I have made the decision now I need a plan to execute.
Good Evening everyone!
My name is John and over the last couple of months my wife and I have talked about me joining the military. Back when we first met I was wanting to join the army and had lost 35lbs in just under 3 months and was almost at my target weight. However, my wife has never cared for the idea so I decided to continue with college. I'm sorry for the amount of back story I'm about to give you all.
As I started to come towards the end of my associate degree I started to realize that I might have picked the wrong school. I talked to my parents about it but they were unable to take over my car payment and my rent if I quit school. I was a work/study at the school so if I was no longer a student I was no longer employed there. After graduating and moving into my bachelors degree I knew I was in trouble. No one was getting hired from my graduating class, including the valedictorian, so I knew I had to get out. As soon as my wife and I were married I quit and moved in with her parents. I've been laid off 3 times in the past year and my daughter was born on September 11th of this year.
So about two or three months ago my wife brought up me enlisting again. This time around it has proven to be more difficult. I am $68,000 in debt from student loans, My car was repossessed a few weeks ago and my credit is in the tank. It's all my fault for being young and dumb and not knowing what to research when it came to higher education. I have zero chance of going back to school. I've tried and my debt is just too high. I spoke with an army recruiter and he said my debt would be an issue when it came to a security clearance but I should still be able to get in.
The Marine Corps really didn't come into my head until someone mentioned it to me. Of course my father has always spoken highly of the Marine Corps because he is a Marine (graduated MCRD San Diego '69.) So I started thinking about it and I kept telling myself no I should just stick with the army and not make this any harder than it needs to be. Low and behold the more I told myself that the more I considered it. I caught myself calling Marine Corps cadence in my head when I ran. I told myself for weeks I don't want to do that but I ended up speaking with a recruiter anyway because something deep inside wants to put myself through the abuse. Can't really say why but I want to be a Marine.
So I speak with a Marine recruiter the other day and he says my DEP in weight is 209lbs. I'm currently 223lbs. I've gained a lot of the weight I lost back but 15lbs is a cake walk. The Marine recruiter gave me a diet plan called 18lbs in 4 days. Said he tried it and it worked. Has anyone else heard of this diet plan or tried it? I've always been told that it's never a good Idea to lose more than 5 or so pounds a week. I mean I'm up for doing it but I don't want to do more harm than good to my body.
I did not get a chance to talk to him about my debt as he seemed like he was kind of letting me know I need to get my weight down before they can do anything with me anyway, which I can understand. He did invite me to come PT with the poolees on Tuesday. I told him I'd be there.
So that's my story. I don't know that I will be posting too much around here. Mainly just reading and soaking up information.