Cord the Seeker
New member
Greetings, all.
I found this site today and it looks liek a great and supportive community. I hope to share my progress with you all.
About me:
I am 42 years old, married to a wonderful supportive woman, and have a radiant 5 year old daughter.
I currently weigh 311lbs, and am 5'11". I have been heavy all my life (250lbs at age 20, 315lbs at age 30), and have always worried and fretted about it, with corresponding damage to my self-image and confidence. For all that, throughout my adult life I have rarely been a total slug, and have enjoyed being semi-active, walking, learning martial arts etc.
However, I have only once seriously tried to take that weight off and get fit. In 2005 I started a serious programme of diet and exercise. I worked out regularly (weight training, walking and swimming), ate a lot better (weight watchers points system but didn't actually join WW), and lost 40 pounds in 4 months. Then a personal incident occurred which derailed me completely. I was working, taking care of wife, daughter, and house, and exercise just fell by the wayside. Diet did too, as I am a stress/comfort eater. Nowadays life is normal, but I am back to just a few pounds shy of my all time high weight.
But it was working until then. I know it can be done.
So what happened? I was on holiday in Vancouver with my family last week, and somewhere inside me a switch got thrown. I wasn't going to just whine and fret anymore. I'm going to change.
I've always been a proponent of personal responsibility, a go-it-alone type, but I've been thinking that joining a community of people doing the same thing can only help. So here I am, inviting you all along on my journey, and joining you in yours.
Maybe we can help each other along the way.
Sorry if this is long-winded - I had to get some of that initial stuff off my chest.
I found this site today and it looks liek a great and supportive community. I hope to share my progress with you all.
About me:
I am 42 years old, married to a wonderful supportive woman, and have a radiant 5 year old daughter.
I currently weigh 311lbs, and am 5'11". I have been heavy all my life (250lbs at age 20, 315lbs at age 30), and have always worried and fretted about it, with corresponding damage to my self-image and confidence. For all that, throughout my adult life I have rarely been a total slug, and have enjoyed being semi-active, walking, learning martial arts etc.
However, I have only once seriously tried to take that weight off and get fit. In 2005 I started a serious programme of diet and exercise. I worked out regularly (weight training, walking and swimming), ate a lot better (weight watchers points system but didn't actually join WW), and lost 40 pounds in 4 months. Then a personal incident occurred which derailed me completely. I was working, taking care of wife, daughter, and house, and exercise just fell by the wayside. Diet did too, as I am a stress/comfort eater. Nowadays life is normal, but I am back to just a few pounds shy of my all time high weight.
But it was working until then. I know it can be done.
So what happened? I was on holiday in Vancouver with my family last week, and somewhere inside me a switch got thrown. I wasn't going to just whine and fret anymore. I'm going to change.
I've always been a proponent of personal responsibility, a go-it-alone type, but I've been thinking that joining a community of people doing the same thing can only help. So here I am, inviting you all along on my journey, and joining you in yours.
Maybe we can help each other along the way.
Sorry if this is long-winded - I had to get some of that initial stuff off my chest.
