My name is John Drury and I am a forty two year old father and husband from Cincinnati Ohio and this is my weight loss story. On February the fifth two thousand and eleven I entered a local radio stations biggest loser contest and was chosen to be a contestant. It was a ninety day contest and I came in a close second place losing fifty four pounds. I started the contest weighing three hundred and eighty six pounds and ending the contest at three hundred and thirty four pounds. I am a over the road truck driver and the contest really gave me the push I was searching for. I was provided a personal trainer and a nutritionist was provided.
I always loved dancing going back to my teenage years and when I lost the weight I found zumba at the gym I was working out at. I attended zumba classes three to five times a week along with tread mill and stationary bike. The weight just kept falling off week after week. Going into the new year of two thousand and twelve I was down eighty pounds and heading to Akron Ohio to be certified in teaching zumba classes and becoming a instructor. I started teaching my own class the first of the year with many people attending and really loving the class. I continued driving over the road working seventy hours a week and teaching zumba classes on the weekends. My motto for continuing to lose the weight well after the contest was no excuses.
I am now down one hundred pounds down and it's the one year anniversary of the contest. I am feeling more and more confidant as a dance fitness instructor and wanting to branch out on my own. I love hip hop music and that's what I prefer to dance too. Well it turns out a lot of my students prefer to dance to that type of music as well. So right around the time of my one year anniversary for the contest, I decided to create Big Johns Dance Fitness. Easy to do dance fitness moves to really fun familiar music. I am now paying it forward and inspiring and motivating people to lose weight and live happier healthier lives.
The old me is dead and gone and I am eating right, drinking water and feeling like a million bucks. I am preparing my meals both on the road and at home. Counting and keeping track of my calorie intake day in and day out. I am pushing myself harder than I have ever pushed myself before. I am starting to learn that feeling uncomfortable is ok when it comes to pushing myself. I am now starting to feel comfortable with feeling uncomfortable. This is my breakthrough in weight loss. I am learning day by day on this journey exactly how my body works. How my metabolism works and burns fat, and how to feed that metabolism multiple times through out the day. I am learning not to eat past a certain time in the evening. I try not to eat past eight o'clock. I am learning that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, making sure I start the day with plenty of protein.
The old me is dead and gone and I am finally after forty two years stepping out of the box and breaking all stereo types when it comes to dance fitness and especially teaching dance fitness. After forty two years I have found my purpose in life. I have found my calling in life. This is what I was meant to do. I was meant to pay it forward through dance fitness regardless of size age gender or appearance. My goal is to one day make a dance fitness DVD helping millions of obese men and women all over the world. I am here to tell anyone out there reading this that if I can do it anyone can do it. KEEP BELIEVING!
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