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    Marine Learns Difference Between Thin and Fit

    Marine Learns Difference between Thin and Fit

    Photo By Lance Cpl. Kailey Maraglia | Private Jonsebastian Andrade, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, executes a...... read more read more

    SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES

    10.03.2016

    Story by Lance Cpl. Kailey Maraglia 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego   

    Andrade is a Richland Hills, Texas, native who, as a wrestler in high school, was always trying to cut weight to compete in lighter weight class.
    “I was skinny, but I wasn’t fit,” said Andrade. “While wrestling, I always made weight somehow. One time I was two pounds over and had a wrestling match that evening, so I had to drop two pounds in a day, and I did it.”
    The majority of his weight loss was water weight, which often caused dehydration.
    “I weighed between 160 pounds to about 180 pounds through most of high school, but my weight was constantly fluctuating,” said Andrade.
    After graduating high school, he attended community college and worked part time. He was no longer competing and had no reason to cut weight.
    “After high school I stopped working out,” said Andrade. “I had a job and my job required me to work late. A lot of times after work I would just go out and eat.”
    Andrade’s hectic schedule after high school resulted in him gaining 60 pounds and becoming out of shape.
    Then one day things changed. His local recruiting station set up a booth at his school, and he had his first conversation with a recruiter. He was interested in the opportunity to enlist, but he needed to lose weight to be eligible.
    “At first, the Marine Corps was my incentive to lose the weight,” said Andrade. “After I lost the weight I thought, ‘Let me see if I can earn the title.’ It would be the ultimate proof that I could do anything.”
    With a motivated attitude, the new applicant started to withdraw from his unhealthy habits.
    “Instead of just eating after work, I went and worked out,” said Andrade. “At first I started working out on my own, and then I started working out with the poolees.”
    In just four months, and with the help from his recruiter and other poolees, Andrade was able to lose 60 pounds and met the Marine Corps physical standards.
    “At first it was really tough because everything made me tired,” said Andrade.
    Andrade returned to his high school weight, except this time he was much healthier.
    “I don’t think I would have been able to enlist if I still had the same habits I did in high school,” said Andrade. “I was losing weight back then, but it wasn’t very healthy the way.”
    Once his weight was stable and where he wanted it to be, he began working on endurance and strength. His competitive attitude only caused him to get better.
    “I worked out with another poolee, my good friend in Golf Company,” said Andrade. “He motivated me when we competed like rivals to outdo one another. That helped me lose a lot of weight.”
    Upon graduating recruit training the new Marine is confident that the Marine Corps’ competitive environment will always allow him to stay fit and continue to improve physically.
    Following recruit training, Andrade will report to the School of Infantry at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., and then to his military occupational specialty school. Lima Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 7.

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    Date Taken: 10.03.2016
    Date Posted: 10.07.2016 11:53
    Story ID: 211549
    Location: SAN DIEGO, CA, US

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