Step Number One.

Well, step one of ten-thousand has been taken. I have made the meal plan and have prepared the food that I will bring with me to work tomorrow. Tomorrow is the first day of my new life plan. I will be doing my best to try and stick to the new plan. I will need support and at times, someone to hold me accountable.

I plan on posting as much of my journey as possible. It will help me celebrate the little victories and overcome some of the adversity that goes along with weight loss. Most of all, I am hoping this keeps me motivated and accountable for my weight.

Wish me luck.

Mental Preparation

Starting next week is when I begin my journey. I will be documenting it on this blog as a way for me to remember where I have come from and why I don't want to go back there. I don't care if anyone follows this blog, but if they do I hope it inspires them to lose weight as well.

My current situation sucks. I am fat. there is no other description for it. You can call it obese, or chunky. You can even get politically correct and call me overweight. I can't walk up one flight of stairs and hold a conversation. When walking up a hill I go into "silent mode." I don't feel like I can play with my son as much as I want to. I also feel like I miss out on fun activities because I am either too out of shape or too embarrassed.

Recently, I was asked to join a softball team. I thought it would be a lot of fun, especially since I was an active baseball player in high school and I love playing the game. I went out to practice with them one time. I was only there for 45 minutes or so, but I felt like I couldn't keep up. I was out of breath from just swinging a bat. At that moment, I thought what has my life become? What am I doing?

I never feel well anymore. I always feel blah. I remember the days when I used to just feel good. That's not how it is anymore. This may be attributed to aging, but most of it I feel is weight related.

Right now, on this day I plan on making a promise. I promise to be a better person/dad/husband/friend. Breckin, I promise you that I will work hard to be a better father, companion, and play buddy. Ella, I promise you that I will be there for you and will be active when you start going non-stop. Holly, I promise that I will do all that I can to be around for you and the kids forever. Mom, I promise that I will work hard to prevent an early death that can cause so much pain. I promise to overall reset my health. Mentally and physically. Most of all, I promise to start loving myself again.

Fatty Fatty 2x4

Well, what can I say. I am fat. F-A-T. I am so tired of being fat and feeling like crap. What am I going to do about it? Lose weight. Here is how it is going to break down.

Plan A) qualify for the biggest loser. Most of you are saying that I am not big enough to qualify for the show. I don't care, I am the biggest loser that I know. I am going to try to do this with one of my good friends, #10. Once on the show, I would plan on losing 100 - 110 lbs.

Plan B) lose the weight at home. I don't know how. I just know that I need to lose the weight. If Plan A doesn't pan out, then this is what will happen.

Plan C) win millions and millions of dollars, and quit my job. How will this help me? I don't know, but wouldn't it be nice.

Either way I will try to post my journey here as much as possible. Even if no one follows me, at least I will have a record of it and perhaps it will keep me motivated.

Wish me luck.

Easter Weekend

Nothing that I have done today is cool, or exciting. So I am going to focus on the weekend.

We have a neighborhood Easter egg hunt tomorrow that starts at 10:30. It should be fun, we are going to have around 450 eggs for the kids to find. There are going to be three age groups; 1 - 3 years, 3 - 7 years, and 7 -10 years. Breckin is in the first group. It should be fun. After that we have a neighborhood BBQ to attend, which should be a good time. Everyone plans on bringing their BBQs out front and grilling up some grub.

I also am taking Tiki to the groomers to get her nails clipped and bathed. I hope it goes well for her, she could use it. We have a tax appointment at that afternoon as well. Then a quite evening at home decorating eggs for the real Easter.

Easter morning we are going to be going to brunch at the golf course. That should be fun.

With everything that is happening this weekend, hopefully I get some time to cross off some honey-dos.

Goodbye Old & Busted, Hello New Hotness

Well, it's was an interesting weekend. My wife and I bought two new cars. Her car was quite old and she really needed one. I needed to trade in my Acura so that I could get a cheaper car so that we could afford it so there you have it. We went out on Sunday morning to look at her car first. We ended up getting her a Saturn Vue. Not a bad a car and, as I discovered later, Saturns are very easy to buy. Once we finished up there we parted ways so that Breckin she could get Breckin home.

I went to the Jeep dealership with Rob, where it was a totally different ball game. The negotiations were definetly different (Saturn doesn't negotiate on price). I finally left the dealership feeling like I was getting a decent deal. I ended up buying a Jeep Patriot.

I will never buy more than one car in one day again.

Since then, we both love our cars. Both get very good gas mileage and are comfortable enough to drive long distances (look out Granny here we come.) I can finally go to the hardware store again without wondering how the heck I am going to get something home.