Michael

Half My Size – Join Me in My Journey

Michael – Chicago, Illinois

That’s me in a photo with my friends Sandria and Mu Shemsu-t during Blog-a-Thon ’09.37. 5’10. 377lbs.

I never thought those numbers would scare me but they did. I recently went to the doctor for a checkup (after not having gone in for almost two years! Schedule regular doctor’s visits people, for real…) and found out that I’m borderline diabetic, have degenerative joint disease and worst of all I had gained almost 45lbs! They say ignorance is bliss; I mean if you don’t know you can be happy, right? WRONG! Ignorance is what it is. I fought going back to the doctor because I didn’t WANT to hear what I already knew: I’m severely overweight and need to drop the “other person” I’m carrying around in the guise of extra weight. I felt a lot of things after leaving that doctor’s office – scared mostly – but what i was pleased to find is the feeling of excitement. Why? Because I had a great lifted off of me named denial and I was now ready to kick weight’s ass to regain my health.

As fate would have it, I have already been blessed with someone that will be imparting the gift of renewed health to me…my fellow blogger Flossie Alexander of You Can NOW! Coaching! As if on cue she called me right after I got home and I told her the news. “UH, UH! We can’t have that!”, was her reply and now I’m on the road again to increased health. By this time next year I will be “Half the Man I Used to Be” in the above photo. My goal is to reach 277 by my birthday and be down to 220 by this time next year. I may document my progress here or on another blog. I hope that my journey will inspire someone else to take up the challenge to be half the person they used to be.