Lots of talk

So I was always lots of talk and no walk. Then I went for my yearly check up and the news was not good. I have steadily grown into who I am today, I'd say on average around 35 pounds a year. I had some of my close friends asking if there was something wrong or if I was under stress. Well there was something wrong and there is only so much the doctors can take care of, so after removing two benign lumps near my brain I was shaken and stirred. Not that my weight has much to do with this but my overall health does. I struggled for the next months with depression and taking different very powerful medication that really did not improve my well being but did help with earlier surgeries. The past 4 months I have gone through one of the most impressive and life altering changes as I joined a men's group and learned things about myself that I thought were long buried. So here I am at the keyboard writing an introduction. I am alive and I am happy to be here. My name is Al which is short for Aldert. I was 407 pounds and have started logging my intake - which in itself is helping. I made it my resolution to become healthy and active and have given myself 24 months to get there. Today I weighed in at 395.6 which is about 5 pounds per week so far. I do have a slight hypertension (135-90 on average) and with the pills it is around 110-75. I am 6'5" and live in Guelph, Ontario. I do blog frequently - at least once a week. So there - glad to be here!!:bigsmile: