The Journey Begins!!!

Well, today is my first day of my blog. Why am I doing is and will anyone actually ever read it? I don't know, but it will help me keep a record of what I am up to and my weight loss journey. Growing up I played lots of sports and didn't have a weight problem. When I was 26 I weighed 175 lbs and had a very low body fat %. Now, at 45 I'm over 400lbs and though I'm still pretty healthy, I have to get this under control now. I am more committed to becomming healthy and a reasonable weight than I can ever remember since being overweight. Life is short and I want certain things from life and I know I can't enjoy them being overweight. With God's help, I am going to lick this thing once and for all.

Between June 2004 and February 2005 I lost about 85lbs. By July 2005 I was down to 342 which was over 100lbs lost. Then pressures at work and losing so many people in my life really started to work on me and I gained back quite a bit of weight. But before I gain it all back plus more, I am determined to conquer this. For me, being healthy in body, mind and spirit all starts with my weight. When I'm feeling good about myself and my body, it makes me closer to God, friends and family.

What am I doing different this time? After doing some research I found Nutrisystem. I thought, "why not." So on May 1st 2006 I received my first food shipment and after studying their program I got started. I will talk more about the system as time goes by, but so far as of this writing (May 21) I have lost 20lbs and been very happy with the program. In fact, some days I find it difficult to eat all the food I'm supposed to, which come out to about 1800-2100 calories a day.

So my 2nd weight loss journey begins, hopefully I have learned from mistakes that saw me regain so much weight and I can succeed at this. My life depends on it.

The picture of me in the Santa hat is around age 30 and weighing in at 175 lbs. I will post my "fat" pictures as I go along. It's very sad when you need to lose as much as you once weighed.