Susan Dalstra Gezondheid 25 jan 2018, 11:41

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Vader verliest bijna helft van zijn lichaamsgewicht voor zijn kinderen (en zijn lijf is goddelijk)

Jeremiah Peterson is vader van drie kinderen van 9, 7 en 6 jaar. Toen hij terugkwam van een wandelvakantie door de bergen van het Amerikaanse Montana wist hij: er moet drastisch iets veranderen.

Buiten adem

Jeremiah, die destijds 127 kilo woog, kon zijn kinderen namelijk amper bijhouden. In plaats van genieten  van de trip en de mooie herinneringen die ze hadden gemaakt, kon de vader alleen maar balen van het feit dat hij consequent buiten adem was en om de haverklap een pauze nodig had.

‘In plaats van nagenieten, kon ik alleen maar denken aan die ene herinnering die zich opnieuw en opnieuw in m’n hoofd afspeelde. Ik was de hele tijd buiten adem en had veel meer pauzes nodig dan mijn kinderen van 9, 7 en 6 jaar’, schrijft Jeremiah op Instagram.

Indrukwekkende spieren

Hij gooide het roer om en mat zichzelf een gezondere levensstijl aan. Hij viel 37 kilo af en kreeg daar een indrukwekkende spierbundel voor terug. Inmiddels kan hij over diezelfde wandelpaden rennen zonder ook maar eventjes te stoppen.

Magic Mike

Hoe hij dat voor elkaar kreeg? ‘Ik heb er hard voor gewerkt.’ Iedere dag wandelde hij naar zijn werk en wandelde hij ook na werktijd nog een uur. Het resultaat mag er zijn: Jeremiah zou met zijn nieuwe lichaam niet misstaan in Magic Mike.

De vader hoopt nu anderen te inspireren met zijn verhaal. ‘Iedere dag waarop we niet alles uit het leven halen, is verspilling van de dierbare tijd die ons is gegeven.’ We vermoeden dat met alles uit het leven halen hij niet in één ruk die zak paprikachips leegeten bedoelt…

??Yes, that is me!!! The first picture was take August 4th. We had taken a back packing trip to a mountain lake here in Montana. Instead of remembering all the good memories we had made on this trip all I can remember is this one thing that kept playing in my head over and over again. I found myself running out of breath and having to take breaks way before my 9, 7 and 6 year old kids. It’s played over and over in my head. I know now that the @1stphorm Transphormation Challenge was the best thing I have ever chosen to do.It has changed everything in my life for the better. The second picture was taken a couple days ago December 23rd. In the first pic I weighed 280 lbs and in the second 198 lbs for a total weight loss of 82lbs. I now can run up those same trails without stopping if I wanted to. I have taken back control of my life and plan on never returning back to that first picture!!!!! Here at @1stphorm #wedothework and #neversettle !!! ?????????????

Een bericht gedeeld door Jeremiah Peterson (@jeremiahpetersonmontana) op 25 Dec 2017 om 11:15 (PST)

BEFORE PHOTO- AUGUST 4th AFTER PHOTO- DECEMBER 23rd Total Weight Loss 82 Lbs (Please leave me comment on my transformation.)?? ??I’ve been asked many times how it that 150 day (July 25th-December 23rd) transformation even possible? . The truth is the honest to God answer is I did the work! . Two 45 minute trail hikes every morning one before work and one after work with a hour long weight training session every single day! . No Days off!!! I did the work!!! There was not one day that when I laid my head on my pillow that night all tired and worn out that I did not feel like I had won that day. . I can’t stand the picture on the left. @andyfrisella talks a lot in his podcasts about negativity and how everyone has a dark side. -Those pictures are extremely powerful resources of fuel and drive for me. -There is no better way to gauge our process than against ourselves. Being our own greatest competition. I want to crush that guy on the left. I want to crush that guy on the right. Look. Sometimes you have to stare that hate and anger in the face and source your power from it to CREATE some awesomely positive things in this life. -Don’t be afraid of it. -Don’t hide from it. Stare your fat ass in the face and choose who is going to win. We have this ONE LIFE TO LIVE. Each day that we are not living to our fullest potential is a waste of the precious time that we are allotted. I want to wake up every morning with an excitement and a drive to create something unique and incredible. I want to go to sleep exhausted every single night knowing I did everything I could that day to make my life better, my family’s life better and maybe in some small way the world around me a little bit better. Frederick Buechner said “One life on this earth is all that we get, whether it is enough or not enough, and the obvious conclusion would seem to be that at the very least we are fools if we do not LiVE iT aS FuLLY and BRaVELY and BeauTiFuLLY as we can.” @1stphorm #iam1stphorm #100to0 #1stphorm #workforit #dothework #1stphorm #neversettle #wintheday

Een bericht gedeeld door Jeremiah Peterson (@jeremiahpetersonmontana) op 31 Dec 2017 om 6:37 (PST)

So often. . So many of us. . We look in the mirror and all we see is the past. . We see and remember past experiences. . So often. So many of us. Foolishly allow those past voices, critics, experiences to define us. The truth is we all struggle. Whether we talk about it or not. But remember it’s in those last reps filled with lactic acid and discomfort that we really see what we are made of. Those moments of utter discomfort. Face it. Struggle can EMPOWER us. Only if we choose to set our minds to a GROWTH MINDSET. Been told your whole life you were nothing? . Use that. Burn through that. Let go of that rerun, that familiar way. . . . Take what you need- get out and create something new. Design your life. Live 100-0!! . @1stphorm #wedothework #100to0 #iam1stphorm #1stphorm

Een bericht gedeeld door Jeremiah Peterson (@jeremiahpetersonmontana) op 5 Jan 2018 om 12:36 (PST)

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