I am a father of four, five if you count my border collie, and live in the Dallas suburban sprawl. I work as a software developer so the majority of my time is spent planted in a chair. This and my poor eating habits have been the primary reason that my weight has got out of control.

I used to really enjoy playing racquetball and was very good. I hope that as my weight gets lower I'll be able to take up the sport again and enjoy it.

Bill Phillips that in order to achieve a goal you must have strong enough reasons to achieve the goal. My reasons for wanting to lose weight are the following. I want to do it for my kids so that I'll have a fighting chance of being here longer for them, and so that I'll set a good example for them to follow. I want to play competitive racquetball again. And the most narcissistic reason is that I want to look good this summer when we go to the water park.