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@itfeelslikeathousandyears / itfeelslikeathousandyears.tumblr.com

Dane. 28. Byron Bay.
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Some days it's really fucking hard not to just turn to an emotional pile of shit when I think about how much I miss Layla.

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How well do you see color?

I’m cry I scored 60, I feel blind

so everyone is aware, a lower score on this means a better score.

I got a 30!!!!!!!! Yes!

7, but i’m an art student so

I straight up thought i was going to fail that shit because people tell me I’m bad at color matching, but I scored a 4. mind blown

I scored a 0. 👌🏼

I scored a 2 yeahhhhhhhh (I am also a visual arts student)

Awwwwww yeah I scored a zero. My eyesight and colour matching are actually things that worry me a lot for whatever reason, so this gives me a fair bit of relief.

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8 months of hard work and dedication to improving my quality of life and making sure I am around to take great care of the people that care for me. Along with getting engaged to my beautiful fiancé, this is my greatest achievement of 2016. L-R top photos are my day zero, 3 month, and 6 month progress photos. 3 weeks until 9 month progress photo. I feel fucking amazing. I’m proud of myself. For the first time ever. 30kgs gone, and more weight lifted from the ground and pushed above my head in 9 months that in the previous 28 years combined.

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This is what you get when you ask if I want a photo in front of the ocean being absolutely beautiful. An awkward "I don't know where or how to look, so I'll just stare straight into the camera with an uncomfortable expression" look. I think I nailed it.

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March 22 - July 23 124.8kg - 99.2kg Stop making excuses. You’re not “just naturally big”, you haven’t “tried everything and they don’t work”. Being obese is a death sentence, but it’s something you can reverse. Live longer, live better. The strain your internal organs exist under when you are overweight is ridiculously dangerous. Get in the gym, get outside, get in the pool, do SOMETHING to improve your life. Nothing “starts on Monday”, make today the day you choose to make a change. Work hard, grind it out. When you want to give up, push for one more rep, run 100 more metres, plank for 30 more seconds . Every single second under tension counts. I am nowhere near finished, I never will be. There’s no end goal here other than to live a long, positive and productive life, to be here for my friends and family for as long as my body will allow, and that’s ON ME. Respect your body. The best thing you’ll do for yourself and the people around you, is live longer and set a good example. Let’s get it.

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3 months ago when I started training with my PT Dylan, being able to say “I’ve lost 20 kgs” seemed like such a far fetched goal for me, and I thought I was overreaching when I told him what I wanted to achieve.

This is a picture of me holding a 20kg plate during some step ups on Tuesday, in place of the 20kgs of fat I have lost in the last 3 months. I can’t believe I used to carry this much extra weight around, and just accepted the mindset of “this is how I look and feel, I’ll just do the best I can with what I’ve got.” What a load of shit. It’s amazing what you can convince yourself of when you’re lazy and unmotivated.

I thought I would reach out to Dyl and ask him to train me, at first, for no other reason other than I wanted to be aesthetically pleasing to my future wife as she walked down the aisle at our wedding. But then, a massive turning point for my thought process, was when I went to a park with Layla, and she saw another young dad doing all sorts of fun things with his kid, and she asked if we could do that. My response was a disappointing “no Lay, Dad’s too big for that.” Nothing like a crushing self realisation to make you really kick your own arse into gear.

Today, I am the lightest I’ve been since i can remember stepping in a scale and caring what the numbers said. I feel the best I have in my entire life and I owe it all to Dyl. I wouldn’t have been able to do it without him.

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A suggestion.

You can keep saying “I’ve been meaning to do that/I’ve always wanted to do that”, or you can get your arse into gear, get the fuck up and go do it. All it takes is one step forward and you won’t believe how easily the next steps follow. Don’t talk about it, just get out there and do it. It took me 28 long, unmotivated, lazy years to learn this lesson.

I really don't use this account much/at all anymore, so if you want to keep up with my life (which has literally just become "eat-work-eat-work-eat-gym-eat-sleep-repeat" everyday) then follow my journey to a healthier lifestyle and a longer life at @unchainedxmomentum

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