Hello My name is Larry and I am starting this blog to track my progress on my losing weight.<\/p>\n
This blog started on June 20th, 2009.\u00a0 At that point I weigh about 295lbs.<\/p>\n
This blog will end on June 20th 2010.\u00a0 And I hope to be 190lbs by then.<\/p>\n
That is 105 lbgs I need to lose, roughly 2 pounds a week.<\/p>\n
In order to burn this 2 pounds a week I will need to burn an access of 1000 calories per day.\u00a0 Not easy.<\/p>\n
Why am I doing this?<\/p>\n
Yes I am fat and I probably am not to appealing to the eyes.\u00a0 But I was happy.\u00a0 I have a loving wife, 4 kids who look up to me and a decent career going.<\/p>\n
But if you have ever been heavy, it sucks.\u00a0 Walking up hills is a challenge.\u00a0 You worry if that folding chair will hold you up.\u00a0 You can’t sleep right because of Sleep Apnea, you tend to snore louder keeping your spouse up too.<\/p>\n
In February of 2008, I hit 300 pounds for the first time and I was in Hawaii at the time.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I did not mention it to anyone but I had a headache and felt dizzy.\u00a0 I thought to myself “Is this a stroke?”<\/p>\n
After that happened I tried to lose weight.\u00a0 Now I have lost weight before, I have gone from 270 to 240 before around the year 2002.\u00a0 But last year I just could not get motivated, even after that scary experience.\u00a0 I hit 282 pounds and could not get past it.<\/p>\n
What is different this time?\u00a0 For one thing, I am not working long hours like I have been as a consultant.\u00a0 I have commited myself to using the extra hours in the day to get healthy.<\/p>\n
Another thing is my work place.\u00a0 We have a downtown office and an office near Burien.\u00a0 Both offices have gyms, so weather should not be an excuse.<\/p>\n
Finally, I have a lot of people around me that I can tell my plans to.\u00a0 Some can help keep me on track and give me advice and others still are on the same journey I am on.\u00a0 In my head, I do not want to let them down.<\/p>\n
Copyright 2009 Larry Apolonio All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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