Getting Started

The fact of the matter is that I don't blog already, reason being, I'm just not sure that anyone wants to read what I have to write. So, lets get started with that assumption, that not many people are going to be reading this, but I'm going to go ahead and do it anyway.

In February of 2007 I started a journey to drop some weight. (In a future post, I'll get the beginning of the story down in the blog, just not right this minute.) I was not completely prepared for the changes that my body would undergo, both in good ways, and in the new struggles that it would present in myself. More importantly than the physical changes have been the emotional ones that I've gone through. Most of them have been amazing, and some of them have just sucked.


(Picture of the roommates and I, circa November 2006 at the Texas A&M-K.U. football game in Lawrence. Estimated weight, 370+ pounds.)

To make my first real confession, these last six months or so have been some of the most trying in my life. I haven't really lost any weight in that time, though I have gotten stronger, lost some inches, and begun to feel more positive about who I am as a person, I'm still trying to come to grips with lots of who it is that I'm becoming.

In trying some new things out, I was given the suggestion of beginning a weight loss blog. I think its a wonderful idea, one i'm not sure how many of you will follow along with, but one that i think will allow me to get some things off my chest that are both good, and right at the time. Along with some things that are not so good, and not right, but that still need to get out there.
Alright, I'm starting to get sick of this notion that the only way to track a life change like I'm experiencing right now is with weight, so I'll note most of my progress mainly with just how I feel about myself. Sure, the weight i carry will often be a major factor in that mood, but in time I'd like for that factor to play an increasingly smaller role in the process of chaning myself.

For now, I feel ok with who I am. I started eating more from the Eat Clean diet, and I feel energized. It's been good stuff so far, and the food is more promising than lots of stuff you see in weight loss plans. Mostly fresh vegetables and fruit, with some fun things thrown in there like flax seeds and bee pollen. I havent gotten the bee pollen yet, but I'm gonna run to the store in the morning and pick some up. The author (the name escapes me at the moment) swears that on some oatmeal with a banana mixed in is delicious, I'll let you know. (Picture: me about a month ago, singing some song, terribly i assure you, weight 265ish pounds.)
I plan of getting some more stuff down in the next day or so.