From the couch of Couch Potato Man...: One Year Later.....

When I first started to make a lifestyle change I never ever thought I was this overweight.   No way I was this BIG, it was impossible. Several pics later opened up my eyes.  Not only had I just let myself go, but I've fallen off the cliff twice. You would think small signs would have jump start my change.  The constant aching knees and back. Trouble tying my shoes. Looking down and not seeing my man junk.   Waking up in the middle of the night because I stopped breathing. Ssshhhh.......don't tell my wife.   Very scary stuff.   All these things and photos is what freaked me out! Photos. Seeing these photos was depressing and angered filled. How did I let myself go? Why did I let myself go? What is wrong with me?

Believe me when I say this. This was a hard, tough thing for me to do. To undo years and years of living a certain way. To come to grips with what I needed changed. I had my ups, but my downs out numbered my ups twice over.   Its damn hard changing 20 years of bad habits. I got use to eating what I want when ever I wanted and it didn't matter.   Well it does matter.

Last summer I was 277. But I'm not sure if that is right. It took me several weeks to build up the balls to get on the scale. I didn't want to get on there. I knew it was bad news. Who wants to see bad news.   The pictures were bad enough, now the scale.   I had to do it! I needed to know my starting point. The beginning that I did not want to see ever, ever again.

As of this morning, I'm 49lbs lighter. I feel great! My knees and back don't hurt constantly! I don't have to reach around my gut to tie my shoes. My man junk is no longer on a milk carton. And the best part, no more waking up in the middle of the night because I can't breathe. The only bad thing out of this whole thing is I need to buy new clothes. I don't have extra money to be spending on new clothes.  So in the mean time, I just make new holes in my belts. Wear my oversized shirts. Let my shorts hang around my ass showing my underwear (that is the style). Thems the breaks for changing my life.

Hopefully the next 28lbs falls off fast. 200lbs coming soon to a neighborhood near you. I hope to be visiting soon.