Hi, I’m Alex. I’d like to quickly introduce
myself, then I’ll tell you why I’m crashing this blog.
Honey,
Who’s the Chubby Man in the Mirror?
As recently as 4 months ago, I was your basic American
cocktail of health hazards: overweight, in my thirties, working a desk job,
eating delicious but unhealthy food, and enjoying the best microbrews in the
country.
I was having a great time getting fat, but I
couldn’t even recognize the bloated body in the mirror. Just two years prior I
was a healthy, thin groom at my wedding. The person I came to see every day in
my reflection definitely wasn’t him anymore.
It was finally when I walked up a few flight of
stairs and couldn’t catch my breath for at least 5 minutes that I realized I
was at a precipice. A familiar voice inside my head screamed louder than ever, Do something, do something! And I
finally listened.
Goodbye,
Large Cat. Goodbye.
So that’s me—the lighter, healthier version of a
fat guy who still loves great food and microbrews.
Great,
So Why Am I Reading This Again?
I’m going to occasionally crash by this blog to
catalogue a few of my personal experiences throughout the Explore Fitness Summer Shape Up Challenge (or as I call
it: the 2-month long journey through fat-burning hellfire).
At the request of the Explore Fitness team, I’m
going to offer you readers the flabby voice of the love-handled laymen, the
recipient of the workout punishment, the complete opposite of the fitness
experts you normally hear from on this blog.
But I promise not to blather on about myself in
future posts. I’ll also lend a few nuggets of pertinent information that I’ll
glean throughout the process of the challenge—things like surprising nutrition
facts and fitness tips.
Alex
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