So for those of you who watched me come out and tell Oprah that I had been in hiding about putting back half the 214 lbs I lost while on the Biggest loser, you know that was back in January 2009 and everyone keeps asking where I am at today, here we are already six months later. I had the excuse of working tax season that kept me busy and the cold winter weather to keep me from getting outside to move around and here I am six months later, the weather is still awful in New York, not anything that makes you want to go outside and go for a run or walk and although tax season is over I am still not back on track totally.
I dont know what it is. I do know its not one thing in particular that keeps me from staying on the track. Usually its hard to start something, for me, its harder to stay at something. Im signed up to run the NYC Marathon in November. I have a lot of work ahead of me. I need to get focused and stop putting this one off more day. Its so hard when you have a family and a job to put yourself on the “list” sort of speak, but waiting for it to happen is clearly not working.
I am going to blog my challenges and my triumphs! Maybe I can get some insight on what the story is with me - being depressed about my weight gain sure isn’t helping lose it. Thanks for reading.

It’s hard to express in a blog the amount of hard work and determination it takes to want to lose such an insurmountable amount of weight as I did. I lost 214 lbs. more weight than most people weigh.  But then again, I was 407 lbs.  I didnt get there over night. I didnt lose it over night, but in just 8 short but pain staking months I did it.  Keeping it off was just as hard, and I did keep a majority of it off until 2008.  I started working as a salesperson and traveling in my car for 10 hrs a day, its hard to find a restroom in the territory I was in, let alone a sensible meal.  Fast food was cheap and accessible and it also made me feel better for the moment at least.  I saw it happening but we will get to that at another time.

Being on TV, bearing it all, might leave some squeamish, but I was so desperate to finally do something about my weight, the thought of letting it all hang out sort of speak didn’d discourage me.  I was scheduled for Lap Band surgery, postponned it twice, waiting for the Biggest Loser call.

I met friends and had the support I never could have imagined.  I began to belive in myself that anything was possible, even though I was the heaviest contestant to date.

The time away was sometimes unbearable, but I was reassured by my wife that the children and family business would still be there when I got back.  It’s hard to imagine at the time that I would ever finish my time at the Ranch.

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