And so it begins...

As many of you may have known for a while, I have been a big guy (i.e. fat) for most of my life. And with my 3oth birthday coming up very soon (yes, that says 30) I have decided to make a lifestyle change. I have taken up this task many times before and made great strides in doing in my goals. But I haven't ever been this motivated and focused. So here it goes.

I'll be doing the P90x (www.beachbody.com) program starting Monday, August 31, 2009. I'll also be supplementing the program by doing additional skill work on things that I feel that I am weak at. Some examples of skills that I'll be working on are pushups (I'm a large guy, thus these are difficult), pull ups, overhead squats, etc.

I'll be outlining my goals during this week as I prepare for my adventure. My main goal is to become fit. For my definition of fitness I will be using the crossfit idea (www.crossfit.com). The article "what is fitness" by Greg Glassman is available for download at http://journal.crossfit.com/2002/10/what-is-fitness-by-greg-glassm.tpl. I highly recommend anyone starting this sort of endeavor read this article.

Please use your relationship with me to encourage me along the way. So that everyone can keep their last meal to themselves, I will not be posting photos on this site at this time. I might if my results are appealing enough to me at the end of the program. I will make my email address available somewhere on this page and you can email your thoughts to me at any point. I will also allow comments on entries, but reserve the right to remove them if they are filled with profanity. If you prefer to encourage me like a drill sargeant, then feel free.

Finally, if you would like to go about this adventure with me please, by all means, do so.

Thanks everyone!

Matt