Here I go again on my own.

Think the Scorpions with that title and you'll know where I'm coming from.

I've been here a minute now, but I figured I better introduce myself into the community. Hey, everyone, my name is Adam W., and you might see me from time to time here on the forums. How about a brief history of what I'm doing here?

I used to be absolutely huge. Morbidly obese. I'm not proud of it, but it's true. I was 420 lbs. back in 2008 and I finally got sick of it. I took things into my own hands (with another calorie counting website some of you may know, but I'll leave it out so as not to upset anyone), and began exercising like a madman.

About a year and a half later, I was down to my ultimate low weight of 155 lbs. I started to get into weight lifting and put some weight back on, back up to about 200 lbs., but a healthy 200 lbs... I wasn't ripped or anything, but I had quite a bit of extra skin and now I had muscles, so I think I was good.

Then, a year ago, I was out riding my bike and I swerved to miss an object in my path. I wiped out pretty bad and instantly felt something wrong in my lower back. I hopped back on my bike, rode three miles back to where my car was, and drove myself to the ER. After a night at the hospital (not 'cause I was injured so bad, just because they took their precious time with me), I found I had a cracked vertebrae. They put me in a brace and said no working out for at least 4 months.

Those four months of no working out brought back my old habits... and when i could finally work out again, I just didn't feel like it. When I was skinny, I could pretty much eat whatever I wanted too, because I was working out so much that it all evened itself out in the end. My eating habits, however, didn't really change when I wasn't working out. I chunked right back up to about 260 lbs.

Now I'm back, and I'm planning on being better than before. It's time to get my *kitten* back into shape and I plan to be around to soak up some encouragement and, most importantly, dole out as much as I can. I've done it before and I know I can do it again... and I want to share my experiences with you guys and hear yours too. So, look for me around, add me as a friend, or do whatever you want to... I just wanted to say, "hey."

Also, when i did this before I had my own blog that I found helped me a lot. I don't really plan on posting here, but I'm on Blogger, and wouldn't mind y'all droppin' by if that's your thing too- so check me out there as well. Eventually I'll be putting up pics, posting recipes, and all sorts of good jazz. So, check me out? http://adubyou.blogspot.com/

Hope to see you guys around!

-Adam W.