Fatty gets a clue!

Well, as much as I've tried to avoid it, I've finally broken down and did what I should have done years ago. I've joined Weight Watchers and turned over my weight loss to their capable hands. Since I started working out seriously again in February, I've gained fifteen pounds, and while I'm certain that some of that is muscle gained, I know that not all of it is. My clothes are fitting better, which is nice, but I needed to do more. I went to a WW meeting on Tuesday and decided that I really needed to get serious about losing weight before something bad happens. So I joined up and had my first weigh in......270 pounds!!!I've never been that heavy before, and more importantly, never will be again. I was absolutely stunned and I'm still a little shocked, but again, the only place that number is going is down. My end goal is 200 pounds, but right now my goal is just to stick to the program and see where it takes me.

This in no way implies that I'm not going to keep up with workouts. The other day, I was able to do three set of bench press at 135, and it only keeps going up. I'm really hoping that I'll meet my bench weight and my actual weight somewhere around 200 and keep the bench going up as the weight falls off. We'll see, and if nothing else, both are admirable goals. Plus, losing weight while gaining strength only helps me in my quest to get into good enough shape to test for a law enforcement position.

I don't think that I'll be testing anytime soon, and I probably won't test here in MT, unless Sy gets a great job offer here. I think I'll just wait until we get to the next place life takes us to jump off of that bridge. Aside from my big news, nothing else is really going on in my life. I've snuck out and played a few rounds of golf already this year and have been on the river fly fishing a couple of times but nothing terribly exciting. I hope all of you are well and I hope to hear from you soon. Wish me luck.

Ha, ha, ha!

The struggle continues.....

I really have no idea why this is so hard to keep up with. Maybe I just need to take some of the pressure off and make this more of a bi-weekly update schedule while allowing myself to post if something cool happens. But really, does this blog really needs rules? I'll think on it.

Anyway, I've been being a good boy about working out, and while I need to get in another day or two of cardio a week, I'm doing so much better than I ever have in the past. The weightlifting is going great and I'm really seeing some gains in most of my exercises. I'm not getting huge or anything right now, but I'm really developing some more upper body strength and definition in the shoulders and chest. Now if I could just make the belly disappear, we'd be set. I actually gained ten pounds since I started working out, but I've managed to shave offf about five of that. I'm still weighing in around 255, but I'm feeling better about myself and as it starts to get to be warmer and the days longer, I'm expecting the weight to really start falling off. My wife is really helping me with the healthy eating and I need to just continue what I'm doing.

I wanted to make the announcement that I will be in the midwest from around July 19th to August 1stish. I don't really want to give solid dates, because I don't want to be tied down by them. We'll be spending a good portion of the vacation in the Cedar Rapids area, but we'll try to get to the QC to see some of you and we'll see what we can do as it gets closer.

Aside from the summer vacation, I haven't been up to a whole lot. I went golfing in Livingston last week and it was gorgeous out. There was just the perfect breeze and barely a cloud in the sky. I didn't play altogether bad, but it wasn't my best round. I'm really playing fairly well for this time of year and am hoping to improve as the season continues. I haven't been fly fishing in awhile because of the run off conditions on the rivers, but I'm looking forward to getting back to that soon as well. Basically, I've just been living life and staying out of trouble as best I can. Take care.