I'm not sure why I thought this was a good idea, but here is the purpose of this site. I'm presently at about 237lbs. Also, I'm only 5'5" tall, so I guess it doesn't take a mental giant to figure out I'm quite obese. I've decided I'm going to lose the weight I need to, and get healthy also. Obviously, just losing weight doesn't also mean you're healthy. Probably healthier, yes, but I've seen people just starve themselves to lose weight, and I know that has to be extremely hard on the body.

I'm a smoker also, I guess I average a little over a pack a day. Although I need to quit smoking as badly as I need to lose weight, I'm going to take it one step at a time. I want to at least get some of the weight off, and hopefully get settled into a new routine, before I even try to quit smoking.

So, back to the purpose of this site. I want to keep a record of the results of my endeavors, along with pictures. Believe me, the pictures won't be easy to look at. I must be crazy to even have thought this was a good idea. I have made my mind up though, and I'm going to carry through with it. There's no way to promise anyone, absolutley, that I can and will do this, but I do promise to continue trying, and keeping this online record, at least until I'm down to 150lbs., or I just totally give up and call it quits.

I plan on starting this on Monday, March 31, 2008. So, if you want something to watch that could be quite entertaing, either way it goes I guess, check back on 3/31/08. I'll have a starting picture posted, and you can see the condition I'm in as I start this process.

Thanks for Looking, Until Next Time

Jeff