The first of many?

Well I am blogging. Not that I really know what that means, but hey....time to jump on the bandwagon I suppose. I guess technically blogging is the new "livejournal" or "xanga"....anyone remember those? I would feverishly rush home to check mine everyday to see if I had comments on my daily rants. Interestingly enough, I still do that with FaceBook, so one trend replaces another I suppose.

Anyway. Who am I? My name is Tyler and I work at the YMCA. The YMCA has become an increasingly more important aspect of my life lately. I started out working in the AfterSchool program at Rock Springs and Miller Perry Elementary and loved every second of it. Then I began my journey into weight loss/fitness. At 308 pounds I knew I had to do something. I was in a XXL shirt and a 44'' waist. It was to the point where I had to order my clothes, and couldnt be that average shopper who could pick anything out at random. It was embarassing, and completely unhealthy.

I will always remember that day I walked into the doctors office and they told me I weighed 308. I made it a habit to NEVER weight myself out of pure fear of what that number would be. Never would I have guessed I would have surpassed that dreaded 300 mark. I was one of those people...I was *going* to be one of those people that you saw on Dateline NBC or some trashy news magazine. One of those people who couldnt be removed from there bed or home because they were too fat. One of those people who couldnt fit into a car because they literally couldnt FIT.....into a CAR.

Back to that dreaded doctors appointment. My grandfather was in the hospital during this time. My grandmother had passed away shortly before this time and our family was going through a very difficult time. I can remember going to the doctor that day after being up all night with my grandfather the night before in the ajoining hospital. I don't even remember why I was at the doctor. I am a raging hypochondriac and I am sure I had convinced myself I was dying of some deadly disease/illness. Point is, I weighed toooooo much. It was time to put a stop to it....but how????

(More later!)