I grew up playing a sport in every season, Football, Baseball, Track and excelled in swimming. After retiring from sports I stayed active for a while but, when life became about working and supporting a family fitness took a back seat and I became morbidly obese tipping the scales at over 500 lbs.
After hitting a breaking point when my health became an issue, when I had a myopic flip (Meaning I woke up one day and my eyes weren't working right) It was this that helped me discover that I had become a type 2 diabetic. It was at this point I was looking for answers to get my health back and wasn't even sure it was possible. I ended up reaching out to my next door neighbor and unbeknownst to me, he was a CrossFit Coach. Together we worked to help me lose around 250lbs.
I also earned my CrossFit L1 so I could begin coaching and helping people like I was helped and this also allowed me to be a judge and different events in the CrossFit space. I have volunteered as Security, Media Credentialing and
athlete control in the past and this was a way to ramp up my involvement.
This is still a constant battle for me, I suffered a back injury (not from CrossFit) and developed a leg condition where my veins where not pumping the blood back up my legs. This created depression and anxiety that sent me down the bad habit spiral I was on before eventually hitting 414 lbs before trying even more new tools to combat this.
I was featured in a CrossFit Documentary Called "Wind of Change" that is available on YouTube, and since this aired I have sought counselling, speak with a Psychiatrist and hired a nutrition coach. This has all helped me turn things around and I have lost 26 lbs since hiring the nutrition coach
I also host a successful podcast myself called the Clydesdale, Fitness & Friends that looks at the sport of fitness, interviewing CrossFit Athletes and talking about our own struggles with fitness and nutrition. We have listeners in 60 countries around the world and all 50 US States.
Links
Website: theclydesdalecrossfitter.com
Instagram: clydesdale_fitnessandfriends
Facebook: Theclydesdalefitnessandfriendspodcast
Twitter: @SrQueso53
