This journey began with the move that my wife and I made to South Carolina in 2007. My in-laws took a photo of my wife and I standing on the steps of the house we were leaving moments before we were in our cars headed to a new home.
After we had settled in our new apartment in South Carolina, I spent an evening setting up my comoputer and downloading some photos. The picture of my wife and me on the front steps of the church was there. I was shocked at how big I was. My gut was huge.
That's was my moment. I decided then that I would lose this weight and get rid of it forever.
I wish it had been that easy. What began was a series of mishaps that revealed just how bad my physical condition was. I broke my right collar bone in February from doing Roman chair and chest flies. In May I developed seviere tendenitis in my right hip from runnning. After my right collar bone healed I developed a dibilitating pain in my right shoulder that had to be treated with a cortezone shot (never had one of those before). That plus a dozen other assorted ailements held me back physically. Nutritionally I thought I was doing great. I was certainly doing better, but my nutrition had been so bad almost anything would be an improvement. In fact, in spite of the injuries and the less than perfect nutrition, I was able to lose a hundred pounds in the course of a year and a half.
There is still so much to learn about myself and how my body reacts to what I'm doing. As of the fall of 2009 I am in a push to finish losing the gut. When I'm dressed I look thin enough. But I know about the blubber bulb under my shirt. I still have a significant layer of fat to lose. My goal is to be down to 172 pounds by January 1, 2010. And I plan to be the buffist dad attending at the wedding of my youngest son in July. Those are the goals I'm moving toward headlong right now.
I hope these posts will be helpful to folks who come this way. I've been through a log and I've learned a lot and I want to use it all to help other people have the same success with fat loss and muscle development that I'm having.
After we had settled in our new apartment in South Carolina, I spent an evening setting up my comoputer and downloading some photos. The picture of my wife and me on the front steps of the church was there. I was shocked at how big I was. My gut was huge.
That's was my moment. I decided then that I would lose this weight and get rid of it forever.
I wish it had been that easy. What began was a series of mishaps that revealed just how bad my physical condition was. I broke my right collar bone in February from doing Roman chair and chest flies. In May I developed seviere tendenitis in my right hip from runnning. After my right collar bone healed I developed a dibilitating pain in my right shoulder that had to be treated with a cortezone shot (never had one of those before). That plus a dozen other assorted ailements held me back physically. Nutritionally I thought I was doing great. I was certainly doing better, but my nutrition had been so bad almost anything would be an improvement. In fact, in spite of the injuries and the less than perfect nutrition, I was able to lose a hundred pounds in the course of a year and a half.
There is still so much to learn about myself and how my body reacts to what I'm doing. As of the fall of 2009 I am in a push to finish losing the gut. When I'm dressed I look thin enough. But I know about the blubber bulb under my shirt. I still have a significant layer of fat to lose. My goal is to be down to 172 pounds by January 1, 2010. And I plan to be the buffist dad attending at the wedding of my youngest son in July. Those are the goals I'm moving toward headlong right now.
I hope these posts will be helpful to folks who come this way. I've been through a log and I've learned a lot and I want to use it all to help other people have the same success with fat loss and muscle development that I'm having.
