My story so far.

Last year in August my wife and I set about making some major lifestyle changes. We both had become shall we say "comfortable" and had become dissatisfied with our bodies. One day something changed and I had a bit of a emotional venting angry at myself moment that we decided would be a good starting point for change.

We set about changing our life completely, how we thought, how we ate, and how much activity we were getting. What was interesting is that it wasn't new year's eve, so it wasn't a "new year's resolution" it was the beginning of a battle cry. We changed what we ate, we started exercising every day, and we started to honestly look at ourselves and our motivations, and make changes for better health both physical and mental.

I am happy to say after just over a year of the new life paradigm everything has changed. I went from 270 pounds to 175, and I have kept at that weight for over 6 months now (and it will never change). My wife thusfar has lost 118 pounds, and is continuing to work hard towards her goal. Our drive hasn't diminished in the slightest.

Its amazing how much this sort of adjustment can impact your way of thinking. I had a job at home depot in the electrical department but I became increasingly frustrated, I felt like I should be doing something more creative, something more interesting, and something more me. So without a concrete plan other than that I (perhaps foolishly) quit my job to persue this with my whole being.

I have always been a lifelong fan of video games, and the idea occurred to me. "Why Not" Many people at this point would say well, you haven't programmed a thing on a computer for 20 years, there is a lot that goes into a videogame, that's precisely why not.

Call it arrogance, call it bravado, or call it foolishness, call it whatever you like. I chose to say "Why the heck not" and jumped in with both feet, I relearned to code from a few books and the internet. Now, 4-5 months after quitting my job I am around 80% done my first game, from the ground up. A one man show probably breaking every rule of development and how its done, and its turning out very well. I didn't run to kickstarter and try and shake down the public for dollars, I just did it worked my tail off and went for it.

I think the lesson for me was nothing happens without that first step, without trying and without an intense amount of struggle. If you want something you have to attack it, and just keep at it, never give up and never give in. Hopefully when it releases soon it will net me enough to live well, I have no real desire to be rich really just to live well and be able to persue this more creative life.

although the videogame stuff isn't directly related to weight loss, it is connected. Succeeding with my body has made me realize that I can be more confident.

Today marks Day one of my new goal.. after successfully maintaining and balancing my goal weight I am ready to tackle my quest for more muscle... this is Day One. never let anyone tell you that you can't do something limits are always self imposed

Dave