I have always had trouble with my weight. I grew up as a chubby kid in a fat family. Most of our family functions revolved around food, standing around the table stuffing our faces as long as we weren’t talking (and sometimes at the same time). If we weren’t home we were out to eat or something along those lines because god forbid we do anything that doesn’t involve food.

In high school I continued being fat, getting made fun of whenever I had my shirt off. For being a fat kid I was always a pretty decent athlete because I could almost keep up with all the kids who were in shape. That always made me wonder how good I could have been should I got off the couch and actually exercised. Oh well, I’m not going to dwell on it now.

In college I actually hit my stride a bit once I got away from home. I went to the gym, I played basketball and football with my friends and I got out of the house more. Even when I went out to eat bad at least I got some exercise or at least got off the couch. I actually got in to really good shape during college simply because I wasn’t just laying there playing video games… well, not most of the time anyway.

After college I started to get fat again but took some dramatic steps and tried a few diets. At first I tried Weight Watchers and that worked ok but didn’t get me to where I needed to be. Then found a coupon for medifast and started that diet to get down to a good weight and it worked. Then started hitting the gym hard, working out twice a day, once lifting and once running. I felt great and I had more energy and was a heck of a lot more productive than I ever was before.

Eventually I met Mrs. Right and got married. We have since had one child and have one on the way as I write this, and slowly I’ve gained back all the weight I lost and then some. Right now I’m sitting here at 285 pounds at just over 6′ tall. I’ve been told I “carry the weight well” but that doesn’t help my heart from straining or my back and knees from aching or breathing hard from just going up stairs. I need to start again on my diet and I need to make it work. My children (and soon to be children) deserve to have their dad while they grow up and I’m not going to be selfish enough to take that away from them.

So here’s where I start. I’m not sure who will read this but I will try to keep you posted regularly as I make progress… both good and bad. NOW is the time that I lose weight!