dr_pwnage

THE CHALLENGE!!!

Alright...who made resolutions?

I really didn't make any, but I do have a goal.

There was one thing about being totally shit on, betrayed, and left for dead in the gutter with a gaping cavity where my heart was that did me a big favor...I was so depressed that I lost weight. I was working out to feel better about myself and wasn't eating worth a shit. I got down to 158 pounds and looked damn good.

Now, things happened, and as I got back into the world of the living I stopped working out due to lack of time. It was a royal pain in the ass to get to the gym from where I lived and there was just no way to make it worth my time. The holidays involved a lot of eating, and with moving and all that I didn't have good food. I went off antidepressants about 6 weeks ago (the jury is still out on whether or not that is wise).

At my new place, I am firstly in the middle of my sales territory so I don't have to spend 3 hours a day in my car fighting traffic, and also there is a Gold's Gym 4 blocks from my house. I got a membership the other week and weighed myself.

I was prepared for the fact that I put on 25 pounds between April and January. I could feel it, and see it. I am also prepared to take it off.

In addition, my family members all feel that they need to lose weight...nobody is really porky or anything, but my mom & dad are heavier than I have ever seen them, and my brother's wife is all depressed about 6 pounds.

I am fortunate in this regard: I have a long body, so I hide weight very well. That 25 pounds only puts 2 inches on my waist, so it really doesn't affect a whole lot, but I bought a lot of clothes this last summer that I can't wear right now.

This all changes right here, right now. The gauntlet was thrown down a few weeks ago, during Christmas: whoever loses the most weight wins.

I have no excuses for not going to the gym. It's right there. I don't have a job that I have to go check in to; I work my own hours. There is NO REASON not to get this done.

I am going to lose 20 pounds in 2 months. More specifically, I need to be 165 pounds or less by the middle of March.

This is going to be accomplished through a rigorous regimen of aerobic activity and healthy, low-fat, low-carbohydrate, low-sugar eating.

I am posting this on an internet message board really just because putting it in writing is a powerful statement and makes me honor-bound to comply.

If any of you also have goals to accomplish, post them here! I will do this by myself, but I thought I'd throw this out for everyone to participate in their own challenges. Let's get this shit done. I will post my weight when I get back from my workout.