103in365 : Day 1

And so it begins...

Welcome to 103in365!

As Chris Farley said in Tommy Boy, "I have what doctors call a little bit of a weight problem".

This is not a new thing for me and in fact, maybe like many of you, I have struggled with my weight most of my life. What is the deal with this blog you ask? Good question. I am glad you asked it.

Today is October, 1, 2012 and I weighed in this morning at 318 pounds. This blog will chronicle my year in losing 103 pounds leaving me a much lighter man at 215 pounds by October, 1, 2013.           ( Look at me! I can do basic math right in my head.)

I will blog about strategies that I am trying and how they are working or not working. I will blog about goals I am setting and how they are progressing. I will blog about what exercise I am doing and how its going. I will blog about food and fitness products I am trying and review them. It is my aim that this be a blog that is funny, informative, and as I gain ground towards my 103 mark, hopefully even inspirational. I will weight myself every Monday to measure my progress.

Just to prove to you that I indeed have this weight to loose and am doing this for real, here are two pictures that my amazing wife took for me today.

I will include pictures from time to time so you can see me shrink. I will be the incredibly shrinking man.

I would love nothing more than to have those of you out there that want to do some shrinking of your own to shrink with me. Let's be shrinking pals! Send me messages and tell me how you are doing and I will occasionally make reference to your communications in my blogs.

I am excited and I hope that you are excited too, especially if you are going to shed some LBS with me!

I love movies so prepare for me to share movies, and or shows, that I am watching and many movie quotes in my blogs. You can Google the quote if you don't know where it comes from.

Don't be alarmed that I sign off every blog with a specific recreational activity rather than a traditional name. I shall explain. About 12 years ago, in college, I took a few Scuba Diving courses. (Not a bad way to earn some elective credits.) My first name is Steve and the Adam Sandler flick, Big Daddy, had recently came out and so the guys in my class started calling me Scuba Steve from a scene in the movie. The name "Scuba" has just stuck with me, thanks in part to a buddy of mine that was also in that class.

That is all for Day 1. Let's put our hands in and do this thing. On three give me your best 103 in 365. One...Two...Three
103 in 365!  

Let's kick the tires and light the fires,

Scuba