Big Dave's Big Weight Loss Blog

Today's weight: 221 lbs.
Today's height: 74.5 inches (6'foot 2.5 inches for those that can't convert.)
Today's mood: fat

It's February 14th, 2008 and as I hop on the scale, I realize I now weigh more than I ever had in my life. I weigh as much as Laura, Tristan and Sutton put together. That's 3 humans, dude.

I'm noticing a little extra stuffing these days. I still feel like I can hold my own playing tennis or swimming, but I seem to lose my steam a little faster than before. Chalk it up to being 41? I don't know. I don't want to think I am getting ready for the pasture just yet. I am also noticing (and the Hot Texas Girlfriend is also noticing, which is even worse) that I am a lot more rounder around the middle, a chin that has a twin, and an overall sense of pudgi-ness. Pudgi-ness. I should trademark that for the kids whose parents buy them the "husky" jeans for back to school comfort.

I wanted to start this little quest at the New Year, however several factors contributed to my delay. Well, mainly only one: slackerness. Well, that and the fact that I just, 7 days ago, had the male sterilization procedure.

See also: vasectomy.

SO, its not like I could continue to exercise, which I was doing, mind you. However seeing as how I couldn't subject my privates to bouncing, swinging or any other thing other than horizontal SportsCenter watching, I decided to milk that for all it was worth.

But I digress.

SO, seeing as how I like to write, and writing is what I like, I figured that my focus would be much better if I forced myself to write about losing weight on a DAILY basis. In other words, since art imitates life, I would need to do things during the day to write about: note what I eat, look at myself in the mirror a lot, journal my daily weighings.

I don't necessarily have a weight goal. I think that anything below 200 is good as a start, but I will know it when I reach it...when I feel it, you know? When the clothes start to hang a little better, when the self-esteem starts to flow a little better, and when I am yet again, a full-on-sex-machine. You know what I'm talking about.

So, here we go. Hang on tight. I will try to be as entertaining as possible. Please feel free to offer encouragement and other stuff (except dessert). Being a restaurant professional, it will be tough to maintain my discipline, however I know it needs to be done. I am toying with the idea of doing a before and then after picture but I don't know if I can bring myself to do the before picture sober...

See you soon.