I need to do it all again.

In April of 2011 I resolved to lose my body fat. I logged on to this site daily and I watch what I was eating I was running 3-5 times a week and I was reading about the other people on this site to help me stay motivated. I started at 250 pounds and I got down to 215 pounds and let me tell you it felt great. Pretty much every aspect of my life got better. I wasn't back to my boxing weight but for some reason I had felt like I was done and like a chronic Alzheimer's patient I went right back to the same old habits that got me fat in the first place.

Then one day I took my daughter to the Colorado Ren fest and there were these trampolines with bungee cords on them. She wanted to do that so I got her all set up and then she asked if I would do it with her. I saw a sign that said I had to be at most 200 pounds and I had only ever gotten below 215 so I told her I was too heavy and she went up and did it but I had not stood on a scale in so long I weighed myself real fast while she was bouncing and I could not believe how far back I had fallen. It said 250 pounds. I was devastated. I had grown so complacent that I had lost all of the progress I had made and I was right back where I had started. Furthermore if I had stuck with my weight I would have been below 200 easily and I could have shared that time with my daughter. Well starting last week I did the math and it is theoretically possible for me to below 200 pounds without ever having to lose more than 2 pounds in one week. So I now have an extra side mission.

Last time I lost all that weight I had never done it before. This time I am trying to redo what I have already done so I know it is possible. I have seen people on this very site accomplish far loftier goals. I am posting this as both encouragement and warning. If you have gone back up a couple pounds or you have hit a plateau stick with it anyways. It is better to figure out how to break a plateau than it is to gain back 35 pounds and have to start all over. If you have lost your weight or are still on a good roll don't let yourself think its already over. The price of health and fitness is constant vigilance.