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I've been active all of my life but over the last 10 years, less so.

With regard to my health, it's always been a losing weight mindset for me rather than a working out to build muscle mindset. I never wanted to be bulky so getting into a serious weight lifting program wasn't for me. I like the swimmers body..long and lean. Running helped me with that although I never achieved

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I've been active all of my life but over the last 10 years, less so.

With regard to my health, it's always been a losing weight mindset for me rather than a working out to build muscle mindset. I never wanted to be bulky so getting into a serious weight lifting program wasn't for me. I like the swimmers body..long and lean. Running helped me with that although I never achieved that look.

I didn't have weight issues in my teens. In my twenties, I was in the military and exited basic training at about 176. In my late 30's, on a sushi / sake diet, I ballooned up over 260. HELLO! I think my max weight was about 265. Clearly too large for someone 6' 1".

Whenever I've wanted to lose weight, with exception to the last 10 years, all I needed to do was to start running and watching what I eat. Never needed a program, so I thought, to get that done. With that approach, it was always going to be temporary. As soon as the weight came off, I'd be feeling like I could eat anything I wanted again. The result was that my energy level would dissipate because I wasn't eating to live, I'd stop running and the weight would come back in it's insidious, sneaky way.

Up and down, up and down. That's the story.

In my forties it's been a different story. We moved to Rocklin California, about 20 miles northeast of Sacramento, from the bay area and I wanted to get back in shape so I started what's always worked.

I picked up running a couple miles to start with the thought of increasing to over 5 miles within a few weeks. Yeah...not so much!

I'd get into it and for the first couple of weeks I'd be good. Then I'd get injured in the same place on every attempt. Get started, injure my left calf and I'd be done. No weight loss. The first few times I thought this was an anomaly but it turned out that my body was trying to tell me I needed a different approach to my health.

I like being outside so going to the gym wasn't a pleasant thought but it was better than not working out at all. We joined a gym. Again, no program, no support and no help. I didn't ever last but a few weeks if that at the gym.

In November of 2009, my wife says "I've been hearing about a program called P90X and my friends say it's great. Wanna try it?" She is a physical therapist and claims to be a slob when in fact she has a great body..great genes..she is rarely wrong about stuff like this so I said sure if you want to then let's get it.

We started shopping for the "stuff" and when we got the program I watched her do it for the first few dvd's before I started. At first I thought it was hokey but then started to see the potential. I'm glad the hokeyness only lasted about 2 days.

Last year, January 2009, I weighed 255 (my before pics). I committed to losing some weight and by November had gotten down to 228 when my holiday partying kicked in. By January 4th, I got up to 243 or 244. I felt like I had stuck with it most of the year last year but didn't really work hard at looking better just dieted with moderate to light exercising.

A couple weeks on, a couple weeks off.

This year I committed again to lose weight and shape up. Not a fleeting approach but I really wanted to do it this year.

Since January 4th 2010 I've lost 18 pounds and am, as of this morning, 226. It's February 28th and I just finished week 3 of P90X. I've only lost 2 pounds since starting the program and I was a little frustrated by that as I am closely monitoring my diet, getting the calories I need but I'm plateaued right now.

This is where my mindset needed to change from dieting and exercising to lose vs. building muscle to get stronger and look better.

I'm not too concerned about that now as I've hunted around the boards and found that this is normal. My goal is 205ish. That said, if I get to the end of the first 90 days and I'm 210 or 215 and in great shape, I'll be happy with that. I'll be big but I'll be big and strong, not depending on just weight loss for my shape but building muscle and letting that determine my shape. I like that better.

So that's where I've been and where I'm at. I never thought I'd get into P90X as much as I have. I went searching for photos and realized that I had become camera shy due to my weight. Couldn't even find pictures of myself! Sheesh!

I have a daughter who lives in Henderson, NV. She is in her 20's and a 5 year old son..whooohooo..a very spirited young man. My wife is my best pal...takes care of me in her subtle way so well, never pushes and is rarely wrong about anything. The best decision I've ever made was marrying her.

I'm looking forward to being active here. Thanks for checking me out.

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