Going...Going...GONE!

As one can easily see, the frequency in which I have taken time to blog over the past few months has dwindled to almost nothing. You see back in December I had the old annual physical. A physical, you know, where the doctor says you need more exercise, you need to eat a better diet, blah, blah, blah...

When the nurse weighed me I was horrified with the number she wrote down - in fact I think I got whiplash double checking to make sure my eyes hadn't suddenly failed me... Sad to say, I was at my all time highest weight of 335lbs. Being 6'2", I hide the weight pretty well as most people wouldn't beleive I weight THAT much. Nevertheless, it is true.

To top it off, the nurse called me at home the next day to say that based on my blood work, the doctor wanted to start me on medication as I'm showing the beginning signs of being diebetic. Having a long family history of hypertention and diabeties, I knew I didn't want that to deal with.

In January I made a committment to myself and my wife and kids to change. I began dieting and exercising. In February I purchased a treadmill and added both a morning and evening walk to my schedule. At the end of March I joined the exercise facility at my place of employment...

Today, April 8, 2008 - a little over 3 months from the beginning - I can say GONE to 60lbs.

Thats right I weighed 274.5lbs. at this morning's weigh in! 60lbs. Thats more that my 6 year old weighs, heavier than a bag of concrete mix, thats more than 7 gallon jugs of milk (a gallon of milk weight 8.5lbs.). No wonder I have so much more energy.

So, if you need an execuse for my lack of posting or question my committment, just suffice it to say that I'm prolly on the treadmill or at the gym working more of this insane weight off. My goal is to be down to 260lbs. when I go back to my doctor at the end of May. The ultimate goal is to be down to around 200lbs.