16KG DOWN - I NEVER IMAGINED POSTING THIS!

Why? โฃ
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Not because I didnโ€™t think Leon ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‹๐ƒ do itโฃ
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I just never thought he ๐—ช๐Ž๐”๐‹๐ƒ do itโฃ
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๐’๐จ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐žโ€ฆ โฃ
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A few years ago, in what seems like a different life, Leon was my bossโ€ฆโฃ
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The thing about Leon, he is the hardest working man Iโ€™ve ever metโฃ
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Bar noneโ€ฆโฃ
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Working until 2-3am? No issuesโ€ฆ โฃ
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And whilst I admired and respected him, โฃ
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๐ˆ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐„ ๐‹๐ˆ๐Š๐„ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆโฃ
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Although an amazing dad and partner, and great โ€˜๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ตโ€™ leader, โฃ
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His physical health just wasnโ€™t a priorityโฃ
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He used to laugh when I talked about gym and eating healthier โฃ
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But my suspicion was that this was because he, like most menโฃ
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๐—ช๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐žโฃ
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If anyone had a legit โ€˜no timeโ€™ excuse, it was Leon. โฃ
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Yet, itโ€™s funny how certain life events reshape our perspective. โฃ
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๐€๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐จ, ๐‹๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ-๐›๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญโฃ
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He parked his ego and completely trusted our processโฃ
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He made a genuine commitment to his healthโฃ
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๐—ช๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐ˆ๐ โฃ
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And made his health an EQUAL priority โฃ
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From a guy that was โ€˜๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณโ€™โฃ
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๐“๐จ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ:โฃ
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Is 16kg down and 19cm less around the bellyโฃ
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Has completed a proper adventure race eventโฃ
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Can enjoy a curry or a beer without it becoming a benderโฃ
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Has become a genuinely โ€˜healthy manโ€™โฃ
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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ โ€˜๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐žโ€™โฃ
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A dad that can keep up with his young familyโฃ
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And a man that no longer chooses EITHER career or healthโฃ
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๐๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ๐˜ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐‹๐ โ€“ ๐€๐Œ๐€๐™๐ˆ๐๐†! โฃ
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I think this may just inspire a few more โ€˜no timersโ€™ to get startedโฃ

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