted seconds but as time passed it lasted longer and longer. My parents took me to several doctors who all told me it was nothing more than growing pains but thankfully my parents didn't believe them. They flew a sepcialist in from Chicago who found out my bones in my legs were dying and breaking apart. I remember it vividly.... I was practicing on the field when my parents came out there and brought a wheelchair with them. They told me to sit down on it and I was having surgery that evening. They took me to the hospital. We got there, they wheeled me into a room, and than showed me MRI's that had been taken weeks before (I had forgotten about them). They showed me black spots on my legs where my bones were dying and falling apart. They prepped me that night and I had surgery. I was told afterwards I would never play soccer again. I was bed ridden in the beginning and later in a wheelchair. My rehab lasted over a year. I beat the odds and busted my ass ever since to get where I am today. The thing some of you may find odd is I could go back and change it.... I wouldn't. It's made me who I am today and I'm better b/c of it.

 

[Docd187123]

Only some know of it. I don't whine about it or use it as an excuse.

It's actually crazy. I was a star soccer player as a kid. My father used to tell me and my brother... I'm not going to have any fat kids in this house, so my brother became a runner (is now an ultramarathoner) and I started playing soccer. Years passed and I was good, scouts came to see me play. Unfortauntely, I began having problems. My legs would give out on me. It was like I didn't have a lower body (I couldn't feel my legs, let alone use them) so I would fall. In the beginning it lasted seconds but as time passed it lasted longer and longer. My parents took me to several doctors who all told me it was nothing more than growing pains but thankfully my parents didn't believe them. They flew a sepcialist in from Chicago who found out my bones in my legs were dying and breaking apart. I remember it vividly.... I was practicing on the field when my parents came out there and brought a wheelchair with them. They told me to sit down on it and I was having surgery that evening. They took me to the hospital. We got there, they wheeled me into a room, and than showed me MRI's that had been taken weeks before (I had forgotten about them). They showed me black spots on my legs where my bones were dying and falling apart. They prepped me that night and I had surgery. I was told afterwards I would never play soccer again. I was bed ridden in the beginning and later in a wheelchair. My rehab lasted over a year. I beat the odds and busted my ass ever since to get where I am today. The thing some of you may find odd is I could go back and change it.... I wouldn't. It's made me who I am today and I'm better b/c of it.

That's an inspirational story bro. You didn't give up and you beat the odds. Keep busting ass for years to come lol

 

[uphillclimb]

Only some know of it. I don't whine about it or use it as an excuse.

It's actually crazy. I was a star soccer player as a kid. My father used to tell me and my brother... I'm not going to have any fat kids in this house, so my brother became a runner (is now an ultramarathoner) and I started playing soccer. Years passed and I was good, scouts came to see me play. Unfortauntely, I began having problems. My legs would give out on me. It was like I didn't have a lower body (I couldn't feel my legs, let alone use them) so I would fall. In the beginning it lasted seconds but as time passed it lasted longer and longer. My parents took me to several doctors who all told me it was nothing more than growing pains but thankfully my parents didn't believe them. They flew a sepcialist in from Chicago who found out my bones in my legs were dying and breaking apart. I remember it vividly.... I was practicing on the field when my parents came out there and brought a wheelchair with them. They told me to sit down on it and I was having surgery that evening. They took me to the hospital. We got there, they wheeled me into a room, and than showed me MRI's that had been taken weeks before (I had forgotten about them). They showed me black spots on my legs where my bones were dying and falling apart. They prepped me that night and I had surgery. I was told afterwards I would never play soccer again. I was bed ridden in the beginning and later in a wheelchair. My rehab lasted over a year. I beat the odds and busted my ass ever since to get where I am today. The thing some of you may find odd is I could go back and change it.... I wouldn't. It's made me who I am today and I'm better b/c of it.

I'm glad as hell to know you on and off the boards brother. Thank you for sharing. I'm humbled.

 

[IronSoul]

Only some know of it. I don't whine about it or use it as an excuse.

It's actually crazy. I was a star soccer player as a kid. My father used to tell me and my brother... I'm not going to have any fat kids in this house, so my brother became a runner (is now an ultramarathoner) and I started playing soccer. Years passed and I was good, scouts came to see me play. Unfortauntely, I began having problems. My legs would give out on me. It was like I didn't have a lower body (I couldn't feel my legs, let alone use them) so I would fall. In the beginning it lasted seconds but as time passed it lasted longer and longer. My parents took me to several doctors who all told me it was nothing more than growing pains but thankfully my parents didn't believe them. They flew a sepcialist in from Chicago who found out my bones in my legs were dying and breaking apart. I remember it vividly.... I was practicing on the field when my parents came out there and brought a wheelchair with them. They told me to sit down on it and I was having surgery that evening. They took me to the hospital. We got there, they wheeled me into a room, and than showed me MRI's that had been taken weeks before (I had forgotten about them). They showed me black spots on my legs where my bones were dying and falling apart. They prepped me that night and I had surgery. I was told afterwards I would never play soccer again. I was bed ridden in the beginning and later in a wheelchair. My rehab lasted over a year. I beat the odds and busted my ass ever since to get where I am today. The thing some of you may find odd is I could go back and change it.... I wouldn't. It's made me who I am today and I'm better b/c of it.

Thanks for sharing brother. I couldn't imagine going through hat and how much it brought you down. I am very glad you beat the odds and are where you are now. Keep killin it bro