| Week of 11/16/2017 - Featured Board Post Been Waiting a Long Time to Say This I AM AN IRONMAN! 5.5 years ago, I joined SparkPeople. I weighed 305 pounds. I read an article about SparkPeople, signed on and started food tracking. I amped up my fitness, joined a gym and kept losing 2 pounds here, 3 pounds there. Sometimes 4, sometimes less. In a little over a year, I had lost over 100 pounds and was fit. On Sunday in Louisville, I swam 2.4 miles, rode 112 miles, ran a marathon and crossed the finish line in just over 13.5 hours to the sound of "John, you are an IRONMAN!" They say it is a line you have to cross to understand. I have been immersed in this project in great depth for over a year, and arguably working towards it for 5 years. And now I understand. It would not have happened without SparkPeople. I was scared when I started the journey and was afraid it would change who I was. It didn't change me. It made all the things I like about me even better. Below is the text of my first SparkPeople post over 5 years ago. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to close my office door. There's some crazy wind or something that seems to be making my eyes water up or something.
Click here to read John's first post and congratulate him!
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