Thanks Mary for coming up with the inspiration of Mary-thon!  I’m thrilled to be a part of it.  This page will an online fitness diary of sorts.  Not long ago I was 5-9 and weighed 239 pounds.  My goal is to be 5-9 and 175 pounds.  In this quest I’ll try to share some insights and experiences from a male perspective, hopefully without embarrassing myself too much.  You’ll soon notice that I will tend to ramble, and I make up words.  In my defense, if they’re not words . . . they should be words.

Please feel free to ask any questions you’d like in the comment section.  I’ll answer all the questions either truthfully or plausibly . . . depends on how much shame I’m feeling.  Unfortunately for my mother, I have a fairly high shame threshold.

cheers,

Mike

• Mike’s Intro
• What?  I’m considered “obese”???

You know what a bad day is?

It’s the day you find out from some government chart that you are classified as “obese”

What the @#$@!!  I know I’m not skinny, but really . . . There is no way I’m “obese”.

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Thanks Mary! for letting me be a part of the Mary-thon movement.  I think this whole concept of “Mary-thon” and “Keep Moving Forward” is just spectacular!  As I’m probably into “middle age” territory (when is that by the way?  If most people live to be 75 years old, is 25-50 middle aged?  Sure 50 year olds are middle aged I guess . . . but are 25 year olds?) I find that I need extra motivation to get/stay/be healthy.

The beauty of Mary-thon is the “normalcy” of it.  I used to spend $45/mo for a gym membership, but I hated the testosteronic atmosphere, budgeting 60 minutes for daily exercise can be tedious, “training” for a marathon can be too daunting . . . as Goldilocks would say, 30 minutes a day feels “just right!”  I can do that 5 times a week without feeling enslaved by the process.

So this page will an online fitness diary of sorts.  Not long ago I was 5-9 and weighed 239 pounds.  My goal is to be 5-9 and 175 pounds.  In this quest I’ll try to share some insights and experiences from a male perspective, hopefully without embarrassing myself too much.  You’ll notice that I will tend to ramble, and I make up words (see “testosteronic” above).  In my defense, if they’re not words . . . they should be words.

Please feel free to ask any questions you’d like in the comment section.  I’ll answer all the questions either truthfully or plausibly . . . depends on how much shame I’m feeling.  Fortunately I have a fairly high shame threshold.

cheers,

Mike