Posted 11:27 pm Sunday, November 11, 2012
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Tyler pastor gets fit with an app, Fitbit
By DANA HUGHEY
KYTX CBS19
A Tyler pastor was shocked into making a lifestyle change. Bobby Bressman said his wake-up call came when his doctor diagnosed him as obese.
KYTX CBS19
A Tyler pastor was shocked into making a lifestyle change. Bobby Bressman said his wake-up call came when his doctor diagnosed him as obese.
The doctor also gave Bobby Bressman, the pastor at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, more sobering news. He needed to work on his blood pressure, stress management and stop living a sedentary lifestyle.
“I came home and Googled it and the medical definition for obesity fit me, in fact, I was just barely under morbidly obese,” Bressman said. “I started thinking, ‘What do I need to do to lose weight?’”
Bressman snapped a picture the day he vowed to cut back on the calories and to start tracking his movement. He weighed 262 pounds and was taking in about 3,700 calories a day.
Bressman signed up for a free app from loseit.com. It calculated how many calories to eat to lose about two pounds a week.
“I didn’t want to lose weight to lose weight, which is a good reason. I didn’t just want to lose weight just to see my kids have kids, which is one thing the doctor said I probably wouldn’t have been able to do if I continued the way I was going. The real reason I wanted to lose weight was to be a good steward honestly, for people to be able to say, if he can do it, I can do it, too,” Bressman said.
Bressman snapped a picture the day he vowed to cut back on the calories and to start tracking his movement. He weighed 262 pounds and was taking in about 3,700 calories a day.
Bressman signed up for a free app from loseit.com. It calculated how many calories to eat to lose about two pounds a week.
“I didn’t want to lose weight to lose weight, which is a good reason. I didn’t just want to lose weight just to see my kids have kids, which is one thing the doctor said I probably wouldn’t have been able to do if I continued the way I was going. The real reason I wanted to lose weight was to be a good steward honestly, for people to be able to say, if he can do it, I can do it, too,” Bressman said.
He also started wearing a Fitbit, which counts steps and calories burned. He’s now at 193 pounds, just four pounds away from his goal.
Bressman is enjoying better health now, his blood pressure is normal, he’s sleeping without snoring and he’s enjoying his new active lifestyle. So much so, he and his wife are planning to train for a 5K.
Bressman said some of the people in his congregation saw his success and started following a similar plan.
Watch Dana Hughey’s “Fit City Success” reports each Thursday during KYTX CBS19’s 10 p.m. news.
Bressman is enjoying better health now, his blood pressure is normal, he’s sleeping without snoring and he’s enjoying his new active lifestyle. So much so, he and his wife are planning to train for a 5K.
Bressman said some of the people in his congregation saw his success and started following a similar plan.
Watch Dana Hughey’s “Fit City Success” reports each Thursday during KYTX CBS19’s 10 p.m. news.
