Hi, I’m Paul, and welcome to my blog site, “Reduction Road Odyssey”. Thanks for reading. Here’s a little bit about me -
I’m a computer programmer and former musician, living in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. I work for a health insurance company. That being said, this blog is not about computers or music or health insurance. I may touch on those topics from time to time, but that’s not the purpose of this blog.
This blog is about my attempt to lose a large quantity of weight. I weigh in excess of 400 pounds. So, you can see I’m not talking about needing to lose a few pounds here, I’m talking about needing to lose more than an entire adult human being. So, how did I get this large? Well, that’s a good question. I’ve been overweight my whole life, but I didn’t start ballooning up to my current weight until I was in my mid-30’s. I’m now in my mid-40’s, so, as you can imagine, I’ve really reached crunch time here. I think it’s probably a combination of a change in metabolism and a breakdown of the small amount of discipline and willpower that I actually possessed. Now my job is to rediscover and harness that discipline.
The primary purpose of this blog will be to keep family, friends and anyone else out there in the blogosphere updated on my weight loss efforts.
As for my family, I’m single, I have two older brothers and one nephew. My mother is passed on, and my father is currently living in an assisted-living facility (he has quite a few mobility issues and dementia symptoms). He also still owns the house that he and my mother bought in 1966. Yes, that’s right, 43 years in the same house!
As for my personal interests, I enjoy reading, music, movies and politics (as spectator sport only since the profession requires too much talking and too much bending of the truth for me!). I also enjoy baseball (I’m a fan of the 2008 World Champions of Baseball Philadelphia Phillies).
So, I hope you enjoy your visit here, and hope you will come back in the future and read more. Feel free to comment!
Hi again…I’m just popping over here to comment on this entry. I am 45 years old, and I have noticed since I was in my early 30’s that I was gaining weight…and it was/is very hard to lose weight as you get older. People wondered when I was alot heavier than I am now..how I let myself get like that. –My only answer ..I love food. But I hate the way I feel later, mostly when I need to dress up and all I look like is a big moose. Nothing fits right..blah..blah blah..you get the jest of it ..right? anyhow…don’t get discouraged. we all need support …whether from friends/acquaintces or what have you..
good luck on your journey…
Peace!
Thanks again for the words of encouragement. Cheating on the eating always hurts later on, doesn’t it? You just feel lousy. I’m trying to get better about it. It’s a long journey – good luck with yours.