It begins......bring this shit

Well how about another weight loss blog huh? well damn, I am gonna toss my hat into the ring for that.

So I'll begin with my intro...

My name is Mike, lot of people call me Ned (which is half of my last name). I play and collect video games, which the history of video games has always fascinated me. I enjoy listening to heavy metal which would most likely make your ears bleed cause it is so brutal (aka Arch Enemy, Dethklok, Lamb of God, Gojira, etc).

I work at a radio station in Grand Rapids, MI and DJ for 3 different stations....97.9 WGRD, 100.5 WTRV, and 98.7 WFGR. I really enjoy my job there and I look forward to whatever it may bring! Plus I get to bring the metal to the world one blog at a time on WGRD.com\

I also work at Gaming Warehouse in Holland, MI...here is were I sort games, talk games, play games, from all generations. Best job ever if you are a gamer.

Personal life....I am engaged to a wonderful woman, I work a lot, and pretty much have no time for anything. Kinda sucks....(except the engagement part, that's cool)

I also went to college at Eastern Michigan University, where I earned my B.A. in Electronic Media. College is blamed for a good portion of what this blog is about. I gained the majority of my weight during my college years.....you eat crappy food (A LOT OF IT!!!), drank a TON of beer, ate at the latest times at night. Pizza was pretty much my everything when it came to College food. Screw the Freshman 15...I gained the SENIOR 35!

So WHY make a blog right? Well I have been upset with my weight for some time. Many people would say, "Oh Ned, you're not fat".....yadda yadda yadda....well thanks for being nice, but I did have some good weight on me. The lady (aka Fiance', she will be referred to as lady in this blog) lost weight recently, around 20 pounds! I mean damn, that's dedication, determination, and discipline. Yea.....I don't have any of that...So after many failed attempts, pointless excuses, and whatever....I started researching the ever so popular P90X workout system. I had seen co-workers (Producer Steve, Free Beer, Eric Zane especially) have a good amount of success in this program. It interested me from that point, but I told myself....yea whatever...I don't have an hour a day, that was about a year ago now.

After a year had passed, I kept hearing about a friend starting it, and never going through with it, watching infomercials, then I saw an old friend's picture and how many results he had from it and I just said, "Holy crap man....that's awesome." So after so much of my own bull crap, I decided to take the P90X Challenge, but I had to make it my own, cause I defiantly am not a health nut or muscle head.

I ordered it from an eBay auction, with all the proper guides, and even a resistance band. Came out to $100. Not to bad...but then I found out I needed more to get the full effect of this thing. Which is where I spent even more money....which is fine. $60 jug of Protein Recovery from GNC, $35 in more resistance bands, and $19 for 2 15-lb free weights. So overall about $200 in stuff for this thing, should just bought it off of their website, I ended up only saving $40 from piecing it together....oh well....

My workout space is down in my basement in my "workout area," which are fully cement floors....ouch.....not easy on the knees...

Reasons Why To Get In Shape:
Personal Well Being
For Lady
Look good for wedding
Fit into my favorite shirts (I have like a billion shirts, most of which I can't fit comfortably in anymore)
Not to be the fattest DJ on WGRD
Fit into my old pants thus my wardrobe will increase by 80%
Save money on fast food....(big problem....)

Reasons Not To Get In Shape:
......................yea I thought so................

So here is my journey of P90X, I hope I will do this. I am not gonna say, "Yup, I will complete the whole thing!" That is an unrealistic prediction....I have said I WILL do this and I WILL do that with failed results each time...so instead I am going to say, Ill do my best.

Each day, I will post my experience. Whether I did good, did bad, didn't do it at all, etc. On that note, here is my before picture, which honestly, is quite frightening. If I do this though and get the results I want, I hope to inspire you to do it. Like Steve....

(by the way, I am one hairy dude....so get over it...lol)

I'd do me.....ya know? July 18