308: The Scale Speaks Truth

All great journeys are motivated by a moment when you realize that change must occur or destruction will arrive.  For me that happened when I looked down, over my increasingly large belly, to see the digital numbers on my scale...308 pounds.  Yikes!

To put things in perspective I'm a large adult male (not a 12-year-old girl as the gummy bear background and Hunger Games parody title may lead you to believe.  I just like candy.  What can I say?  I'm overweight.).  At 6'3" and a former defensive tackle, my frame can carry a lot of healthy weight.  Currently the poundage is NOT healthy or lean.  During my playing days the most I weighed was 286 and that was a powerful 286.

Football is over and my weight has soared to a new pinnacle of chubbiness.  Enough is enough.

Starting this blog is an attempt to process and correct my weight problems.  I anticipate a lot of thoughts about emotional eating, fitness plans, and finding a balanced solution that controls my weight. 

I hope that my journey can help someone else in the same boat.