It all started with my sleep.
My girlfriend bought me a Fitbit for Valentine's Day and I let it sit on the coffee table for about a month and a half u till she finally asked me if I was going to use it? If not than she'll return it. I decided id give it a try. I was often tired during the day and wanted to track how I was sleeping. Having heard recent podcasts by Joe Rogan and others talking about the importance of sleep. I knew my sleep was shit drinking A LOT of caffeine and using other stimulants to keep alert. I had no idea how bad it was according to my Fitbit. I was getting somewhere between 4 to 5.5 hours of good sleep. The rest of the time I was tossing and turning.
That was a big wake up call and I started to realize how unhealthy I was. I knew I was overweight and had body aches that I shouldn't have at 31. I looked like shit with dark eye circles because I didn't sleep. But I always thought I'd start tomorrow being healthy or next week. I tricked myself into thinking it was ok to be unhealthy because I'll take care of it in the future. I justified it all by convincing myself the reason I was overweight was because like most American nowadays I sat at a desk. If only I didnt have a desk job I'd be fit I told myself.
But slowly I started to realize how bad this mental conditioning was. I knew if I get putting it off day, weeks and months become years and you find yourself further down the rabbit whole than you ever imagined. This kinda where I'm at now. My starting point. Where do I go from here? My thought is there is so much information we have access I have zero excuse not to get healthy. There's no major reason why I can't get become the healthiest, fittest, and hopefully happiest version of my self.
I'm no fitness expert or health expert. Just an ordinary 31 year old dude who works a regular job who got a little off the rails and trying to get back on track. This is my journey from 286 lbs to 184 lbs. That's 102 lbs total! Please join me once you decide you need to change too. My hope is that you can keep my accountable and in return I can give you information about what's works and a little inspiration. I believe that if we all can serve as role models for each other the stronger we'll all become.
