Before/After, fatblogging.

The LA Times has a bit on “fatblogging“. I never really did a lot of it; maybe one day I’ll go into it more. But here’s the before/after.

Before: 11 September 2005 on the Maryland Heights trail outside Harper’s Ferry. I weighed in excess of 260 pounds. 9 days after this pic was taken, I resolved to start taking a walk every other day.

After: This morning (17 June 2007) at Bull Run Park. 175 pounds, 15% bodyfat. I can pass (with a dreadfully low score, but passing nonetheless) a USMC Physical Fitness Test (PFT): with about an 8-9 minute mile, 5-6 pull ups, and ~50 situps in 2 minutes. (and no that’s not a Barbara Walters filter, there was a fuckton of smoke in the air from campfires plus diffuse morning sun)

And now, a plug: I read this blog for info on weight loss. Anyone who comes right out and says, “There are no advanced strategies for fat loss” - meaning you have to exercise and eat right - is in my humble but correct opinion probably worth a listen.