BEFORE - 315 lbs.                AFTER - 185 lbs.

YMCA Staff,
 
I just wanted to share my success story with the ones that changed my life.  I was always an overweight person.  I played offensive and defensive lineman in high school, so naturally I had to be a big person.  As I entered into my adult life, I did not change my eating habits.  I also did not do any sort of exercise.  In high school I was about 280 lbs with muscle and fat.  I got married when I was 19 to my beautiful wife, Jennifer.  I did not have time to exercise, and I was not making very good decisions for eating. 
 
About 7 years ago, I weighed about 315 lbs.  I had no energy.  Someone that I worked with told me about some diet pills.  I lost about 80 pounds in a year.  I stopped taking them, and then I went back to my regular routine.  I had gained almost all of the weight back.  I had since switched jobs and had regular work hours.  My wife and I had joined the YMCA.  She had lost a lot of weight by running and taking different classes.  I would still come home and sit in my recliner.  I was sitting there one day, and she told me how fat I looked just sitting there.  This is when the real action began. 
 
Before, I was not using my YMCA membership very often.  I think I abuse it now.  I started walking and running on the treadmill.  After a few months I was only running.  I started getting faster and running longer.  I started to compete with myself on 5 mile times.  My wife introduced me to body shaping classes with Terri Garza.  I was running and doing body shaping 5 days a week.  I was dropping the weight so fast.  I had also added Jenny Hering's body shaping class on Saturday morning.  I also started doing Turbokick classes, which I think is the best cardio workout ever.  I have been doing this for about 3 years now.  With all of these workouts, it inspired me to run a marathon.  In January 2010, I ran the full Miracle Match Marathon.  I think that was the biggest challenge of my life.  I have lost from 315 lbs to 185 lbs.  I owe it all to my wife, the YMCA, and the YMCA staff. 
 
I wanted to take this time and thank each and every one of you for changing my life for the better.  I also wanted to share my success story so that maybe someone else can change their life like I did. 

Casey Crow

THE OUTDOOR POOLS AT BOTH Y LOCATIONS WILL OPEN ON SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012.

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Waco Family YMCA
6800 Harvey Dr.
Waco, TX 76710
(254) 776-6612

Monday - Thursday / 5am - 10pm
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Saturday / 8am - 6pm / New hours beginning Saturday, May 26.  8am - 8pm
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Doris Miller Family YMCA
1020 Elm Dr., #900
Waco, TX 76704
(254) 752-1605

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Friday  / 6am - 9pm
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