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Introduction Text I started this quest yet again after several fad diets over the years. I’ve been overweight at least the last decade. First off I'm 5ft. 7in and when I started this I weighed close to almost 240lbs. In September 2008 a change had to happen and I already had high blood pressure. I received my results of my physical and I thought I would still be on the borderline with everything. However unexpectedly my doctor told me that I also had high cholesterol also and I had pre-diabetes. My doctor stated that I was obese and had to lose 60 to 70 lbs. Not to mention, start eating right, and do some kind physical activity five times a week for starters. He also explained to me all of the issues that comes with Type II, but all I heard being a man was what could happen in my love life. I was scared and in disbelief and shock of what I was hearing. But who was I kidding? I had to make a lifestyle change quickly. This was a definite wake up call for me and at the time all I could thing about was my kid growing up without a father. I'm thinking 70 lbs was impossible for me to do I had never lost more than 10 lbs at any given time in my life. How in the heck was I going to do this? One thing my doctor said to me was concentrate on losing "1" pound a week and in a year = 52 lbs. I silently thought to myself...I can do that. I started doing research creating spreadsheets on my food and exercise regime. I was on various health and fitness websites and ran across a post in a usergroup stating that sparkpeople.com was better than the three other sites and excel that I was using. I created an account and Folks the rest is history, ________________________________________ Many Thanks To: GOD for giving me this strength to accomplish this. My wife kids for their love and support. The Biggest Loser for inspiring me just to do more. SparkPeople.com for creating this unbelievable site, and taking this to that other level. My Book Recommendations: Eat This and Live! by Don Colbert The Belly Off! Diet: by Jeff Csatari Strength Training Anatomy by Frederic Delavier

To live a healthier lifestyle, and to make smarter nutritional choices in my daily diet. Also to loose about 60 lbs. within 12 months. My heaviest weight was somewhere between 236 lbs. and 226 lbs. when I started to track on Spark People.

I'm tracking my daily food with a concentration on calories and carbohydrates on Spark People as well and my fitness regime. As of now I'm only doing cardio exercises with treadmill, elliptical and a recumbent bike.

My location is in the Metro Atlanta Ga area. I'm a Microsoft SharePoint Administrator for a telecommunications company.

My Heaviest weight was 236 and after that I did not want to weigh myself any more.

Add a Link Just remember that you can do anything if you put you mind to it. Especially loosing weight. Remember numbers dont lie... Log it!
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