Jake Johnsen Today
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Jake Johnsen 5 Years Ago
9 and 1/2 years ago I had a kidney transplant. My brother donated his kidney to me. 5 1/2 years ago I married my beautiful wife, Erin. 18 months ago my gorgeous daughter Lydia was born. That is why I am doing this. I went to my Nephrologist(kidney doc) a few weeks ago and he told me that because of my excessive weight my kidney would not last longer than six months to a year. Since I have been married I have slowly added pound after pound. I am an unhealthy, overweight big fella and that ends today. I decided that I will chronicle my weight loss for everyone to see. My hope is that by doing this I can come here for motivation. If I am slacking or being lazy I hope that this will push me to hold myself accountable. On top of that maybe it will motivate some of my chubby brothers to do the same. Every week I will post my weight loss success and failures. Every 10 pounds I lose I will post a picture wearing that same Utah Utes t shirt above. I have owned that shirt for 3 years and never been able to wear it. I plan to wear that same shirt to the Utah vs Michigan football game this fall. And by next summer I hope to be back to my marriage weight of 190 lbs. That is 82 freaking pounds!!!! So each week, look for updates on my progress, starting with my first update a week from this Saturday. Wish me luck!!!
Current ridiculous weight=272 lbs
Total weight lost=0 lbs
