The Beginning

I am not a natural athlete. If fact, most of my life I have struggled with being overweight. That struggle dominated my life and in some ways still does. It colored my view of the world and how I believed others perceived me. In my early twenties I was able to get my weight down from over 300+ to a respectable 145. I did this through a very strict and stupid diet and occasional exercise. I weighed 145 for approximately 6 minutes. What a glorious 6 minutes they were! Since then my weight bounced around from 165 to 180. In late 2006, I found myself back up to 200+ pounds. I was pissed! I’ve been here before and it sucks. Determined to loose weight and trim up, I decided to do the unthinkable and run.