"Not all those who wander are lost." - J.R.R Tolkien

So this is the beginning. This blog has been somewhat long in my mind and has now finally found form. I endeavor to devote this blog to my fitness and spiritual journey. I will ramble and that is okay. At the end of the day this blog is a platform for my journey to a better me and place of remembrance to look back upon to gain strength for new challenges ahead. So here we go!

The wife, who is simply amazing, and me are beginning the 21 Day Fix. I feel that this should benefit me in three specific ways. 1) I will eat more vegetables. For my caloric need on this diet I am suppose to have 6 cups of vegetables a day. This is substantially more than I consume on a normal day. 2) I will be forced to become more conscience of what and how much I am eating. Gone shall be days of sitting down with a bag of Doritos, a large pizza and a twenty-four pack of Mountain Dew and only noticing how much I've been eating when the pizza and Doritos are gone! 3) To hopefully circumvent the history of diabetes that runs in my family. My mother and father are diabetic and my older sister is pre-diabetic. So my future is all but set unless I change. Therefore, I shall do so with God's help, family support and self-discipline.

P.S. I'm 300lbs. And this is my before picture. I am training for Strongman Competition and competing in Judo alongside doing MMA training as a hobby.