How I lost 65 lbs in 6.5 months
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- Опубліковано 11 сер 2017
- This is the answer to the question viewiers have been asking me for some time. I am somewhat embarassed and more than a little uncomfortable talking about this topic, but I feel like I'm disapointing people if I don't respond. So here it is.
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This video is 3yrs old and having watched the video you put out a few days ago I can see that you've KEPT the weight off. This is where I've always failed. I'm in my late 50s and also "pre-diabetic" This video has motivated me sir...Thank you.
Good luck to you!
Motivated me too , I’m trying to eat more healthy
This was a very kindly and generous thing to do, thank you for opening up and sharing.
bunnystuff2005 You’re so welcome!
This is one of those few times when I can tell a person that I am not sorry for their loss!
Good work, Marine!
Thank you!
Well done, Marine. This video is almost five years old now and hope you've been able to maintain your healthy slimness. - I am a little older (73) now and am on the same journey having lost 44 pounds in the last 90 days by reducing calories to 1,800 a day with a maximum of 20 carbs a day. From 229 to 185 so far, works for me! I don't feel like I am on a diet, it has now become a permanent change in lifestyle. - Semper Fi Brother
Semper Fi Ken. Best of luck!
"Being hungry sucks!" I hear you man.
Simple…big healthy breakfast and lunch with no dinner.
@@johnnybbgunner2136what about second breakfast?
WOW! you look 20 years younger...good job Mr. Funk.
Thank you!
You figured it out, you don’t diet, you make a life style change. You have to change your life style and how you do things, and stick to that. Learned that long a go. Best of luck, God Bless Texas 🤙🏼❤️🇺🇸🤠
Wow...this may be the first truly honest weight loss explanation I've heard. I have struggled with weight most of my adult life. I used to be very active and ate a lot to maintain. I then got into law enforcement and became sedentary but still ate the same. I need to lose about 100lbs. I've been trying for some time now but it's always down 30 up 40. I do obsess over the number on the scale. You have changed my thinking on this and I am going to make this happen...hrfunk style. Thank you for making this video and for the inspiration sir.
You're welcome! Good luck, and stay safe!
How are you two years later?
Would love to know how you're doing 4 years later?
I've been a subscriber for a while, but I only just came across this video.
I trust that you will take it as a compliment when I say this... I have seen several of your older videos pre weight loss, and I didn't realize you were the same person.
More impressive than the actual weight loss is that you have kept it off four years later. As anyone who has lost a decent amount of weight knows, losing it is the easy part - keeping it off is the real test.
Thank you! I do indeed take that as a compliment.
Good job brother. Love your videos.
Thank you!
You’re an awesome person, thanks for your service
Thank you for the weight loss info.I two have had a problem sence I was a child. I look up to you in many ways.
Thank you for your honesty THANK YOU for your SERVICE. Thank you for being a regular Guy.
GOD BLESS you and your FAMILY.
You are more than welcome. Take care and God bless you and your family as well.
Without question one of the best videos I've seen on UA-cam irrespective of subject. As someone in your age bracket, this is one of the most practical narratives I've seen on weight loss. Didn't expect to see it on a 2A subject channel, but it speaks for itself. Continue as you were - stay the course - you are an inspiration to others. I'm 6'1, currently 280, former football lineman, targeting to 220. Semper Fi - thank you for your service! Your other videos are exemplary as well.
Thank you Todd, and good luck. Check back in from time to time and let me know how it’s going.
Good on you HR, you look great. I'm on a simular path at 52. Calorie reduction and moderate workouts, January is my goal to drop 50lbs.
Semper Fi.
Good luck!
Howd you do?
How are you two years later?
what a genuinely nice, forthright guy. The world needs more people like you, HR.
Inspirational. Thank you for this. I think I’ve over complicated the process, this was great. Thanks and God bless. Love this channel!
Thank you!
Looking great in your old Marine Corps uniform. Thanks for the inspiration!
PipeLawyer You’re welcome and good luck!
Nothing to feel silly about, hrfunk. As a matter of fact it takes a brave man to look at himself in the mirror and say this is the first day of my life. I commend you in staying fit, and of good health, sir.
82 Luft Thank you!
Outstanding video! Fitness improves so many areas of one's life. You're right on the money concerning motivation, and the basics of weight loss: calorie intake vs. activity level. As a USATF certified coach, and Fitness Advisor at my former LE agency, IMHO your video is the absolute truth. Bravo!!!
Great job, you are looking fine, I went through similar issues at 60, dropped 55lbs and started walking and cycling 3days a week, life is good! It is my new normal!
Your humility is contagious. You're a gentlemen, a scholar and an inspiration. #congrats
Thank you!
Thanks for making this video! I'm on a weight loss journey myself! You're a nice guy!
Thank you. Good luck!
Congratulations, looking great. Cracking up on the coffee comment! Snacks in between meals is the killer for me. Amazing transformation for such a short period of time.
Thank you for this video HR, I've been slowly putting on weight for the last 3 years and looking at old photos is like looking at a different person. I greatly appreciate your honesty, it serves as motivation to people who find themselves in similar situations
Your welcome Jonathan. Best of luck to you.
You have inspired me to do what you have done and yes I like beer too. Thanks for that kick in the butt I needed.
You’re welcome. Good luck!
Wow! You look so much leaner and congratulations on overcoming that weight! I got out of the Marines almost a year ago and packed on the pounds, my heaviest weight which was 242lbs, I was not happy with myself. Since missing being in the military so I started on my path to lose weight to enlist in the Army which I am closer to making tape now I weigh 220lbs. Things that helped diet wise was sticking to foods that are closest to its natural form, have fruits, vegetables, salads. Run til I burn 1K calories on my cardio days, at minimum burn 700 calories through HIT workout or on a rest days go on a 6 mile walk. Finding the discipline and motivation to stay consistent for me was pretty much self indoctrination of surrounding myself with things that resemble what I want to achieve and listen to people on podcasts that have achieved their goals, how they dealt with the struggles, what they have learned, and how joyful they are to achieve those goals. All of that created my laser focus to pursue the goals I want to acquire.
Good for you. Best of luck and Semper Fi!
Thank you for this video. I had just watched your videos on concealment and saw this one in the margin. Clicked on it and your idea of not watching the scale really struck me because that is what I'm guilty of. Similar medical issues as yourself. Retired last February, 6'6" and 300 lbs. Gives me hope to succeed. By the way the other videos I watched were great too! Love you instructing approach. Southern Ohio out.
Congratulations on your retirement Tommy. Best of luck to you!
Watching your honest advice video has given me the motivation to embark on the same type of program myself. Thank you for making this video, it was just what I needed!
arrowheads46 You’re welcome. Good luck!
You look great! Good on you! I did the same thing too. My health was my reason. And also the same about people dying around me as well!
My blood pressure and count is normal now. And this was through keto. No sugar low Carbs. Plus intermittent fasting.
Thanks Ramon. It sounds like you also did a great job!
Good for you , now that your living healthier you can make more videos for all of us , thanks
Good job - thanks for posting and thanks for your service.
Congrats, I like your honesty and telling it like it is . Thank you , and keep the great videos coming .
Will do. Thanks for watching
I've been on a similar journey and found your video inspiring.
Hey man I would like to thank you very, very much for making this video. You gave me hope to lose weight in a realistic way. Thanks again my friend.
albert wescombe You’re welcome! Good luck.
Much thanks for sharing. It is really is motivating. I’m going to follow your advice. God bless and Stay Safe.👍🇺🇸
Thank you Dutch. Good luck!
Really appreciate the time and energy you put into this video. This just so happened to fall in line with my diet and the lack of motivation to keep at it. Thanks for the push!
Semper Fi
Excellent job! You look great and should be proud of yourself.
Thank you!
Great job! We're close to the same age (I have a year or two on you) and it's a daily struggle.
I enjoy all your videos, but this one is very inspirational thanks.
Well done! Agreed. One note for those losing weight, only in America can a protein bar with 35 grams of sugar and carbs be considered healthy. Learn from those who were successful. For me it was 7 words in priority order; Find Motivation, Eat Right, Eat Less Often. 7+1 -> Exercise.
Sounds like you unknowingly had an intermittent fasting regiment. Great Job! I went from 253 lbs to 170 lbs. Eating low fat is not healthy though. Saturated fat is necessary for hormone production and brain health.
Congratulations on your weight loss achievement. You hit all the points I needed to hear. I'm 55 and I need to do the same. Job well done sir! Semper Fi. (USMC 81 - 06)
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Thanks for posting this and keep up the good work. I had a similar experience, and as much as a diet sucks, once you see how "easy" it is to make the necessary changes to your life and to get the weight off, it gets easier. You do find new things to eat and drink that are satisfying and enjoyable and even the exercise becomes fun, because you can see the end results.
This is the first truly honest discussion of weight loss I’ve come across. Explaining your motivation at the start is key. Staying away from beer will be difficult but doable. Thank you.
You’re welcome, best of luck!
Brilliant achievement hrfunk, just done the same thing myself over the last few months and like yourself, I could not care less what I weigh, just getting back in shape. I also agree that one does not want to do too much exercise when you reach our age, just enough to keep sharp. I also do press ups every morning and 5 minutes of weights. I actually lost quite a lot of weight by splitting wood and a bit of running. However I really hate running so my solution might amuse you! I have 100 acres of woods so I invested in a duelling tree and 20 AR500 10 inch gongs and set them up on swinging mountings over a short 1 mile course which rises 120 feet in altitude through the woods. Every other day I run with my Buckmark .22 carbine (we are only allowed semi-autos in .22 over here) on a 'run and shoot' sprint between targets which I engage at 25 yards. Let me tell you it is an extremely good way to gauge fitness because you can see your 'recovery time' between targets reducing week by week and it makes getting in shape fun! Plus it really improves your snap shooting ability when hunting.
That is the greatest fitness/running program I've ever heard of in my life. If I ever make it back to England (a distinct possibility since my family and I have visited there three times in the last 5 years), I want to look you up an go for a run! I'll even pay for the ammunition!
You will be very welcome!
Thank you!
Well done! WoW! You look almost ten years younger.
You are great dude HR Funk!
Thanks for being honest with your followers. I'm going to follow some of your plan.
Plus you made me want to try it by the way you explained it.
Hello sir! I've been on UA-cam for a while now but just recently come across your channel while watching other "firearm channels". I got to tell ya , I wish I would have come across your sooner! You're real, honest, knowledgable, and provide a great amount of information! THIS VIDEO HERE..., and I realize it was made a while ago, but so helpful to me today!! We are the exact same age and I too went to the doctor's office and was told to loose weight and considered "pre-diabetic". Your tips on how you lost the weight sound reasonable and doable . I get the part of feeling hungry sucks but eat alternative meals and snacks I can do...! Thank you for taking the time to make "THIS VIDEO" and share with us your personal thoughts and having the courage to be REAL with your body! Thank you for sharing, thank you for your service, both in the military and law enforcement!!
You are most welcome Rick. Best of luck to you!
Great job. Great video. You can do anything you make up your mind to do. I have lost 43 pounds in the last 7 months. Not easy but worth the effort.
Good for you! Great job!
Good journey and discipline as outstanding job...Good stuff...
Thank you!
You're an inspiration sir ! You've had a life filled with challenges and this was just another one of them.You look great and I'm sure you feel all the more better because of it !
Thanks Ciel! I do feel better!
Hey, hrfunk!
Today is Aug 29th, 2017 and I have no idea how I got to your video but...I hit the thumbs up and subscribed after watching this video. I'm 50 now and I'm 261 pounds in a 6'-1" frame...I was in the military and I'm a Land Surveyor so I've been moving my body every day for most of my life.
Nowadays I've been preparing to go back to my yesteryears fit condition and I needed a boost...Thanks man for being that boost that I needed.
My respects and Semper Fi!
Thank you! Good luck and let me know if I can help in any way!
God bless you it is hard walking around hungry
Thanks for the beer tip I'm pretty sure that's my problem with loosing weight
Thanks for the encouragement and the courage. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome. Best of luck.
Hey HR....I just commented yesterday on your weight loss and low and behold here it is. It is just remarkable sir. I really commend you on the hard work and the grit you have. Outstanding!
Thank you Tom!
I don’t care... I like coffee. Perfect.
Good video!! I watched your recent shotgun video and said to myself, that is not the same guy I worked for! I looked through your videos and saw this. GREAT JOB CHIEF!!!
ruggeri5054 Same guy, just a little less of him. Thanks Jon! Take care.
You're a very polite person. This video was very helpful. I wish more youtubers were more like you.
Thank you!
Very inspiring, thank you for sharing your journey.
Well done.. I have found that I only need 2 meals a day now that I'm over 50...
Thank you!
congrats to you ... I knew something was up lol and happy it wasn't an illness and Btw I am a coffee hog too I drink it all the time, it's 12 30 am and I'm drinking a cup now, I need to stop my heavy smoking habit though, I'm a small guy that can use about 10 to 12 pounds. Keep it up you look good and you're happy with who you are and till next time Happy eating!
Thank you! btw, coffe is my friend, It has gotten me through many a long, long, midnight shift!
18winsagin, I'll be 73 at the end of the year. I've been smoking since I was 16. It was the norm back then. I still smoke (close to a pack of a day. Winston regular red box), and not ashamed to admit it. Seldom are the joys in this life. Never was that fond of food. I only eat once a day. Dinner. Coffee? Oh yes. A cup goes hand and hand with a Winston. At this age, these are the end of days. Infirmed at 80? I don't think so, 18winsagin. But to each his own.
@@82luft49 Hello @82 Luft I just noticed your reply from 4 years ago, I hope you are still doing well, yes I fo enjoy my cigarette, American Spirit brand lately. They burn slow and taste really good to me, little more money but last 2 to one compared to the Kools.
Thank you for sharing. Very helpful and inspiring.
I’ve lost a little over 30 lbs since January. Like you I just cut calories. Beer? Love it. Can’t drink it now. If I cheat once in awhile it’s no big deal. I’m feeling much better and I actually do have more energy. I’ve adopted a new motto, “hunger is my friend”. I’m 72 now and find EVERYTHING is more difficult. Keep up the great videos my friend. Thanks for the info and sharing your personal story.
I’ve been on a journey to lose weight myself. I destroyed my knee and was assigned to work a desk and over the course of 10 years I gained about 250 lbs. Over the last three years I’ve lost 200 of those lbs and am working on the last 50. I did exactly what you did. No breakfast, a turkey or ham sandwich every day for lunch, and 1000 calories for dinner. It works.
Yep. It's not fun, but it works. Congratulation!
You were essentially intermittent fasting. No snack at night and skipping breakfast.
You don't need to skip breakfast to lose weight. It's a terrible idea.
@@mysterymeat586 i don't wake up early enough for breakfast i wake up at 10 immediately do 15km on a exercise bike eat lunch at 12 eat dinner at 6 or 7 is that bad?
Good, bad, ugly dunno.
Matt, my apologies for my snarky remark. I'll leave it up for the flame throwers and not erase it. But I'm not a dietician nor a doctor. I was originally echoing what has been drummed into my head my whole life about eating breakfast. I don't think it needs to be done as soon as you put your pants on and I also don't think a piece of fruit or glass of oj will cut it. If interested in knowing, I drive a truck here on So Cal locally.
However it works out, his system is still working three years later. That’s great.
But I have always heard that one should eat breakfast like a King, lunch like a Prince and dinner like a Pauper. The idea being, that eating a heavy meal before bedtime (not just before bedtime, but as a last main meal Of the day), leaves You with unburnt calories all night.
A big (bigger?) breakfast replenishes you and carries you over to the upcoming meals. Breakfast is supposed to help your thought processes too. Which should be helpful if you have a “normal” (daytime) work schedule.
I have been down the same road, and can relate to several things you've said about people commenting on your weight loss and whether they think you should stop or not. Frustrating. I can also relate on putting the weight back on if you do not make a commitment. At any rate. Very happy for you! You do some great, informative videos, and this one was no exception. Keep pushing!
Thank you. Will do!
HR- new subscriber and immediately noticed the difference. I'm 47 and I'm in the same boat. I need to get my act together and you've definitely inspired me. Thanks for the very candid insight and thanks for all the videos you produce.
You’re welcome. Thank YOU for the subscription!
When one has diabetes, as I do, you are hungry all of the time.
Sometimes you can be hungry, eat a full meal and still be just as hungry as you were before the meal.
Keep the weight off and try to avoid having diabetes as much as you can.
Thank you, I will check him out. I understand what is going on. The cells don't get the glucose they need.
I am glad you lost weight and are determined to keep it off. A lot of people have heart attacks in their 50's.
Your weight loss story was very interesting and other videos along the same line would be helpful to your subscribers I feel.
Thanks for letting me know. :)
Chris InKilleen, thank you for your concern and offer to help. I will keep you in mind. God bless you. Steve
Mmmmmm...Pancakes.
Your American flag is backwards. Stars on the left, Marine. Take a lap.
LMFAO
Inspirational! Thanks for sharing.
Great job Chief. You look great! I'm 67 years old and dropped about the same amount of weight 3 years ago.I'm keeping it off and feel great. I'm sure you can feel the difference. You should be very proud of yourself.
Thank you!
Nice work! I rarely watch some of these all the way through, but I watched yours. I had the same kind of thoughts in mind about just wanting to focus on how I look and feel rather than keep track of the number on the scale. Glad to know you steered away from that too even though my doctor said I should keep track. This was really informative and needed for me. Thank you
You’re welcome!
Amen brother for being honest, sincere, and spreading some good common sense advice! Thank you for sharing and your service! You are a good human being! And love all your vids but this is really one of your best!
Thank you! This was the hardest one I ever made. I'm glad it has resonated with so any people.
Thank you for making this video! I’m 51 and it is exactly what I needed to hear to hopefully lose weight and get healthy again!
Good luck!
Thanks for making this video, I have been on the "roller coaster" many times. Ready to do it all again and your common sense approach to it will help me alot!!
Mike
Good luck!
One of many the things we gain from Military Service is disciple.
Excellent video.
I am going to follow your advice.
Much appreciated.
Came to your channel to watch you shoot the S&W 66 but saw this. Congratulations on the weight loss! Subscribed!
Thank you!
Man I really needed to see this video, thank you. My job has put so much weight on me over the last couple of years. Sitting on a locomotive for 12 hours will do that. I have to learn to let myself feel hungry sometimes
Jobs like ours, in my case I was sitting in a police car, or in the office, really do take a toll over time. Good luck to you!
I love you videos, and this is my new favorite. Great job, keep looking after yourself and inspiring us!
Thank you Chad!
Good job. Semper Fi and happy birthday Marine.
It's been a pleasure following you the past few months. As a former Marine myself, I've always prided on being part of an organization that has always set a high standards for physical and mental grit. Eating healthy, limiting sugar and seed oil is the best advice I've received.
Good job, man. Very encouraging.
Great job HR. You are an inspiration to me.
Thank you sir.
Your welcome Trena. Best of luck!
Enjoy watching your firearms videos, but thanks for this video. It's inspiring for those of us that struggle with this issue (pre-diabetic) in our 40's.
Thank you.
This was super inspiring and quite helpful, so I am thanking you kindly.
You are most welcome!
Great job getting your health back devil dog...you are an inspiration!
Thank you!
Well done sir!, thank you for this video.
You're welcome!
Thank you for your service past and present!
You are most welcome!
I don't know why I am just now seeing this but I can relate! Thank you for your Service to this Country and your Service for your Community!!!
Thank you for sharing your story. Weight loss is a difficult thing to talk about as you mentioned.
You're welcome.
Thanks for your input - I watch your channel and thought you've always been fit. Thanks for telling us the "rest of the story".
My pleasure Paul. Thanks for watching!
This video is surely helpful for me.
Thank You, Sir.
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching!
Great job! The first and most important step for getting in shape is to make a decision. Once a person has taken that first and most difficult step it is simply a matter of getting it done. Congrats on a healthier you!
Thank you!
I am so glad you found success. One of the hardest things about dietary changes/losing weight is the mental fortitude to keep going. You are absolutely right, it is a lifestyle change. Just starting my journey for the third time and will find success. Congrats.
Congrats and my compliments Sir. This is an excellent achievement.
Thank you!
This was an inspiring segment that you’ve just done I said here today feeling fat sloppy out of shape worried about the holidays at 279 pounds and I happened across your video you give me some inspiration and some ideas on some simple changes I feel like I can make so thank you for taking the time to do this and making it public
You’re welcome James. Merry Christmas and best of luck to you.
I skip Breakfast, but still drink coffee. Lunch I have 2 hard boiled eggs on toast. Regular full Dinner. When I eat at a restaurant, I bring half home for leftovers. For the eggs, I use a $10.00 egg steamer from Amazon.
Thanks man. Glad you made the videos.
Thanks for being brutally honest-think most everyone I knew in the military battled their weight after getting out; I sure have!