Fast Forward to January 28

It was about mid April last year that I decided that I wanted to lose weight. I was pretty close to 210 lbs. The first goal for me was to stop over eating. Every time I sat down to eat a meal I would eat until I was overstuffed and wash it all down with a soda/beer or two. Then I would follow eating such a large meal with a nice cigar (Black & Mild). After cutting back how much I ate/drank I dropped 10 lbs fairly easy within two months or so. My weight continued to rise and fall for the next couple months and then came the holidays. I did ok during this time but I’m sure I could have done better. I had been thinking about joining a gym sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas but we all know that isn’t the best time to add to the monthly bills. I’m not going to say it was a New Year’s resolution just because most people don’t seem to take them serious or at least I usually don’t. I got a membership at Gold’s Gym around the 4th of January and I have been going habitually for the last couple weeks. They also sold me on having a personal trainer 2x a month. My first day I weighed in at 197 lbs, with a body fat percentage of 23.7%. This morning I weighed 181 lbs. I’m really excited about that and I’ve challenged myself to a 13 week, no excuses challenge. For the next 13 weeks I want to hit the gym and do cardio before work and then go back during lunch and lift weights. I plan to post everyday on what I did that day at the gym and what I ate during the day. I should be getting another body fat reading in a couple days so I’ll post that when I find out.