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I am a 26 year old guy with a weight problem.  I am currently (as of May 2, 2007) 250 lbs and 6′0″ tall.  This blog is a record of my journey to fix that problem.

I wasn’t always fat.  Seriously.  I was a skinny little kid up until about 2nd grade.  Then I started to pack on the pounds.  By the time 5th grade hit, I was getting ridiculed mercilessly in school and was pretty much a reject.  This is when I first realized that being fat sucks.

All through high school and through my 2nd year of college, I was chubby, hitting the 260 mark at one point.  After my 2nd year of college, I basically could no longer afford food and was living on Ramen and whatever else poor college students live on. (BEER)  I also started working out at the campus Rec 5-6 times a week because I didn’t have much else to do.  Needless to say, I lost a small person.  My weight dropped 80 lbs. from 260 to 180 and kept it off for over 2 years.

Soon enough though, college was finished.  I now have a cushy office job that involves a lot of chair-sitting and working hours that are not conducive to spending everyday in the gym.  Over the course of 3 years, I ballooned up to almost 270 at one point.  January of 2006 was a dark period for me that involved WAYYY too much frozen pizza and sitting on my ass watching TV.  90 lbs in 3 years!

Since then, I’ve been making sure to eat better, but have not really made the effort to exercise properly.  20 lbs in just over a year isn’t bad, but I really want to crank up the progress, so here we are.

My father was recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.  Other members of my family have also had to deal with Type 2 and Type 1 diabetes, so I know how shitty this disease is and what it does to people.  I know it might sound selfish, but I don’t want to deal with it.  There is also a history of heart disease in my family, so I’ve got another tick against me.  Again, I don’t want to deal with heart disease if it all possible.  I remember what it is was like when my grandfather had to have quadruple bypass heart surgery.  It was horrible.  As much as I don’t want to have to deal with it, I don’t want my family to have to deal with me.

So, I’m taking a stand against being fat. This blog is my reckoning stick where I can see my progress, good or bad.  It’s a place that I have to be accountable to, where other people can see what I’m doing for myself.  You will see me shrink, and hopefully it will provide you with some motivation to get in shape yourself if you are not in shape, because we all know that BEING FAT SUCKS!