Time for a change....

Hello All,

35/m here who is in dire need for a change. Always been a big guy, currently 6'2" and 325ish lbs. I "wear it well", as I'm fairly muscular but carry a lot of my weight in my gut and such. In high school I was around 200-225 lbs. I used to be a paramedic working long shifts and weeks which lead to a lot of my current situation. I never ate well, always on the go, so fast food and crap food was the option most of the time. Packing enough meals for 24 or 48 hour shifts just wasn't a practical option where I worked at the time. We typically lived in the bus most of the shift. I'm out of that business now but a host of other issues from stress at work, to lack of energy from not sleeping (now being resolved, hopefully), and other things just put me where I am now.

I've been on and off the weight loss wagon so many times in the past. I'd usually do good for about four months and lose interest. I've had success of losing up to 30 lbs in the past, then hit the plateau and lose confidence.

This time it has to be different. I was diagnosed yesterday with SEVERE obstructive sleep apnea. I stopped breathing about 100 times an hour and desaturated down into the 50's, which is VERY bad. My average oxygen saturation at night was in the 80's. This has been my wake up call that if I don't make changes now, I'm not going to make it to 40. Currently waiting for my CPAP machine which the doc says will make me feel like a new man. I'm excited for what that change will bring. I'm currently a constantly exhausted miserable prick about 75% of the time.

I'm here to vent to someone and join the community as a support system to get through this journey. I've had My Fitness Pal for a long time and just reactivated my account, and started tracking my intake. My recommendation from the app is about 2400 calories. I'm moderately active at work- I manage a statewide communications network so I'm on my feet or hiking to a site fairly regularly. I'm also a fairly avid hiker despite my size and get out as often as possible (and have energy to do so). I do a lot of work around my 14 acre property so manual labor isn't something I shy from.

My wife (33) is also starting her own journey so we are going to do a lot of this together which is going to be helpful. My plan is to do CICO, drink significantly more water, and start getting out more to hike. I'll also be joining a gym a few miles from work since I get a fitness reimbursement.

Please feel free to offer any suggestions or ask any questions. I'm an open book at this point.......I'm sure I'll be back for advice regularly! I'm amazed at the transformations I've seen here.

Thanks for listening to my rambling.....

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