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.