GeekdadX7
Active Hunter
Bear with me, because it is truth.
In the past month and a half I have dropped 30 pounds because of these forums and RKD.
Backstory:
I have been overweight for the past 20 years, not massively huge, but overweight. I have a nephew who has been battling cancer for the past few years up in Saramento, CA. For the past 3 years, each August, my sister has organized a community fundraiser event with vendors, music, booths, rides, all that stuff... to raise funds to benefit the cancer wing of the local children's hospital where my nephew has been receiving his treatments. For the past 2 years, members of the 501st Legion have showed up to the event, to troop, and add to the event's draw. My nephew is a huge SW fan, so it really meant alot to my sister that I helped get 501st guys there, even if there weren't alot. (it's at 5pm on a friday... not much you can do for turnouts with that).
This past Summer I turned 40, and spent all of my birthday gift money (surprise party) to commission a full suit of boba fett rotj armor from a costumer with very good reviews and a history on Etsy. Long story short, he took my money and the money of 13 other people, deleted his account, and ran.
I joined TDH forums, got most of my money back from Etsy, and then saw the sad news about RKD's passing, and that his family needed to sell alot of his gear to help raise funds. His measurements were posted, our measurements were the same (so I thought they still were), and so I used my refund to purchase his Jumpsuit, Girth Belt, Ammo Belt with beige pouches, Armor Vest & Neck Seal.
I felt kind of bad because I was purchasing the items of a recently passed and very respected forum member... but at the same time I knew that I'd be helping his family, and continuing to use his gear to bring happiness to little kids, as well as myself.
I got his gear in..... and I was too fat to fit into it. The ammo belt barely was probably 6" from closing in the back, same with the girth belt. I was barely able to squeeze into the flight suit, and felt like an italian sausage about to bust out of its casing. I could barely close it, and was afraid the whole thing would tear open. Couldn't close the armor vest, couldn't close the neck seal around my neck.... it was humiliating and demoralizing. I could not believe that I had gotten so big. Plus... the fact that my wife has been silently dealing with it for over a decade, while she stayed cute and athletic.
So.... I had no choice, if I wanted to be boba fett for my nephew who's fighting cancer (as well as for myself), and if I wanted to join the 501st as boba fett... I needed to drop a carpload of weight by summer. I officially decided to become a middle aged housewife,.... and joined Weight Watches on Dec 1st.
It's January 19th, and as of this morning when I weighed myself.... I've lost 30 pounds. Because of wanting to be boba fett, because of wanting to joint he 501st, and in his own way.... because of RKD.
On a whim about an hour ago I thought "I wonder if his boba fett stuff fits?" It's been tucked in the garage in "the box of shame" as I had come to think of it. Went in the garage, stripped down to my Mandalorean skivvies...... and holy freaking gd hell... I could not believe it..... IT ALL FITS!!!!!!
All of RKD's stuff fits!!!!! I cannot freaking believe it. It is the first time that it has really sunk in that I actually have gotten skinnier.
Over the holidays I've made and launched 2 new websites for clients.... now I just need them to pay me for the danged things and I can finally try to buy the rest of the suit (or as much as I can) from the cargo hold. before summer, so that I can try to do what I can with the pieces to get approval by August, so I can troop for my nephew's event.
If it wasn't for these forums and RKD, I never would have been pushed to lose weight. So yeah..... random, and weird.... but it is the truth that joining these forums resulted in me changing my entire lifestyle and pushing to improve my health.
I am hoping that my complete lifestyle change/improvement will also be honoring to RKD's memory in its own way.
In the past month and a half I have dropped 30 pounds because of these forums and RKD.
Backstory:
I have been overweight for the past 20 years, not massively huge, but overweight. I have a nephew who has been battling cancer for the past few years up in Saramento, CA. For the past 3 years, each August, my sister has organized a community fundraiser event with vendors, music, booths, rides, all that stuff... to raise funds to benefit the cancer wing of the local children's hospital where my nephew has been receiving his treatments. For the past 2 years, members of the 501st Legion have showed up to the event, to troop, and add to the event's draw. My nephew is a huge SW fan, so it really meant alot to my sister that I helped get 501st guys there, even if there weren't alot. (it's at 5pm on a friday... not much you can do for turnouts with that).
This past Summer I turned 40, and spent all of my birthday gift money (surprise party) to commission a full suit of boba fett rotj armor from a costumer with very good reviews and a history on Etsy. Long story short, he took my money and the money of 13 other people, deleted his account, and ran.
I joined TDH forums, got most of my money back from Etsy, and then saw the sad news about RKD's passing, and that his family needed to sell alot of his gear to help raise funds. His measurements were posted, our measurements were the same (so I thought they still were), and so I used my refund to purchase his Jumpsuit, Girth Belt, Ammo Belt with beige pouches, Armor Vest & Neck Seal.
I felt kind of bad because I was purchasing the items of a recently passed and very respected forum member... but at the same time I knew that I'd be helping his family, and continuing to use his gear to bring happiness to little kids, as well as myself.
I got his gear in..... and I was too fat to fit into it. The ammo belt barely was probably 6" from closing in the back, same with the girth belt. I was barely able to squeeze into the flight suit, and felt like an italian sausage about to bust out of its casing. I could barely close it, and was afraid the whole thing would tear open. Couldn't close the armor vest, couldn't close the neck seal around my neck.... it was humiliating and demoralizing. I could not believe that I had gotten so big. Plus... the fact that my wife has been silently dealing with it for over a decade, while she stayed cute and athletic.
So.... I had no choice, if I wanted to be boba fett for my nephew who's fighting cancer (as well as for myself), and if I wanted to join the 501st as boba fett... I needed to drop a carpload of weight by summer. I officially decided to become a middle aged housewife,.... and joined Weight Watches on Dec 1st.
It's January 19th, and as of this morning when I weighed myself.... I've lost 30 pounds. Because of wanting to be boba fett, because of wanting to joint he 501st, and in his own way.... because of RKD.
On a whim about an hour ago I thought "I wonder if his boba fett stuff fits?" It's been tucked in the garage in "the box of shame" as I had come to think of it. Went in the garage, stripped down to my Mandalorean skivvies...... and holy freaking gd hell... I could not believe it..... IT ALL FITS!!!!!!
All of RKD's stuff fits!!!!! I cannot freaking believe it. It is the first time that it has really sunk in that I actually have gotten skinnier.
Over the holidays I've made and launched 2 new websites for clients.... now I just need them to pay me for the danged things and I can finally try to buy the rest of the suit (or as much as I can) from the cargo hold. before summer, so that I can try to do what I can with the pieces to get approval by August, so I can troop for my nephew's event.
If it wasn't for these forums and RKD, I never would have been pushed to lose weight. So yeah..... random, and weird.... but it is the truth that joining these forums resulted in me changing my entire lifestyle and pushing to improve my health.
I am hoping that my complete lifestyle change/improvement will also be honoring to RKD's memory in its own way.
such a sweet and inspirational story. Continue to stay motivated and never give up. You’ve got this!
