Howie

I grew up over eating and trying to fill the voids in my life with food. I would eat when happy, sad or any other reason I could find. I soon ballooned up to 490 lbs and was finding it hard to do anything. I have spent the last 19 years on a weight loss journey that has for the most part been successful. I was down to 310 when I got married 17 years ago. I then went up to 420 over the next several years. I battled with back issues from an injury and just managed to keep putting it on. So back in 2003 I started again and made it down to 245. I then had back surgery again and put 86 lbs back on over the past 4 years. So here I am at 330 and I know I can not go any higher because my back is already showing sings of not liking this weight. I don't want to ruin everything the surgery has accomplished.

I know that I will always have to keep track of my calories and weight. I will never be able to just be normal because anytime it is left up to me just eating what I want I go way overboard.

You can also keep track of my weight loss on twitter user name The_H_Man and my own website www.thehman.com