BecomingANew.Me

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I know it’s cliche but it’s what I have to tell myself this so I won’t get frustrated and want to give up. This blog is going to chronicle my journey to live life again! I’m not a professional writer by any stretch as you will come to learn if you spend any time reading my blog. As millions of other people have probably struggled with I lost a significant amount of weight only to eventually gain it back. I’ve felt sorry for myself long enough and am now ready to make the necessary changes, I got my drs. ok so here we go!! As the name of this blog states i’m trying to lose fat and become more fit. I thought I needed to get on the show "The Biggest Loser", but after trying out three times there’s no more waiting on them. I actually had one of the staffers tell me at one of the casting calls I was “too fat” of course that wasn’t on record but it makes sense. The weight loss target is 150-200 pounds for men and 100-125 for woman based on past seasons. My last weight was 620 po

It hasn't been that long since my last post, yet so much has happened. On November 3rd my mother passed away. She had a terminal lung condition that eventually led to her heart failure. During events like the passing of loved ones it can easily lead to depression and loss of momentum with weight loss programs. Barbara (mom) had been a staunch motivator and had helped keep my dad and myself on track, and for so many other reasons I will definately miss her, however instead of stepping back or failing I'm going to use this loss to propel me to do what I should have been doing for quite some time, lose weight!! After visiting her in the hospital just prior to her passing I pinned the following note: It's in times like today we often call on prayer to help with a situation we're facing. This morning as I was in my car I was flooded with emotions and memories of my mom and growing up. I say mom even though she is not my biological mom, my biological mom passed away from

So yesterday was a big day for me. I faced one of my biggest obsticles and conquered it! Nov 1,2007 I lost a dear friend and mentor/work out partner, John. John was a great rolemodel in almost all facets of his Christian life, he was a great father, wise counsel, great husband, and listener. What made it even more difficult was the fact he was one of my biggest supporters and workout accountability partner. To top that he died of a massive heart attack after doing our normal swim routine in the shower at the pool we swam at. I wasn't there that day, but had spoken to him previously that week. He was the chaplain for the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers, and had acheived great success in his career. You'd never know that talking with him though, he was like a father figure, and would often recount how he'd counseled various players (always keeping their anonymity) and how they'd made it through whatever was challenging them. Not making excuses but with John's

As a weight loss yo-yoer, i've said it before, but this time I'm determined to make the changes, expect it to not be an overnight process, and stick to it. It's been a long journey up to this point, but the lessons learned are invaluable and make us who we are. I hope this can be an encouragement to others as well as an accountability tool for myself. In the past I have asked those who have been successful in losing large amounts of weight for advice or their opinion, well after receiving my last note from someone I considered to be a huge motivator, no more. They seemed dismayed that tens possibly hundreds of obese individuals would come to them for advice. My thoughts to them are if you didn't want or seek the attention of desperate people why do you seem to blog your story and trumpet every time a media outlet asks you for your story. If you don't want to carry that banner and help I gladly will, i'm not after fame or fortune, but dang it there are peopl

I had lunch with a good friend today and looked back on my past experiences and its always amazing things look so differently after the fact. There has been so much thats happened since I launched this site, and i'll never be able to capture the roller coaster it's been. There is one key difference this time around, my wife is finally on board and ready to make the necessary changes which is huge! In our 9 years of marriage this is the first time she has said and shown she is ready to make the changes needed. Its very different having a common front and goal, and a very exciting change. It was good hearing from a outsiders point of view that when we sell ourselves short there are so many small victories that often get overlooked, which is a good point to remember on those days we feel like giving up.

Reasons I want to lose weight. 1. For me. 2. For my wife, so she doesn’t become a widow. 3. For my kids, so they don’t lose a father. 4. So I can go to the mall and buy clothes. 5. So I don’t hear little kids say under their breath to friends or family (he’s fat, gigantic, huge etc. you get the picture) 6. So I can get my private pilots license. 7. So I can walk Maggie down the aisle. (Currently 8) 8. So I can watch Drew’s high school football games. (He is currently 6) 9. So I can walk Katie down the aisle. 10.So I am not dreaded and feared walking down the airplane aisle as they (skinny people) gasp when I say I’m sitting next to them. 11.So I can sit in a resteraunt booth. 12. So I don’t worry about if the chairs in the restaurant has arms. 13. So I can go to a Mavericks game. 14. So I can go to a Cowboys game. 15.So I can go to a Rangers game. 16.So I can go to Reunion arena or the American Airlines center and not fear the width of the chairs. 17.So I can break the cycle and have m