It's about time!

After 44 years of being relatively inactive (you know part of the initial reason) and after seeing my wife become very physically fit over the past 5 years or so ... the urge suddenly hit me last fall.

The urge that I am not immortal and approaching 45, and I would like to live as long as possible. So, last fall I joined the gym. At first, I went a couple times a week and did not change my eating habits. Then, after about a month or so of mild working out, I got really bitten by the fitness bug. I proceeded to become a different person. Making some fairly serious changes to my diet ... changes for life.

I now work out 6 times a week (3 days of cardio and 3 days of weights) and eat well at least 80% of the time. And it feels great. In fact I feel better both physically and mentally than I ever have in my whole life time!

Before starting this transformation last fall (October 2006), I weighed 169 pounds and was busting out of size 34 pants. As of the writing of this blog (February 28th, 2007), I now weigh 147 pounds, am fitting comfortably into size 30 pants and am more muscular than I ever have been! Check it out below, congratulatory gifts accepted!

Pre-gym

Now ... not sucking in!