Follow along through the challenges of fatherhood and fitness

Follow me as I grow as a father, continue to improve my fitness, and hopefully continue losing weight towards my goal of 60lbs (10lbs to go! 8.25.12).

I never set out to be overweight but I love beer, wine, scotch, and all sorts of terrible food. I didn't choose to get out of shape it just sort of happened. All that changed when I found out my wife was pregnant in December 2010. I decided it was time to set myself up to be a fitdad not a fatdad.

No one ever said it would be easy though. Dealing with a newborn and trying to continue exercising as well as being there for my wife as her husband and friend. As our son gets older and our family grows what impact will that have on my fitness and diet? Stay tuned to find out! Subscribe via email, or add me to your reader. Please make sure to share on twitter, facebook, or follow along by adding your email to my list.

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Monday, December 10, 2012

Bicycling Magazine

A few months back I saw a tweet from Bicycling Magazine asking for readers/riders who have lost substantial weight from cycling.  I responded to the tweet and then received an email from them asking my story.  Another few weeks passed and I received another email asking me to sign a release and send in a head shot because some of my quotes may be used in a future issue.

That issue finally arrived this week and I flipped to the article and found that they used three of my quotes for the issue.  I finally have my 15 minutes of fame.  HAHA!  The article is really impressive, the 5 or 6 featured cyclists lost a profound amount of weight.  It really is motivating to see so many others having so much success.  I applaud everyone who was in the issue, great work!!!

Here are the few features where I sprung up in the magazine.


In case you were wondering, that's not me that is Patrick Dempsey, he made a much better cover model than I would have.

This is the first page of the article


"Create a system that helps you face facts about your progress.  Keep a journal to document sucess and failure. Be honest with yourself if you want the best results."


 "Try different types of riding.  Mountain biking is a better full body workout.  Road cycling is more about endurance, pace, and mental toughness, and nothing can replace the thrill of speed."


I am really excited about this magazine this really made my week!  Hopefully if you are reading and thinking about losing weight you can go pick up this issue and get some motivation of your own.

Get out there and get healthy and fit, it's the best gift you could ever give yourself.


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