Marijuana Helped Me Lose Weight

In my Freshman year of college I was 220 lbs. I wanted to lose weight, so I decided that the best way to do it was to run, which is something I still loath doing.

I had cut out all junk food and resorted to healthy servings of all food. This helped, but I wasn't seeing the results I wanted.

I eventually gave up and realized that the only way to lose the weight I wanted to lose was to exercise. Being on my High School's rowing team made me familiar with the ways and means, but it also had the adrenaline aspect to it. I was getting the workout only when I was being pushed to win a race or to get the boat going as fast as possible. There is not much of an adrenaline rush from just going to the gym.

Seeing as I knew I had to workout, and I knew I hated it, I tried something a bit unorthodox. I smoked marijuana before going to the gym. Not a big bowl, but enough to reduce to monotony of running around in circles for 2 miles at the gym and doing all the exercises I needed.

Long story short, here I am 5 years later at 170 lbs, with less fat that I burned off from running, more muscle that I gained from lifting, and better skin and overall health from eating right. The best part is, the running cleared my lungs of the smoke too.

If I didn't have weed, I would have decided it was all too much work. Without marijuana, the pain and monotonous repetition of exercise would have overcome me.