Hi my name is Tim. I'm 53 and happily married to Randi, the most awesome woman I've ever known. We live in Bakersfield Ca where I am a Field Supervisor for an Independant Oil/ Exploration and Development Co. Love my job but since my responsibilities have become less physical over the past few years I've gained some weight. At the first of the year I decided to change. I was up to 217.6 lbs. Started calorie tracking last week and got thie acct. I've been down as low as 189.8 but an now at 194.6. My weight will fluctuate five to ten lbs in a day. It's crazy. I've never been concerned anout my weight so I've never tried tracking it before. Nor did I ever check calories before. Who knew that a six pack after work would give you an eighteen pack on the tummy? I guess in all honesty I'd heard that it could but that was never really a problem for me. WAS. It was never a problem before, but it is now. So here I am at a new place in life. I guess it's true the the only thing constant in life is change. I'm going bald, I gotta big nose, I can't change those things. But' I can keep myself from gettin' FAT. I have a beautiful young wife and she deserves a husband who cares enough about her to take care of himself. My primary goal in fitness is to (believe it or not) out live my wife. You see, she is very sensitive and she loves me. I don't want her to have to bury me. I want to protect and defend her all of her life and I plan to protect her from the pain of loosing her husband. I know that MUCH is way beyond my control, but as far as depends on me... this I will do.