Round 1 - Mission——Deflation

Posted Apr 1, 2006 by jriley

Updated Apr 1, 2006 at 05:51 PM

The weight loss challenge….Hmmm…. Questions always arise when an event that may change your life begins.  Today is that beginning and there are questions. 

1. Who am I?
2. How did I get to this point?
3. Why do I need to succeed?

I’m just a guy that grew up in the Tampa bay area, attended Brandon high, played baseball for the fighting eagles moved on to college at UCF and finished up at Saint Leo…After, going into my junior year in college I was 180lbs and in great shape…Running and working out was one of my daily routines.. However, along the latter part of my path, I decided that a rounder Ramon was a happier Ramon… The gym was traded in for books, work, movies, and any stationary “Activity” you could find. 

So here I am at the cross roads of my life, 27 yrs old, working fulltime while coaching/playing on my men’s baseball team (http://www.tampatrojans.org), umpiring high school baseball, and now going to be a new father.  My current weight of 255 doesn’t support most of these activities.  In the years I should be at the prime of my physical condition, I’m sitting watching life go by…  Those days are soon to be done…

HERE IS MY PLAN

Well, I guess there is no more eating out 5 days a week. Dinner, dessert, and snacks will end at 7:30pm (I mean just dinner…Dessert and snacks are things of the past). One hour of cardio per day…  They say it takes 21 days to form a habit. The first day is alway easy; I’ll let you know how it goes by day 10…

What will I get out of this when I succeed?  I will be a healthier person, a man that can run after his daughter and not have to stop every 2 minutes.  A coach that looks like a player more than the team’s mascot and an umpire that gives the kids 100% even in the last inning. 

I’m excited to get started….