KI4MVP
formerly LJ4MVP
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I've been debating posting this for a while. Partly because I'm not happy with how heavy I let myself get. Partly because it's not common for us to post pictures of ourselves since so many people like to stay anonymous online.
Over they years I let myself gain way too much weight living a pretty sedentary lifestyle. I kept meaning to work out, kept taking the first steps, but never followed through.
Just about everything I did involved sitting. Sitting working, watching tv, watching movies, eating, even playing cards. All of my activities involved sitting. The result was a lot of weight gain.
So a year ago I took another stab at getting myself out of my chair. I bought a Virtual Reality system. The goal was imply to get out my chair and onto my feed for some amount of time each day. Little did I know then just how good that would be for my health. It turns out you can get fantastic exercise while having fun in VR.
Today I’m 1 week away from one year since I started with VR and I’ve lost nearly 50 lbs!
Progress I made includes
- I was on medicine for type 2 diabetes, now I'm off that and have perfect A1C numbers
- I was on medicine for high triglycerides and it barely kept it out of the high range, now I'm off of that because it was borderline low.
- I was on medicine for high cholesterol which wasn't really containing it, now I'm off of that because it was borderline low.
- before VR, I'd get winded and my heart would race walking up the steps to leave a Cavs game. Now I skip every other step going up flights of stairs like that.
- when I first started VR, I my arm would get tired just holding it up while playing a paintball game, now I can box for 90 minutes with no problems beside dealing with the sweat. It took me almost a year to figure out to get headbands to soak up the sweat instead of letting the headset do it.
I probably have another year to get where I want to get fitness wise, but I fully expect to do it all with VR. Here is my current before and after picture.
Over they years I let myself gain way too much weight living a pretty sedentary lifestyle. I kept meaning to work out, kept taking the first steps, but never followed through.
Just about everything I did involved sitting. Sitting working, watching tv, watching movies, eating, even playing cards. All of my activities involved sitting. The result was a lot of weight gain.
So a year ago I took another stab at getting myself out of my chair. I bought a Virtual Reality system. The goal was imply to get out my chair and onto my feed for some amount of time each day. Little did I know then just how good that would be for my health. It turns out you can get fantastic exercise while having fun in VR.
Today I’m 1 week away from one year since I started with VR and I’ve lost nearly 50 lbs!
Progress I made includes
- I was on medicine for type 2 diabetes, now I'm off that and have perfect A1C numbers
- I was on medicine for high triglycerides and it barely kept it out of the high range, now I'm off of that because it was borderline low.
- I was on medicine for high cholesterol which wasn't really containing it, now I'm off of that because it was borderline low.
- before VR, I'd get winded and my heart would race walking up the steps to leave a Cavs game. Now I skip every other step going up flights of stairs like that.
- when I first started VR, I my arm would get tired just holding it up while playing a paintball game, now I can box for 90 minutes with no problems beside dealing with the sweat. It took me almost a year to figure out to get headbands to soak up the sweat instead of letting the headset do it.
I probably have another year to get where I want to get fitness wise, but I fully expect to do it all with VR. Here is my current before and after picture.