The first day of a new month and the goal of seven years is achieved.

In 2018 I was living in a small town outside of Montgomery Alabama [Autaugaville] and found myself dressing out at 390 pounds of wasted human life. I would struggle through work each day only to find my way to the American Legion and drink until I could barely walk then head home, stuff my face with food and pass out.

A daily routine that I had pursued for many years due to depression and a general lack of motivation. Gluttony became a sanctuary, a comfort zone of painless self preservation that was slowly killing me.

My oldest son Derek, came down to visit me and decided to stick around for a minute. He would dawg cuss me and stir up emotions I had forgotten were inside of me and before long had me thinking of old views and new directions.

One of those directions was to lose the weight I had put on and try to get back to the weight I was when I was a stronger, more vibrant man. This my friends was a whole lot tougher than I could have imagined. The other goals I had would fall in line or fall behind, but this one was set in stone.

So, I get it in my head to move back North or West, counted out Florida [Humidity, law, people] and wouldn’t live on the NE coast outside of South Carolina because of again too many people and the expensive cost of living.

I found myself moving to Michigan and reuniting with a couple of old dawgs I ran with in a more simpler, happier time of life and started running with the old pack.

I have one older sibling left and three sons. After that I now run with one dawg and a fine group of selected individuals on WordPress. Two of my sons are out in the world exploring new things and the middle one, Dylan stays close to his mom and looks after her.

As for me…

I am a happy old dawg that enjoys life once again. By becoming a member of the WP community I have entered a completely different direction in life and found a new purpose, one expressed in words of my past experiences, a vivid imagination and a desire to once again be the dawg I want and need to be. This dawg is running free and enjoying life on my terms [almost].

Oh, and to end this post today I am proud of me for sticking to my goal of weight loss and reaching the weight of my youth – 225 pounds of prime USDA Dawg.

Peace my friends

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