I'm 43, male, 223 lbs and I'm back.... god help me.

cmaguire305

As stated, I'm back. Came close to my goal last time and figured that close was good enough. Then started gaining again and started exercising to combat the gains. I was losing the battle, but not by much. Then last year we lost our house to a fire (everyone was fine and we didn't really lose much so no pity needed). Ended up living with my in-laws for months. This led to several problems; one, my in-laws are off the boat Italians (as are my own family) who think that life is about eating and forcing everyone else to eat. Two, since we moved, my kids school schedule really screwed me up because suddenly I had to pick them up early every day. Thankfully my boss was cool about all this and let me come in early so I could leave early. However this meant that I was going to bed almost right after dinner so I had no time to work out. Anyway, I'm back up to 223 lbs and not too happy about it. I started eating better and started running (mostly walking) again. It's only been a week, but I'm feeling confident about this I guess, maybe a little. Actually, I was sitting here feeling sorry for myself until I remembered this site. Where we're all going through the same thing and a lot of people are willing to be very helpful....or at least listen. I'm not much of a writer and I'll probably forget to log in most days but being part of this seemed to help last time so....here we go again. Good luck to you all and if you need a sarcastic but well meaning friend who won't sugar coat anything (ha!) feel free to friend me. (do we still do that... friend people? Or am I just thinking that because of facebook?)

SaintGiff

You are not back, brother. You never left. You just looked away for a minute. Obsessive logger / frequent offensive stuff sayer here. Feel free to send a friend request.

Chieflrg

Your alright, just jump in the water again and swim.