HELLO AGAIN FRIENDS

I haven’t written in a bit, and there is definitely a reason behind it.
I have become obsessed with getting under 300 pounds. About two weeks agom I hit 303 and I couldn’t stop thinking about getting under 300, which has been one of the bigger goals for me in this journey. I became completely absorbed with regulating my diet, exercising more and watching what I drink. Nothing happened.
The result? No weight change the first week, and this week it was going slow. It was just so frustrating to not see the numbers fly like that had before.

The frustration was leading to me becoming short tempered, I began to show signs of sass with friends and family, especially with my close friends that were asking me if I had gone under 300. At KLBJ, I was lacking focus when working the podcasts, and I forgot to send a song to a friend- more importantly to Bob, who needed it for his internet show. I just haven’t been the same person since getting so close to the goal, and I was wearing thin. I figured that maybe it was just never meant to be.

My trainers could tell all week that I looked strained. Their words of advice were to not worry about the scale, or to even forget the scale for a week or two. The main concern was that I wasn’t eating enough, or getting hydrated enough for my body to burn the fat because I had told them I was trying to clean up my dieting to get this last bit off for my first real goal weight.

The bottom line of the whole situation is that I stopped doing what was working and ending up slowing the process down due to my own desire to see faster results. If I had followed the guidelines that the trainers had given me, I would have hit my number faster. But...
I hit 299 today!

When I finally saw the number I couldn’t help but get completely overwhelmed with a variety of emotions.
I felt pride that I had lost 71 pounds.
I felt guilt that I still have so much weight to lose and I should have never gotten this big to begin with.
I felt love from all the people that have been pushing me through this whole experience from my trainers, to my family and my friends.
And I felt the fire in my belly that tells me I have a long way to go, and to not forget the big picture in this whole journey.

As I sat in the bathroom with tears in my eyes I wrote my trainers a mass text saying the following: “I just hit 299! Thank you so much! I love all of you for changing my life…you have no idea what it means to me. :)”

The responses in no particular order: “F*ck Yeah.” “Badass, man – that just made my day!” “I can’t imagine how you must feel. Congrats! You’ve worked so hard for it!” “Woohoo! We are so glad to be a part of it and truly enjoy helping you. And Kicking your butt!!”

I can’t wait to reach my next big goal of 250! That is how much I weighed when I was going into 8th grade. I know that's crazy to think of, but my next goal is to weigh what I did over 10 years ago. My goal for that weight is March 13th.
I sincerely thank you all for the love and support. Stick with me and I'll prove to you what one man can accomplish when he puts his mind to it.