Do not give up!

When I graduated from High School, in 2000 I weighed between 175- 180 pounds. I was working in a retail store where I had to be on my feet, constantly walking around and other than that I did not exercise and found it to be plain boring. However in 2006, I began working in an office that involved sitting in front of a computer for 8 hours with the additional visits to the vending and soda machines and that’s when I noticed the weight start to pile up…

Around August - September of 2010 I was weighing in at about 230 pounds. I was around a size 38 in waist in jeans. One morning when I was putting on my work pants I noticed they were very tight around my waist. I had to borrow my brother’s pants and he was a size 40 in waist. After that I decided I had to do something about this weight now, because if I didn't it would just keep piling on.

About that time I began to not eat so much fast food. If I did eat fast food I wouldn't order french fries or regular soda. I would drink water or diet soda. I ate more home cooked meals and I visited the gym a few days during the week. Mostly cardio walking and running while I was at the gym. Last summer my loving and gorgeous girlfriend and I began to walk and jog and not eat out at restaurants as often as we did. My brother's wedding was in October of last year and we each had a goal weight we wanted to achieve by that wedding. We both achieved are goals and we both felt great about it.

It may seem like a long and stressful road, counting calories, exercising but if you keep at it the pay off at the end is well worth it.