Goal: Loosing Weight & Conditioning

One of my goals is to get into better physical shape. Over the years, I have put on the weight, and frankly, I'm getting sick of it. I put on around 75 pounds over my marriage, and I'd like to at least loose most, if not all of it. I officially started tracking my progress on August 1st, 2007. At which time, I weighed in at 275 lbs. Probably the heaviest I've been.

Most of that weight is from eating too often, and too big of portions. So I'm going to start slow, as dieting is not my strong suit. I just love food too much. But I'm going to eat smarter, and get smaller portions to begin with. Hopefully to shrink my stomach and get my body used to healthier portions. I'm going to see how that goes for awhile before I start any serious dieting. This morning I stepped on the scale, and unless the scale is broken, I am down to 264 lbs.

I'm going to start swimming next month. I used to be a swimmer in high school and college. To me, nothing else provides a better workout. I'm used to it, and I enjoy it, and that is half the battle. I will work in some weights and other conditioning as well, but I don't have a set plan for that as of yet.

I'm sure this isn't exciting for many people, so I apologize. But I want to post my results so at least I have a record of what I'm doing, and where I still need to go. I think if I stick to it, I can do it. But sticking to it will be the challenge. If loosing weight was easy, we'd have a nation of skinnier people.