They say that the third time is the charm. And of course, when "they" say something, it MUST be true. I mean, this was a saying even before the internet for crying out loud!
Honestly it's just a catchy name for this new blog, and a way to try to motivate myself towards actual change.
My name is Silas. I've had several blog incarnations over the past ten years or so. My most prolific and useful one was the original Journal of a Fat Loser back on journalspace, before they lost everything and went down hard.
I've had another couple of incarnations of that, another couple of non-starters, and now this one. What do you consider the third time?
Well, at one point I lost 132.4 pounds. It was amazing.
And then it came almost all back.
Then I lost 84 pounds. Almost down to the lowest.
And then it came back. And then some.
I haven't weighed in a long time. I'm pretty dang sure that I'm at a higher weight now than I ever have been before.
So...even though there have been several starts/stops, there have been only 2 real times where I've lost a lot of weight. This is what I want to do again, and what I want to be for the long term.
It's time to figure out how to do it. Because, you know - it's just that easy.
One of the things is blogging. And it's not just about losing weight - it's about a lot of other things as well. Weight is only one of the things in my life that I'm wanting to change. I'm 43 years old now and I'm going through some sort of mid-life crisis I think. Nothing serious, but I'm not what I want to be. Professionally, I'm on track to be great - I'm a dev manager for a large web company. I get to work with a great team. But in about every other facet of my life I'm disappointed.
So it's time to make some changes.
I will be back to post more about it.
-Silas
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