I will never forget the day my oldest son told me, “Daddy. Can you lose weight? I don’t want you to die.” He was in 1st grade and they were learning about about healthy eating and exercise habits. I told him, “Of course. I’ll be around forever!” At the time I was 256 pounds (lbs). I remember this because when I weigh myself, I giggled and said, “Haha. Just like computer memory.” I couldn’t, or shouldn’t, sit in those portable lawn chairs since there’s a tag on them that had said the weight limite was 250 lbs.

I know I was in a bad place, but I didn’t really lose any weight until a few years afterwards. I went on the akins, no carb high protein diet for about 2 months. I went to 210 lbs! I was amzed that it worked and so quickly. However, that didn’t last long. Like people say, diet trends doesn’t work, and it’s a life style change.

As of this very moment, I am up to 228 pounds. I’m going to start my weight loss journey, yet again. This time, it’s going to be a change that fits me, not just a fad. I’m going to find foods I like and activities I like to do. I’m not oging to eat only veggies and run on treadmill 2 hours a day just to hit my goal and then yo-yo back. This will be my life going forwards.

I signed up for class at United Shaolin Kempo Karate near my house. Right now I’m doing Cardio Kickboxing on Mondays and Wednesdays, and a mixed of different martial arts style training on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Maybe in the future I’ll look for a wing chun of jeet kune do school near me. I’m hoping to give updates every month as a weekly update might be too much too soon. I’ve also changed my eating habits, which is tough since I love food…all sorts of food! I’m planning on reducing my caloric intake to about 1500 a day. And only eat fresh foods that’s low in fat and smaller portions.

Of course it’s easier said than done. Join me as I take this plung. I’m hoping that by putting myself out there it would motivate me more to get it done. After all, I don’t want to be publicly known as a failure <YIKES!>

Today’s weight: 228 lbs