Well, here they are, the ‘before’ pictures.  Ouch.

What is the purpose of me assaulting your orbs with my train wreck?  Well, it’s to show where I am coming from.  I can’t wait to see where I’m going to..

These pictures are the result of years of over eating, drinking oceans of mountain dew (my addiction) and spending hours and hours in front of my computer.  Whether it’s for my regular day job, night time Voice Acting, or other things, having a computer related job can be rather sedentary.

Looking at these pictures shows me a heart attack waiting to happen.

My goal is to lose weight and get back my tone and strength.  One of my favorite lines from the great movie “American Beauty” is when Lester decides he wants to get back in shape and starts running with his neighboors who work out and run regularly… Lester asks them for help, some advice, they ask in return if he wants more strength, tone, or flexibilty, Lester replies with  a common human desire; “I want to look good naked”.  Don’t we all!

Body for life actually holds a contest each year for people who follow the program.  I entered a few times, did pretty well, but never actually won anything except for better health.  The main problem was I wound up not being consistent and keeping it up.  I was trying to win the contest, poorly, but the contest was my goal.  Getting myself back into a healthy state is the goal now.

This is the first of the 12 week program, and I absolutely am a lucky guy to have people who support me, especially my wife, she’s been great.