Fatty, fat, fat.

I be fat. Yes it is true, I be fat. Some would call it obese, but I just call it fatty, fat, fat.

Since I graduated from High School weighing close to 180 lbs, I have been on a not so steady weight increase. Since I got home from my mission the lightest I have weighed was 205 lbs, and that was a result of me chasing my wife--literally. You see when I first met Jen and began studying with her, we didn't really begin dating for a bit, what we did do is begin running together. Really what happened is she mentioned to me that she ran every day and I volunteered to run with her. So up until we got engaged Jen and I ran 6 days a week, and as I result I dropped down to 205 lbs. This 6 day a week running regimine had a couple other benefits: first it allowed me to meet my wife, get to know her, and get her to fall in love with me (I fell in love much sooner); second, it allowed me to lose enough weight so that I could get an 'A' in my weight lifting class--as grades were based upon your ability to lift a certain percentage of your body weight. But now I digress.

The purpose of this post is to affirm to the world that I am fat. As noted above it is not like I haven't known it. Were it not for the three years in high school all of my life since my early teenage years would have been pudgy--a nice fat roll hanging loosely around my mid section.

Well, to be honest I am tired of it and this post is more about publically recognizing that I have a problem that needs fixing, then about the suddent realization that I am a fatty, fat, fat.

My goal for this year is to be under 235. This would require an average weight loss of 1 lb per week. To make this happen I am doing the following:

• Daily exercise (20 mins cardio, and weights).
• Better eating. Salads or some other vegetable each dinner.
• Limiting my food consumption to breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus one snack.
• Not eating after 8pm (2 hours before my desired bed time).
• Eliminating Soda (diet or otherwise).
• Drinking water, rather than milk, when thirsty.
• Reducing the amount of television that I watch.

Starting weight (Jan 2): 288.5