My Humble Start

As long as I can remember, I've been overweight.  I don't know exactly when it started, but it was definitely in early grade school.  I could blame it on a ton of environmental things, but ultimately I ate too much and exercised way to little.  I've always been bad at sports and I've never really enjoyed much physical activity.  Growing up, I let vide games and TV eat most of my free time.  As I got older, I ate more.  I'm not sure exactly when I hit my current weight, but I feel it was in my late teens.  I've been holding strong around 350 for over 10 years now.  I'm 31, and I really need to lose some weight. 

Three years ago, I got married.  Back in December, God graced us with a precious baby boy.  I really want to see my son and wife grow old, and I know that the more weight I have, the less likely that's going to happen.  As a test, I want you to think of the oldest morbidly obese person you know...How old are they?  Would you say they have a high quality of life?  If I answer that truthfully, I don't think I like the answers.  I can't let that happen.  Not for me, and not for my son.  I don't want my son to live the life that I did being overweight.  I don't want to have to worry that I can't go in a canoe with my wife because of the weight limit.  I don't want to worry that a folding chair might break under me.  I really don't look as heavy as I am, but imagine how much better I'd feel, look, and be if I lost weight.  I need to change.

So let's talk current.  As of 3/14/2013, I weighed 355.5lbs.  I need to lose weight.  The first question is how much?  Well, lets figure that out.  According to www.thecalculatorsite.com, At 355 lbs. and a height of 6'3", I have a BMI of 44.4, which means I'm "Heavily Overweight".  Nothing surprising there.  In order to reach the "Normal Weight" I would have to weigh 200 lbs.  Doing a little searching around, I found a nice pretty chart that gives me similar numbers.

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I'd consider myself a "Large" frame size, so lets say that I need to weigh 176-202 lbs.  That means I have to lose 150 lbs.  Wow.  Let's make the goal a little easier to attain.  Let's say 250 lbs. is my goal.  That means I need to lose 105.5 lbs.  Once I reach that, if I still feel like I need to lose, I can keep going.

Lets talk time.  How long will it take?  Well, I guess that depends on how fast I lose.  I know it will start off fast and slow down as I move along.  If I could average 2 lbs. a week, that would give me a one year time frame (52 x 2 = 2 104lbs).  This isn't going to happen over night.  I'm looking at a long process.  Realistically, this could take twice that.  You know what though?  If I don't start today, this will take even longer.  If I don't make a change today, this could take 20 years.  Lets just make this happen.