About This Blog(ger)
I'm just a regular guy, really. An average, twenty-six year-old gay New Yorker. I lead a happy, normal life with my loving partner. My day job is online - where I'm a website developer and consultant. I have a small circle of good friends and enjoy their company. I enjoy a fine wine. I love to travel. Generally, my life is great and I'm happy.
Except that I'm fat. Not just fat - obese. Not just obese, morbidly obese. I have been fat for as long as I can remember. I've struggled to lose weight only to gain it back with a vengeance. I've tried so many things in so many ways, and none of them have ever stuck. But now I've found myself at the worst I have ever been. Since moving to New York in April 2005, I've ballooned to as high as 325 lbs (at least). This is no good, so I've committed myself to losing this weight once and for all.
I started this journey a couple years ago - summer 2007 - in the midst of yet another season of shame and disheartening obesity. I started with a full plan complete with motivational mantra, a plan for eating well and exercising regularly, dedication to hydration and dropping caffeine and sweeteners. I made fine, steady progress for a couple of months. But when vacation came, combined with stress of work and other matters of life, I began to put off working out and eating more ice cream. Eventually I regained everything I lost. I tried to restart time again for several months, to no avail. I Weight Watchers Online - which went really, really well. But holidays came and I gave up.
I relaunched this blog last year with an all-new look, new features, new motivational tools. But my job once again sucked. Stress once again became overwhelming. And even though I worked out over the course of 2009, I didn't blog it. I lost my job at the end of '08 and ventured out on my own, since starting two businesses. Work-wise, I'm happy and fulfilled. But I still carry this weight.
So here we are again, in my FOURTH Great Attempt to lose weight. I've redesigned, streamlined, simplified and relaunched this blog. I still have my goals, motivations and inspirations. And I try to make there bit by bit, day by day.
What Of This Website?
LWD started as just a blog to help encourage me and give me an outlet for all the thoughts and feelings that flood me as I strive towards a healthy life. But as I've made this journey, I've wanted to make the blog something more. Thus the launch of losingweightdaily.com.
This is my personal site for recording my thoughts and progress along the way. Along with the normal bloggy stuff, I've created three special sections to keep me focused and motivated. There's the progress page where I track how I'm doing over time, well-defined and goals, and pictures of fitness and down-right eye candy to inspire me to press forward.
Please explore the site, join the conversation, leave comments, or email me with your own thoughts and stories.