For the majority of my adult life, I’ve been overweight.

Hell, who am I kidding? I’ve been straight-up fat. I actually lost a bunch of weight back in 2005 and kept most of it off until mid-2006. Since then, it’s been a steady climb in weight. When my mother passed away. I ate like crazy. I ballooned up to 285 lbs, which is not good when you’re 6′ tall. I kept promising myself that the diet would start Monday – apparently, I didn’t specify which Monday, because I just kept eating and eating.

Then something happened. I got a call from Symantec about shooting more Hal the IT Admin videos. They were concerned about my weight being drastically different than it was when I previously worked with them (it had been over a year). In the nicest way possible they asked if I could lose weight and offered their full support. I realized just how far I had let myself go, and the loss of potential work was the wake-up call I needed. I started working with a trainer five days a week and doing cardio the other two days. I started eating right and drinking only water. When I started back in late October I weighed 279 lbs. When the shoot came around, I had dropped about 16. I even lost a pound or two over the holidays, when I should have been gaining.

Now it’s 2010. I’m going to workout a little later today, and am working toward a goal weight of 185 lbs. I’m at 261 right now, and I’ll be updating this blog as I continue my journey towards being healthy. If you want to follow along with me, that’s be just fine.