Okay, well, this was supposed to be the big announcement on the 1st of July but you’ll just have to settle with this after-the-fact post:

I’ve got a new fitness goal and I’m counting on the accountability of the friends, family and heck even the complete strangers who might read this site to make it happen. My goal is this: To lose 120 lbs in 6 months–July 1st 2004 to December 31st 2004. That’s 20 lbs/month; 4.6 lbs/week; .65 lbs/day. Doable? I think so.

“That’s a lot of poundage! So what’s the plan?” The plan is simple: Eat right, exercise A LOT, and blog about it. I’ll be doing daily updates on the workouts I do, food I eat. I’ll be weighing in weekly with the scale at the gym and also taking weekly photos to track progress.

I hope to have some sort of database to track progress real soon but for right now I’ll be tracking stuff manually. I’ll be using a new Fitness category within the blog to keep updates seperate. I’ll get them off the front page and onto their own page to keep everything nice and neat.

So what can you, dear readers, do to help? Why just reading will be the biggest help. Or feel free to make comments. Just knowing that there are people out there reading my site will help me keep my focus. I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me.

I did my first weigh in last Friday, the 2nd: 285. So that would make my goal at the end of 6 months 165.

Last Friday, the 2nd, I did 15 minutes of HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) on the bike machine at the gym. I was feeling it, but it was a good start.

Saturday, the 3rd, played racquetball with Mark. Won 2 games to 1.

Sunday, the 4th. Took a walk and rode bike with Alex. Not real strenuous but it was at least something.

More stuff to come later!