Sorry, this is kindof a cross post, but I wanted to have an introduction to my diary. I will be trying to keep all of you in the loop to what I'm doing as I move forward. I'm planning on posting weekly. Thanks for keeping me on the strait and narrow. 
My name is Austin, and I’ve been a chronic overweight dude since I was in jr high. The most I’ve weighed was 230lbs and a size 40 pants. I tried some radical dieting and lost almost 70lbs before I changed back to old habits and gained most of it back again. I now weigh 205lbs and have a goal weight of 170. I’m using the scooby’s workshop workout plan with dieting using healthy choice meals. The workouts are great and I joined a gym nearby. Plus the healthy choice meals aren’t the worst things to eat. My old diet just consisted of Progresso soup, so this is defiantly a one up from that. I plan to diet and exercise until I lose the weight again and this time keep it off. I also would like to become an amateur natural (no hard steroids or creatine ect) body builder. I’m coming here for a means of finding people who understand what it’s like to have excess weight and have either lost it or are on their way to losing it. I’m sorry, but people who have super metabolism and can just keep weight off just don’t understand. I don’t know how many times I’ve been told by a guy who has never had more than 10lbs of total body fat in his entire life just to run a lot. In my experience it’s all about nutrition and exercise. Without one or the other you just don’t benefit. But I guess with me it’s a little different. Because I’m only 5’8-or 9 I’ve always been the short guy. This means that I don’t want to just be thin, I want to be thick with muscle. Everyone uses metaphors to classify self image. As of right now I want to be the mini bull dowser. Wide shoulders at the top, barrel chested, and in a V shape that goes to a 32 pant size. Once I’ve completed (or progress in) this task I will put up some pictures and put them up. My church that I go to always talks about ministries. I want my ministry to be a man who has had a weight problem, and not only beat it, but beat it into the ground with a 20lb sledge. I want to become a mentor to help people, and to be able to set people on a path to better health and better mental and physical strength. I believe in people, and the only person that stops any of us from completing our goals in us. We must make our vision a reality, and put it into action. I hope that I will be able to learn from many of you fine people as I take my journey. But isn’t that the truth, it’s not just about the journey, but the friends you make during it.
Thanks for your support
Austin
The future Mini Bull Dowser
My name is Austin, and I’ve been a chronic overweight dude since I was in jr high. The most I’ve weighed was 230lbs and a size 40 pants. I tried some radical dieting and lost almost 70lbs before I changed back to old habits and gained most of it back again. I now weigh 205lbs and have a goal weight of 170. I’m using the scooby’s workshop workout plan with dieting using healthy choice meals. The workouts are great and I joined a gym nearby. Plus the healthy choice meals aren’t the worst things to eat. My old diet just consisted of Progresso soup, so this is defiantly a one up from that. I plan to diet and exercise until I lose the weight again and this time keep it off. I also would like to become an amateur natural (no hard steroids or creatine ect) body builder. I’m coming here for a means of finding people who understand what it’s like to have excess weight and have either lost it or are on their way to losing it. I’m sorry, but people who have super metabolism and can just keep weight off just don’t understand. I don’t know how many times I’ve been told by a guy who has never had more than 10lbs of total body fat in his entire life just to run a lot. In my experience it’s all about nutrition and exercise. Without one or the other you just don’t benefit. But I guess with me it’s a little different. Because I’m only 5’8-or 9 I’ve always been the short guy. This means that I don’t want to just be thin, I want to be thick with muscle. Everyone uses metaphors to classify self image. As of right now I want to be the mini bull dowser. Wide shoulders at the top, barrel chested, and in a V shape that goes to a 32 pant size. Once I’ve completed (or progress in) this task I will put up some pictures and put them up. My church that I go to always talks about ministries. I want my ministry to be a man who has had a weight problem, and not only beat it, but beat it into the ground with a 20lb sledge. I want to become a mentor to help people, and to be able to set people on a path to better health and better mental and physical strength. I believe in people, and the only person that stops any of us from completing our goals in us. We must make our vision a reality, and put it into action. I hope that I will be able to learn from many of you fine people as I take my journey. But isn’t that the truth, it’s not just about the journey, but the friends you make during it.
Thanks for your support
Austin
The future Mini Bull Dowser
