slimmingdown

I started my day yesterday by deciding that it was time to change my lifestyle. Great! Motivation was in the air. It was a determined ‘me’ and nothing was going to stop this guy

I went to work and once I got there I started feeling under the weather - a very strong head cold. I managed to struggle through the evening and by the time I got home last night my head was ready to explode. I feel worse this morning and I now have the flu. I had to call in sick to work out of respect to my coworkers (wink-wink, hey the idea of taking a day off in the middle of the week and staying in bed all day does not sound bad at all).

On the bright side I tend to lose my appetite when I have the flu (If I could somehow transplant that side effect into my normal life!). I do not have to return to work until tomorrow afternoon so I should have plenty of time to recuperate and be ready to get back into the rat race.

Thanks to everyone for welcoming me to the site. I hope that I can someday provide the type of support that everyone has been showing me. Thanks again.

Well here I am on day one… the first day of a long journey that will not end once I achieve my desired weight goal. This will undoubtedly be a change in lifestyle rather than a temporary ego-booster. After having been around 215 for the early part of 2007, the last 6 months have been full of changes. Change of country, change of job, change of schedule, and the most drastic change has been in the area of eating. I am now at 255 and I have essentially hit rock bottom. My clothes do not fit me anymore and people at work constantly repeat “I see someone’s been eating well” over and over again (I am sure they mean ‘more’ rather than ‘well’).

I turned to blogging my journey because I want to share my experiences with anyone who could benefit from them. I also would like to read about others who may do the same for me. I love computers and they are a part of my life so I figured it would be worth a shot. So here I go!