D-Day

Picture it:

Bakersfield: January 5th, 2010.

It was a cold day in town and the fog hung low to the ground and created an eerie scene. It was late in the night when I knew it was time. It was time to put into place that ever so fretful plan that we call the New Year's Resolution.

I confess that I damned the day, nay, I rued the day when it would come. I chose to be fairly cliche about my Resolution this year. I chose to shed those God-forsaken pounds that keep me extra insulated in the winter and even more insulated in the summer. And for all you lucky souls who do not know much about Bakersfield - summers are reminiscent of the 7th dimension of hell.

Because I am an internet whore, I quickly got onto the web and plugged in my height and weight to find my BMI. Its shameful, painful, and disgusting. So I will confess - a la Weight Watchers in the early days when they would publicly scourn you if you hadn't lost a prescribed number of pounds - my current BMI. Keep it on the down low please, but it is 29.9 and for all of you who are unschooled in the world of BMI that is .1 points away from being in the obese category.

AND because I am a Reality TV whore, I decided to do a little at home fun. Every season I watch The Biggest Loser and giggle when Aly Larter tells some poor sap that he is not the biggest loser and I would mutter under my breath, "but you are a big loser." But, alas, it is all fun and games when you are projecting like crazy onto poor overweight man or woman who has more balls than I had. So at the end of last season, when I was crying like a little baby at how wonderful everyone looked I felt it was time to put this thing on full blast. The new season started on January 5th, 2010.

And so it begins. I am going to follow the show and weigh in every Tuesday night with the contestants. I also joined the gym. Yes, you heard that correctly, I JOINED A GYM. And this time it isn't draped in tacky, offensive, and belligerent amounts of hypocrisy found at the Lord's Gym in Clermont.

Last night was the first weigh in. And because we are all friends here, at least I hope we are, I will share with you my opening weight because the Biggest Loser contestants have decided to share with the world, too. My beginning weight is 251.2 lbs. FOR SHAME! I know.

Now, Picture it: same place, different day. January 6th, 2010. I started my weight loss regimen. I went to the gym and did some "wonderful" cardio on the Elliptical machine for a whopping 20 minutes. Then I decided to abuse my body just a little bit more and "lifted weights" on these Nautilus machines that act more like medieval torture devises that were used to draw and quarter William Wallace and other supposed heretics. I guess its better than being burned at the stake.

So, if you like me, or just want to see me potentially humiliate myself in a public gym, check back in here to find out how I am progressing. Every Tuesday will be a big update with my weekly weight. The there will be three or four posts a week detailing what I am doing and whether or not I want to even look at another piece of workout equipment.

Finally, I think I am going to run a marathon at the end of this year, so thats the ultimate goal. Lets see if I can do it! Any support would be real fantastic :)

Hugs and kisses,

Dr. Travis