About

For those who have never had the tight butt, the six pack, top guns, or sculpted shoulders this blog is for you – and for me.  I do not believe having all of that is unattainable, but by no means is it easy.  Not everyone may have the same kind of goals as I do, but I’m sure you’ll find some great recipes, exercises and information along the way.

The first time I can think of that I thought about my weight, was when I was 12.  I was just starting to get involved with boys; believe it or not, at that age I was well developed in many ways.  By the time I was 13 I was gaining weight, my hormones changed — I could not eat the way I wanted to anymore.  The smallest size I can ever remember me being in adult clothes was a size 7.  As of this writing, I am 176lbs and a size 14 and I’m 27 years old.   A lot of things have gotten me there; my obsession with carbs, loving chocolate, drinking pop (diet and regular), eating tons of pasta.  As I grew up I hated mostly anything that seemed as if it came from a farm, with the exception of tomatoes and potatoes.  Slowly I started to like Broccoli, Cauliflower, Mangoes, Nectarines and even Kiwi.  But laziness still won.  Hotdogs and sandwiches – with no lettuce or cheese just meat.  Again, laziness won.

For a period of about three months I did religiously become a vegetarian.  I only excluded meat and gelatin.  But I was much healthier, I had energy and I also didn’t have a job.  I had several issues which prevented me from working full-time and for any length of time.  I’m still working on them, and this blog is also part of me getting healthier and stronger.  During the time I was vegetarian I seemed to have a normal appetite.  I was down to almost 155lbs.  I don’t wholewheartedly believe that being a meat eater is a bad thing, but being a vegetarian forces you to NOT be lazy about food.  You have to mostly make things from scratch.  Vegetarian convenience food doesn’t exist in large quantities.  When I finally went off being vegetarian I went on a meat eating binge and wound up with a major gallbladder attack.  It lasted for three days, and at the time I had no idea what it was.  Neither did my mother who actually had had her gallbladder taken out during her thirties.  It is not something I want to go through again.

I believe since that incident, my health has gone downhill.

I was in a particularly taxing relationship, where I had completely given up on the person I was with.

A few years later, I would end up in a relationship and moving to Kitchener, Ontario.  I moved in with my S.O. and got a JOB.  Getting a job has not been good for me or my health, since work does dictate when I work and when I get up.  I have never had a good relationship with my alarm clock.  Slowly I have become lazier and lazier, sitting in front of my computer hours on end when I came home from work, where I work on computers all day.  This means that I am fairly sedentary.  Anytime I feel energetic it is a rarity.  This blog is part of a two-fold fulfillment for me.  One, I want to be able to work from home and two, I want to be able to be fit and healthy and be free to do things when I am energetic – work around my own biological rhythm.

I have a few goals that I want to achieve beyond just getting fit:

1. Become really flexible and be able to do the splits
2. Become a martial artist
3. Help others become fit and reach their goals
4. Master my body and be able to achive amazing physical feats
5. Cure my sciatica and psoriasis, and do what I can to make sure my scoliosis doesn’t get worse
6. Earn my own, from working on my blogs

I would love it if you would all follow me on my personal journey, along with it’s ups and downs.  I hope that I can be encouraging to some, and help others acheive their own personal health and wellness goals along the way.  At the end of my journey I plan to write a book about my weight loss experience.  Once there my focus will be on physical and mental mastery and I hope then you will follow me too.