New Quest - Operation "Touch the Rim Again"

So off topic of youth sports since I'm not coaching anything now and have slowed down in that department. I weighed myself the other day ouch! So i'm gonna loose weight. I am embarrassed myself ; since 8/21/2010 till now I've gained 36 lbs. pretty terrible. I look like a pear with legs and a fat head. Anyway back in April of 2010 I weighed about what I weigh now. I lost it all in about 4 1/2 months. I kept it off for about 6 months and have been climbing ever since. So I thought what can I do to 1)lose it again and 2) be more successful at keeping it off. I thought of some good ideas last time but none really worked. They were rewards, like buying things or going on trips - This didn't work because another goal I have is to spend less money. The only other rewards I could think of involved food, so you can see the issue. I couldn't really think of any rewards to motivate myself to stay in shape so i got chunky.

Well this time I think I have it. I'm still going to have some milestone awards Toned down a bit, but the real motivation I'm going to use is basketball. I used to love basketball. I could play pretty well and one of my assets was for a 6 footer I could get up pretty high. I could touch the rim and even came close to being able to dunk. Well last night I went and played at the church. This was a dismal display of my basketball skills, such as the are. I can't even touch the backboard and have a really hard time touching the net... terrible. My guess is because i am trying to put up 50 more lbs than ever and using really out of shape muscles to do it. So here's the deal I'm gonna touch that rim again, maybe even grab it. First I have to lose some weight. Second I'm going to work out more so that my muscles can get back into action and 3rd I'm going to play more basketball.

I will put some pictures from my adventures. If you see me out running know that I'm envisioning me blocking some guy because I can jump so high in my next basketball game. So I may not know you are there because my focus will be on that. I think this will motivate me...Let's Go!