Day 1

Today is day 1 of my workout and smart eating regimen. I am using my IPAD for several different things to help me. The first thing is a downloadable app called "myfitnesspal," recommended to me by a friend. This app monitors what I am eating and keeps track of my workouts. It recommends a daily calorie goal; as well as carbs, fat, protien, sugar, and sodium.

The nice thing about this app is you do not have to do the calculations for most of the stuff you eat as it has a large library of foods. If it is something that has a scan bar you can scan it with your ipad and put in the info automatically. This makes it pretty easy. Overall it seems to be a good FREE app to use.

Another thing I am using the IPAD for is watching netflix episodes while I am on the treadmill. I am going to start of with the "Biggest Loser" series. My goal is to be on the treadmill at least for 90 minutes and build up to 120 minutes. I still do not know if I am going to try this everyday or every other day yet; I guess we will see how I feel tomorrow.

I also plan to use P90X or some other type of workout tool such as the Wii or simple outdoor games and exercises. Soccer season is coming up and I would like to be reffing several games a week without passing out. I would also like to be able to outrun a 12 year old girl if the situation came up. Perhaps that is petty... I call it competitive.

The first two weeks are the hardest... so I am 1/14 the way through the hardest part. Is that a good way to look at it?

Introduction

Hello Readers,

Before going into a what is sure to be a riveting set of blogs I figured I would tell you a little bit about myself and the purpose of this blog. I am 31 years old, a recent graduate of the University of Alabama Huntsville, a father of two children, and currently a house husband.

The big thing about me is well, I'm big. I am just hair under 300 lbs and have gotten that way due to stress eating (thanks college) and poor nutritional choices (thanks McDonalds). Now, rather than blame other things, which is kind of what I just did, I am going to blame myself. I make choices in my life and while some of the choices where good at the time (eating way to many happy meals); I have to pay for those choices now.

I love my life and my children and have no want to leave it any time soon, plus since I coach my daughters soccer team I would also like to not look ridiculous having to show soccer moves. There is much I want to do in this world and most of those do not allow a person of my... figure to do so.

So for the foreseeable future I will be documenting my weight loss, sharing my life with my children and wife, and funny stories to break up the monotony.

I encourage readers to offer suggestions to my workouts, tips to make my blog better, and all around general advice (as long as it is positive and not simply "you suck").

Tomorrow we begin with day one.