Kon's 30kg weightloss journey... . . .

Read on for Kon Adamopoulos personal story on his 30kg weightloss

I’m getting very nervous now. Today, I am baptising my best friend’s daughter and I’ll be centre stage. The suit is on and I’m off to church… I am standing in front of close friends and family, in church, holding my beautiful God daughter. The church is steaming from all the burning candles. It’s a warm sunny day. The ritual has started. I have only been standing for a few minutes and I’m already tired. I’m breaking in to a cold sweat now….my back is aching. The sweat is now literally pouring off me. I’m absolutely embarrassed. How did I let myself get to this point? I’ve had a few hard years lately, but that’s still no excuse. That’s when it happens. Something finally clicks. My head is telling me that I need to do something about this.

Personally, I believe that you have to experience, not necessarily a traumatic event in your life but an event none the less to ultimately wake you up and do something to change what it is about yourself you’re not happy about – whether it be about losing weight or to stop smoking or to get of drugs.

There is another piece to this puzzle though. What was different this time? Why now to do something about my problem? There is only one divine power that always rises to the top. Will always rise us all from the most difficult situations. That is someone showing a form of love and care for you. I had shut everyone... and I mean everyone out. My wall was up. No one was getting past these walls. Until this one person. I pushed and pushed and pushed her away, but she kept coming. She broke down my wall brick by brick. The hole got bigger and bigger and then one day it happened. She reached in and touched me. She touched my heart. For the first time in a long time I went through so many emotions, I was lost. I was lost with it, and within that hazy dark room where I couldn't see, I found myself.

I now look at both my friend and my God daughter as my life savers. I will cherish them forever. They both gave me back my life and helped me turn my back on a life that was out of control, going only in one direction... downhill very fast.

I had shut myself out from the rest of the world for too long!

I have always loved sports and I’ve always played sports, and it finally dawns on me that I can use my love for sports to help me make a life changing decision - to lose weight and to work out a plan on how to do this. That Monday morning I woke up very early. It’s not like I was sleeping much those days anyway, so I thought I get up and go for a walk. It was cold, dark, quiet. There was an eerie feeling about that morning and it would’ve been so easy to stay in bed…but I had to do it. My plan was to work on this very slowly. I mapped out the smallest block around my house and off I went. I started to walk. I got to about 500 meters and the pain in my lower back was excruciating. It took every bit of determination I had inside but I kept going and eventually did finish the walk (which was only 1km). I got through it but will it continue? That was painful.

The next morning I was off again. The same thing happened after 500 meters. The pain in my back felt like someone had hit me across my lower back with a baseball bat. Taking a deep breath, and remembering the sense of pride I felt for completing the task I had set myself the day before, I continued and finished the rest of the walk. I have to tell you though that after my walk I began to worry. What was it? What was that pain in my back? I know I’m carrying a lot of weight but what was that pain? I went and saw a friend that night who told me that it was nothing serious. It was just the weight I was carrying. That was the second event that has got me to the stage I am at now. I can do this and I can feel good about myself. I found that inner belief. Yes, it’s hard work and yes it can hurt like hell but the feeling of self-fulfilment afterwards makes it so rewarding. I have never looked back since. That was 18 months ago…

It has been a slow build up to it. I walked that 1 km block for about 2 weeks every morning. I then increased it to 1.5kms. Then 2 weeks or so later to 2kms and so on…I got to the point where I was walking for about an hour every morning. It was just over 5kms.

My name is Kon Adamopoulos. In the last 12 months I have lost 30 kilos. I have already inspired the people around me to start walking or bike riding…and like myself try something they had never thought do for themselves before. I have a long way to go but now I am on the right track. I have surrounded myself with good people. People with similar views, goals and values for a healthy and happy life. I have made a lot of friends at my gym. Close friends too. It has opened up a whole new social world for me and given me the confidence in myself I had hidden away before.

I strongly believe that I am a very lucky man. To the 2 girls that woke me up, to the great people I have met along this journey, to my personal trainer. There has been some chemistry there, a strong connection with all these people. They all have helped me, pushed me in the right direction. Thank you for that and thank you for the help that I am going to need no doubt in the future.


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*Pics shown of Kon are:
-Grey shirt before the 30kg weight loss
-Navy Blue shirt & shorts, Kon 30kg lighter & looking happier!

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