Great story! Mine was similar. When I retired I weighed 162 pounds. I’m too short for that at 5’4”. I started walking in 5K benefit walk/runs in Knoxville and other places. In my first 5K in Knoxville, I was passed from an old man that jogged by me like I was standing still. When I caught up with him at a refreshment stop, I asked him how old he was. He said 94. I was determined to be him. LOL I was 58.
That led to walking country roads and riding a mountain bike. In 10 months, I was down to 116 pounds and riding a mountain bike 30 miles through wooded trails. You know that in the TN hills, that meant some climbing.
After I hurt my ankle almost 4 years ago, I have slowed way down but I do move. Heck, walking around that big hospital for three days almost crippled me. That place is so big that they have a GPS app to navigate it. I need to lose 15 pounds so I need to step it up.
I hope the home PT can get him moving. He’s moving better today but the Eliquis must make him a little unbalanced and weak in the legs (weaker than normal). He has never been happy about exercise but he’s going to have to start.