No, no I wasn’t getting carded to verify my age. This has been a reoccurring question that I have heard on multiple occasions when I check into hotels. Let it be known that the photo on my driver’s license is from when I was 16. That was 7 years and about 95 pounds heavier; my other photo id is my school id and I was 22 and about 160 pounds heavier. So needless to say I need to get a new driver’s license photo taken.
When I graduated high school I weighed around 290-300 pounds. During my four years of college, I put on the dreaded freshmen fifteen which then turned into the sophomore twenty-five, then the junior thirty-five and finally the senior forty-five. I gained about 45 in my four years of school. Lots of late night eating and snacking contributed to the weight gain. When I walked on graduation day I was at 343 pounds. I didn’t like that one bit; normal activities were difficult.
From that point on, I decided to get my health back on track and shed the pounds. Over the summer of 2007, I would go to my high school track and walk about 3-4 miles a day. I learned to eat better and cut back on unwanted snacks. By the end of summer, I had lost 43 pounds. It was a great accomplishment but I wasn’t satisfied yet. I kept walking and progressed to jogging. In December, the David Beckerman Recreation Center opened up and I made sure I signed up for my membership. Since December, I have lost an additional 122 pounds; 165 total pounds lost. I lost a person ... literally.
Hotel exercise rooms are nothing in comparison to the Recreation Center. The equipment at the Recreation Center is top notch and the facilities are amazing. I can’t wait until I get back to UNH so I can start my normal workout routine again.
