dad bought me a DP weight set when i was in junior high. starting high school at under 100 lb, i knew what i had to do. i was a solid 175lb by graduation, then graduated college at close to 190 lb and still under 6% BF. post college, kept with the exercise and diet, but abused myself with booze, no sleep, etc. age 34 had two open heart surgeries. Now i live much cleaner, and still in decent shape, but not where i want to be yet. At this age, complete discipline is required if i'm going to look anything like i did in the past, so that's what i'm doing. As if 2020 wasn't a challenge enough with a pandemic, I had 4 heart procedures and a hernia repair. At the end of 2020 though, the hernia is healed, my heart has a 'normal' ejection fraction again, and I'm ready to start a new journey in health!
with my heart, i have to take care of myself. it's a break from the daily stress too, i love seeing improvements in how i look and feel, and it just builds a better sense of self worth.