Welcome to Project FATboy

I was in Red River during our family reunion and it hit me! The dark truth came to light. I was looking at pictures and realized that DAMN..I am FAT! not large or big boned, but FAT! Most of you know me well enough to know that I am BIG (get it?) on telling people that if they don't like something in their life then they should change it. So I am going to take my own advice and change it.. starting today. I will be eating better and exercising more. I will be keeping up with things on the family blog, not because I want you all to follow my adventure, but more so to apply some personal pressure on myself to follow through. So... with that being said today starts my adventure. I am going to work my ass off to get back in some sort of shape other than round.. damn I am funny.. So do me a favor. If you have something positive to say then bring it on and let me hear your thoughts. If negativity is the only thing you can post, then do me a favor and just skip the posting part. This will be a feel good project!

I woke up this morning at 3:15am to get ready to open the store. I knew I had to start the day by checking on my weight. I had not done this in many months. I was SHOCKED! I weighed in at a robust 294.. YIKES! That is fat no matter how tall you are. I have to say that for a short moment I felt a tad depressed. I then picked up quickly as I know that it can be fixed and the good news is I would be in control of it. I want to grow old with my family and do the things that I have always done. I miss playing tennis and throwing down with some hoops (ok throwing down may be a stretch). I want to feel better and I want to be here for a long time.

So today I actually took some fruit for breakfast and had a nice healthy lunch. I was a little hungry when I got home so I had some watermelon for a snack. Tonight Jamie is making fish tacos. I have drank 5 bottles of water and hope to drink a couple more before heading out for my first run. Yes I said run. I looked up online and decided to do the couch to 5K program. I am going to start off slow, with the goal in mind to keep moving forward. I figure if I can stick it out a month, I will be on the right track.

Here is what I will be doing for Week #1. I will be running / walking on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays this week.

Brisk 5 Minute warmup walk.
Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for 20 minutes.

I did some research and found some running shoes geared to the hefty.. I got a pair of Asics running shoes. They are black and already I feel 2 lbs lighter.. haha!

I will let you all know how the run goes.. Until then keep me in your thoughts. Project fat-boy will be life changing!