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<\/a>Goodbye to the Big Guy Growing up, Lee Dittemore always embraced the role of being the \u201cbig guy.\u201d Sometimes quite literally. \u201cWhen I was in college, I weighed over 300 pounds and I\u2019ll never forget my acting professor excitedly proclaiming that I was his \u2018token fat guy\u2019 and, from there, I was typecast,\u201d Lee remembered. \u201cI loved him to death and I know he cared about me too, but hearing those words made me wonder if that\u2019s how people really saw me.\u201d Those words haunted Lee and he was determined to break out of the role that he had, until now, so cheerfully embraced. He joined a gym, quickly started losing weight and almost immediately felt better and more energetic. Then, life happened \u2014 college graduation, first jobs, marriage, kids. He regained the weight and re-embraced the big guy role. Back at around 300 pounds, Lee joined another gym \u2014 this one boot camp style \u2014 and, again, lost a lot of weight quickly. Then, life happened again. \u201cWeight loss, being healthy and staying fit has been a roller coaster of sorts in my life,\u201d said Lee. \u201cI had settled with the fact that I would always just be the \u2018big guy,\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201cOnce again, I was around 300 pounds and, at 37 years old, I simply had decided that this is who I would always be,\u201d Lee recalled. Then, in April 2017, Lee\u2019s parents introduced him and his wife to Workout Anytime Boiling Springs (SC). \u201cHonestly, I wasn’t excited; I felt like I had \u2018been there, done that\u2019 with other gyms. But, my folks kept hounding me and offered to sign us up and pay for the membership. I figured I would give it one last chance,\u201d said Lee.<\/p>\nThe first trip didn\u2019t go well. According to Lee, \u201cmy wife almost literally had to drag me out of the house. I didn\u2019t want to be there. I was determined not to disappoint myself again by getting on that same roller coaster.\u201d But this time would be different. \u201cIn my past gym experiences, the staff would maybe show you how to use the machines and then you were on your own. At Workout Anytime, [Club Manager] DJ and [Fitness Manager] Raquel taught us things about nutrition, body types and fitness that we\u2019d never heard before,\u201d explained Lee. \u201cI was eating close to 6,000 calories per day and a lot of it was in the form of fast food. Raquel helped me understand the optimal calorie range for my body type and developed a workout for me. A few weeks later, the weight started coming off faster than it ever had but I was still skeptical. I just thought it was water weight,\u201d Lee remembered.<\/p>\n
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To date, Lee has lost 75 pounds and recently came in third place in his first four-week weight loss challenge. <\/a>But that\u2019s not the currency that counts most to him. \u201cI\u2019m having the time of my life doing things with my sons that I didn\u2019t have energy for before,\u201d beamed Lee. \u201cIt used to be that kicking the soccer ball or playing basketball would be torture for me; I\u2019d play for five minutes and basketball would be torture for me; I\u2019d play for five minutes and then make my way back to the recliner. Now, I\u2019m challenging my oldest son to foot races and winning them. And he\u2019s a fast little booger!\u201d Initially reluctant to attempt yet another gym membership that would end in disappointment, Lee is quick to share the credit for his success. \u201cJoining Workout Anytime has been one of the BEST decisions of my life. The staff here has been amazing at helping me along my fitness journey and I know I couldn’t have done it without them,\u201d said Lee. \u201cWith my past attempts, I always knew there would come a time to climb the hill again on the roller coaster. But, this time, I understand that there is no more roller coaster. Workout Anytime taught me how to change my life and, for the first time, I finally realized that I\u2019m not going to be the \u2018big guy\u2019 any more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-341","blogs","type-blogs","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLee Dittemore Featured in The Pulse | Workout Anytime Boiling Springs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lee Dittemore Featured in The Pulse | Workout Anytime Boiling Springs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our very own member, LEE DITTEMORE was featured in this month’s national newsletter! 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<\/a>Goodbye to the Big Guy Growing up, Lee Dittemore always embraced the role of being the \u201cbig guy.\u201d Sometimes quite literally. \u201cWhen I was in college, I weighed over 300 pounds and I\u2019ll never forget my acting professor excitedly proclaiming that I was his \u2018token fat guy\u2019 and, from there, I was typecast,\u201d Lee remembered. \u201cI loved him to death and I know he cared about me too, but hearing those words made me wonder if that\u2019s how people really saw me.\u201d Those words haunted Lee and he was determined to break out of the role that he had, until now, so cheerfully embraced. He joined a gym, quickly started losing weight and almost immediately felt better and more energetic. Then, life happened \u2014 college graduation, first jobs, marriage, kids. He regained the weight and re-embraced the big guy role. Back at around 300 pounds, Lee joined another gym \u2014 this one boot camp style \u2014 and, again, lost a lot of weight quickly. Then, life happened again. \u201cWeight loss, being healthy and staying fit has been a roller coaster of sorts in my life,\u201d said Lee. \u201cI had settled with the fact that I would always just be the \u2018big guy,\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201cOnce again, I was around 300 pounds and, at 37 years old, I simply had decided that this is who I would always be,\u201d Lee recalled. Then, in April 2017, Lee\u2019s parents introduced him and his wife to Workout Anytime Boiling Springs (SC). \u201cHonestly, I wasn’t excited; I felt like I had \u2018been there, done that\u2019 with other gyms. But, my folks kept hounding me and offered to sign us up and pay for the membership. I figured I would give it one last chance,\u201d said Lee.<\/p>\n