“This was a triumph.
I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.“

Hello people of the internet…  I’m writing to you today to bring you good tidings, stories of weight loss and of reaching goals.  You see, I’ve been pretty busy these past few months and it’s now time to get back into blogging.

Allow me to bring you up to speed… In late November I hired a personal trainer…  Her name is Michaela and she seriously rules.  Not only has she got my weight loss back on track, I’m down 30 lbs since Thanksgiving,  she’s also been helping me  deal with some of the emotional issues that have held me back over the past few years.  Way above her pay gade…  Anyhow, it’s been super awesome to have someone holding me accountable for my actions and helping me through all of this.  I’ve been hitting the gym twice day, putting in about 3 hours of combined cardio and strength training and I’ve even started to take some of the group classes that are offered at my gym: spin (ouch), tabata, yoga, etc…  She’s even got me eating salads now…  which is a huge accomplishment in and of itself.

It’s been hard to push through some of my social anxieties, but overall it’s been very rewarding and I’m starting to get a lot of positive feedback from other gym members — thumb ups, “good job, keep it up”, etc.  I have a hard time feeling proud about my weight loss but I’m learning that it doesn’t really matter that I used to be 500 lbs, I’m not that person anymore and these new people I’m meeting don’t know that person, and they never will.  I’m a new person both inside and out and I should own up to my accomplishments and be proud of them.

So where am I ate today?  My current weight is 292.2…  Not only am I finally under 300 lbs, I made it over the 100 lbs lost goal…  I’m hoping to get down to about 220 by the end of the world so that I can go out in style.  Wish me luck!

I feel FANTASTIC and I’m still alive.