The Beginning

So while looking through some old pictures the other day, it hit me. I used to be in shape and deadddd sexy. Not that I am not now, I would just like to be at a manageable weight. You know be healthier in general.

A lot of jokes have been made at my weight in the last 3 years or so. Mostly innocent, mostly by me (some by Melody Almroth...hahaha ). But you know, for someone with as much confidence as myself (full to the brim), stuff like that slowly erodes away at self esteem and all those gooey weird "feeling" things I keep on hearing about.

I don't want to get stick thin, nor do I feel that I am too fat right now (I ain't sumo-ing? yet), I just want to get back into this shape.

Although I look fantastic in this picture (and now as well), that was taken in September of 2007. I think I was down to about 190. For some people that seems like a lot but I have always been tall and thick. I have been rolling (pun intended) in around 220-230 for some time now, and yes, a lot of that is muscle, but some of it ain't.

So my goal: to lose 20 pounds in 40 days.

Methods:

Eating smaller portions.

Eating more vegetables and fruits.

Cutting out large portions of carbs.

Running at least a mile a day or playing a sport for 30 minutes continuously (teaching P.E. doesn't count but it helps).

50 push ups in the morning and 50 at night. (no sit ups, they hurt my back)

Obstacles:

Laziness.

Lots of traveling coming up.

More laziness.

Beer.

And...

Laziness.

So on this blog I will be posting daily to see if I can do it. Keeping you all up to date on the exercise I am doing, what I am eating, and my results.

So tune in and if you want, tag along.

Conquering the world, one person at a time- El Ben Finch