The Fat Man Diaries Day 25 (05/06/10)

I weighed in at 305 lbs this morning. That's what happens when you go to Burger King the night before. My buddy Huy called me last night and said, "Are you at Burger King?" I said, "No...I'm on my way though." He laughed at me, and we talked for a couple of hours. It's always fun talking to Huy; he's like the little brother I never had. Unfortunately it's not a great idea to go to bed around 2 a.m. when you have to wake up at 8:15 the next morning. Suffice it to say, I was a little late to class today. Chris thought I was going to miss completely, and he was going to be rightfully pissed. But I assured him that when he told me that I didn't want another day 1, he was right. To come this far only to have to start over...I don't know if I'd be willing to give it that extra push again. I know my eating is completely out of whack, but at least I'm exercising every day. That has to have some benefit to my health. That's where I find myself this far into the challenge: exercising and eating like shit. It makes me happy on many levels to stuff my face with delicious food. I can enjoy a salad from time to time, but it pales in comparison to a good old cheeseburger. I have to work on these thoughts because I don't want to be a fat guy the rest of my life. Diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure, and a multitude of other weight related diseases run rampant through my family. I don't want to be another statistic. I've been very lucky so far, but I know that it's been my youth that has been keeping me healthy. Every day that I wake up, I'm that much older. Pretty soon my youth won't be able to protect me from the inevitable, and that's why I'm doing this challenge. I want to outsmart my genetics; I have to...somehow.