2012 going into 2013 was the most successful weightloss of my life. Went from 308 to 258 and plateaued. This was doing Title Boxing Club 3-5 times a week (depending on my motivation). I then hit a rough patch emotionally and said fuck it for a while. As a result, I have gained about half of the weight back.
I signed up at Metro Fitness through work a couple of weeks ago, haven't gone yet for the simple reason that I am supposed to have 2 personal training sessions first, and the dude hasn't called me yet. I'll reach out to someone after the first of the year goes by.
My goals this time around are to get past my previous 258 plateau, and learn WTF I am doing (never been in or taught how to use a "regular gym" in my entire life, grew up in a fat family). May be unrealistic, but I would really like to see 200lbs or less for the first time in my adult life.
Never played sports past grade school due to being flat footed and being in constant pain if I had to run, and I had the same problem when I was a Title. You start out running laps before each session, and I always had to stop after just a couple of minutes. Not due to being out of breath or whatever, but from the pain my feet were in, and this is even after getting custom fit shoes. I am hoping to do less impactful stuff at this new gym.