Starting Over

I tried blogging once before and failed miserably. Probably because I really didn't have anything good to blog about. So this time I'm gonna try blogging with my re-invention of myself. If anybody reads this, great! If nobody reads it, no big deal as I'm doing this for myself anyway.

Let's start with some background....

Recently I decided that I do not like who I've become. I'm 38 years old. I've no career, no kids, not much of what I'd call a life, I'm overweight, and generally feel like a total failure. I am married to a good woman. We've had some difficulties in the recent past what with my unemployment and our financial situation, but I do have a job of sorts now and there is money coming in so things have smoothed over. That's all your going to get about my married life on here because this blog is all about me.

Up until February 6th I was a rabbid Facebook user. If I wasn't doing anything else I was on that. At first it was awesome. I had a connection to my family, I reconnected with friends I hadn't seen in years, and became a bit closer to people who I only knew from another website.

But a moment came when I couldn't stand to see what was on Facebook anymore. It started to depress me. I began to see it as other people having better lives then me, having been more successful then me, and generally happier then me. It was pointed out that most people only put the good things in their life on Facebook and even though I understood that, I couldn't shake the feeling of depression that was overwhelming me.

So on February 5th, I announced on Facebook that I was going to de-activate my account. I explained the reasons and said it was going to be done in 24 hours. I dunno why I did that. I think I just wanted to see how people would react. Would they understand, or would they think I was being an idiot and say as much, or, worse yet, say nothing? But responses were pretty positive I must say. Certain people who I hoped would respond did not and that was mildly upsetting but, que sera sera!

Anyhoo, back to the point of this Blog. Tracking my reinvention. We're starting with my health. Time for more background ....

My weight peaked at 297 pounds. I already have a bad left knee from a sparring accident from when I was 19 and being a fat-ass didn't help matters. Also I've become borderline diabetic and my blood pressure is up there. I've decided that I don't want to drop dead by the time I turn 40.

I started exercising seriously and taking my diet serious about 2 months ago. I've already dropped 22 pounds putting my current weight at 275! Good for me! ^_^

Most of this blog, at least in the beginning, will be a weekly tracking of my weight and any other health improvements I notice as I go along. Other plans include the possibility of taking online classes and getting my Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering Tech. More on that later.

I think that's enough background for right now. I'll end this first entry here and report back next Tuesday for my weekly weigh in or if something of importance to my reinvention happens, whichever comes first. I don't know why my weigh in day is on Tuesday, just worked out that way for some odd reason.

OK. Peace out world. Talk to y'all later!