GETTING BACK ON TRACK

Been absent fromt he blog for a bit, and been absent from my life for a bit.... and I'm fed up. I passed my blue belt test a week ago, by the way, now I have just six weeks to prepare for my brown belt test.....YIKES! Also, I had been losing weight several months ago, beginning with a weight loss competition at work from April to June, and i lost 50 pounds (started at 399.6, check out picture to the left)......and that was pretty much that. I kept it off, withthe exception of the last few weeks, where I feel I may have re-gained 5 or 10. This weekend, Mel and I got hooked up at our local fitness center, meeting with a trainer tomorrow to get on a program, and we are committed to meeting at lunch time to work out. I was down to 349, probably more like 355-360 now, and I have a goal weight of 225 (picture ont he right is me at 235, my smallest...but not best shape)....give or take. I am putting these numbers here as a mile marker, a visual reminder of my goal, so I can look back on this in a year or more (130 lbs. from now), having met my goals (obtained or be in mid-terms for my black belt, have run a 5K, and be at or near 225, as my body will determine when I get there).