skermit23

About Me

I have had some what of a weight problem all of my life. It started in high school when I started to gain a massive amount of weight, which out side of high school, I progressed to a fat adult, and in the last few years, have become a really fat adult. My current weight is hovering around the 246 lb. mark. Jesus, that was hard to write.

Like almost everyone else on the planet who struggles with their weight, I have been on a million diets. I've lost a little weight here and there, but I have always gained it back, plus more. I have developed alot of minor aches and pains due to my weight. At the current age of 23, I realize I cannot continue to abuse my body this way. I know the deal. I only have to look at my family history to know it. I don't want to grow old before my time. I don't want to have a heart attack at the age of 23, or develop diabetes. I want to know, for once, before I die, what it feels like to be thin.
I know now that in order to lose weight and keep it off, I have to make permanent changes for the better.

Why I Want To Get In Shape

Well I have had my little break (or is it nervous break down?) and I've come to the realisation that I'm in need of a real good attitude adjustment.To be fair to myself, I have the best intentions when it comes to this losing weight gig. But the best intentions can't help me lose weight alone. I've got to get off my fat arse and do it properly. It's all well and good to read about nutrition and work out some exercise plans. But on paper they're about as effective as cocktail umbrella in a monsoon. It's only going to help me if I actually follow a healthy eating plan. It's only going to work if I actually continue to exercise.

The simplest message of all is "Finish what you've started."It's a good message. It's straight and to the point. It gets to the core of the matter of why my weight loss has been pretty much non-existant in 2008. Actually it's why my weight loss has been a spectacular bellyflop all my life!! I haven't finished what I begun. I've been on some crazy ass diets in my time and I've also been on some of the other more well known front runners of the diet industry. have seen proof these weight loss systems work for some people that go on these diet plans/lifestyle changes. But lets be honest here... I can see proof in the mirror that it didn't work for me. I've seen other people that it didn't work for them. It just means that all the others didn't work for me. And with the other people that it didn't work for, well.... it obviously wasn't for them either.


My reasons seem pretty easy... It didn't work for me because I still had the same attitude. I was still in my 'diet' mentality. Once I finished this crazy shin ding of counting points or scarfing pre packaged calorie controlled meals I was going to be slim... but still craving that McChicken Meal with an additional 10 pack of nuggets. And having those old habits and thought patterns sitting there just waiting for the cracks to appear in my diet plan wasn't easy. It made things fucking unbearable at times.When the going got tough, Repeat action until you're the size of a house.

That's my failure pattern. No attitude change, no kissing bad habits goodbye and when it all gets too hard to follow the 'diet' - POW! Hello Burger King. Would you like congential heart failure with that?

Let's face it, if losing weight and keeping it off was easy, do you think the words "obesity crisis" would be bandied about so often? I'll be the first person to admit that I am lazy. If there was an easy pain free way of dropping kilos, with no special food plans I would have been first in the cue. The truth of the matter is that we have all the information. We've got it right in front of us, dangling there going "heeeyyy! Look at me!!! Here I am, come and get me tubby!"

My Inspirations

• My Daughter ~ would like to be able to do more things with her.
• To be fit and healthy
• To buy smaller clothes
• Better self-esteem

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