I've been putting it off long enough

I started this blog with a plan to keep everyone updated on my weight loss goals and keep myself accountable. Part of that is being honest and providing the world with hard measurable numbers that people (including myself) can use to track my progress. These numbers allow people to be proud of me when I do well and be disappointed in me if I don't.

Of course, in order to let everyone know how far I go, I need to provide a base line. I need to provide a set of these measurables that give a snap shot at me before I started this plan. I've been avoiding that like the plague because, as I said in my first post, I feel like a gross monster. I felt like no one wanted to see pictures of me or hear the numbers that prove just how out of shape I really am. Sometimes, though, you've just got to suck it up and take your medicine. With that in mind, here are a few pictures of me that show off what I doughboy I am.

Giving a short lecture on evidentiary issues in social media. I guess the evidence in this case points to a fatty. 

Me with my much or in shape sister. Proof that even with my genetics a healthy body is not out of the question.

At a wedding this summer. I am hoping that weight loss makes me less of a sweaty mess. 

Here is the set of measurables the good folks at CrossFit South Metro took on me. These numbers are accurate as of 12/10/2012

Height: 5'8 & 1/2"
Weight: 336.6 lbs
Waist: 58.5"
Neck: 17 & 1/2"
Body Fat percentage (according to the US Marine Corps calculator): 46.9%

Yikes!

Luckily for me, despite being a lard ball, I have always been fairly athletic. I feel a lot better about my workout times* than I do about my body stats.

*For those of you not in the know, Crossfit, the exercise plan that I am currently working with, uses lots of exertion over a short, timed interval to produce and track results. They have a litany of standard exercises, some that are too fucking crazy to imagine ever doing, that they rotate through. The idea is that you do one exercise as fast as you can, then you do the same exercise about a month and a half later. If you improve your time on the workout, you are objectively fitter than you were the last time you did the routine. More in depth description forthcoming once I do it a little longer. 

On my first official workout on the plan, the trainer had me do the following workout:

3 rounds:
- 20 air squats
- 15 push presses (with a 45 lbs bar)
- 20 sit-ups

I completed the workout in 9:19. Note, this was about a minute quicker than the much more fit looking dude I did the workout with. I was incredibly sore the next day (and even more so two days later) but it was worth it. Hopefully I can keep it up and change my lifestyle for good.