So I Haven't...Entered the Kettlebell.

 I lied.

Well...at least I haven't fulfilled the blogging hype of my last post.

Of course I have used a kettlebell sporadically and that's always my problem.  Sporadic bursts of enthusiams followed by consistent absence from physical activity.

I've gotten so fat, flabtastic, that I can't stand it...so I sit.  I sit and waste away.  I blobify day by day.  

I'm always tired and obligated to do things.  This is an excuse too.  Not working out is just prioritizing other things besides working out.  Often good things are prioritized: marriage, family, kids, work, sleep, etc...but you have so many hours in the day.

Something is better than nothing.  That's what I need to believe.  That's right internet!  I'll do something, not much...but something.  Something is better than nothing.

I won't let the nothing keep eating me alive.  I won't be Artax.

Whelp.

I reckon I've said my peace/piece(?) for the day.

Time to do something.

Wedding Weight Loss Plans Become Covid-19 Goals

Hello vast empty internet,

I thought I was going to ramble about how I wanted to lose weight for a wedding that my wife was going to be in at the end of May 2020.  Well...things have changed!  The world is now shut down due to coronavirus.  I do not anticipate going to the wedding in May, even though we are two months out.

Now my weight loss is about burning off nervous energy during these days of limited movement.

Going for walks and doing some body weight workouts has already yielded results.  It's also helpful working at home where we don't have sugary treats sitting about like I do at work.

For a long time stuck at 280, but recently I've dropped to 274.5 with the recent changes forced by coronavirus.

My Routine

• Walking - the beauty of walking is that it can be done daily because it's not too strenuous.  What I like to do is go for walks especially after a body weight workout to break up soreness.
• Body Weight Workout - it's simply movements with only your body weight.  There are a variety of movements that you can do without any weights!  Yay!

Squats

Push Ups

Sit Ups

Lunges

I just burn out on each one, then move to the next.  I'll do three or four cycles and then tap out.  I do this every other day or so.

Go get it... while staying safe at your homestead.

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.