In 1974 I joined the Marines and my first weigh in was at 195 pounds.
This is me at my worst weight. About 290 pounds or so. I was getting close to 300 pounds when I decided I didn't want to go over that mark and started doing something about it. This was around 1993.
These were taken mainly for Rita when we first started communicating via the Internet. This would be around 1999
This pic was taken around January 04, just before we moved to Colorado. I think in this one, I let it all hang out so I didn't usually look this bad.
In 2003 I got my first tattoo and decided I wanted to take a few pictures in memory of the event and to cronicle the few days it took to heal. The one on the left was taken November 17th, 2003. The one on the right was taken 14 months later on January 17th, 2005. Approximate weight on the left is 270 pounds. Weight on the right is 214.5 lbs.
Today I weighed in and now weigh in at 199.25 pounds. Here are a pair of pics I took today, front and back. Happy Happy, Joy Joy.
The secret? Eat less, excercise more.