I DO NOT want to do this...

I really don't, but I know that it necessary to get me going and keep me motivated. Unfortunately, embarrassment and shame are often our greatest motivators.

I am sharing my "Before Pics", which are normally shared along with the "After Pics". Please give me some credit. It either takes great courage or desperation for such a stunt. I'm putting them up now, in my blog, on the world wide web, where anyone can see them, where anyone can see what a fat pig I've become. I do not want to do this, because it is horrifying. I am embarrassed and disgusted by myself, physically. It is repulsive, and it is all the culmination of some of the most horrible parts of me - my self-indulgence, my lack of discipline, my laziness, my excuse-making.

But it has got to stop. And if this is the only way, then it has to be. If this is what discipline and accountability look like for me in this situation, then I'll do it.

Crap. Here they are:

Pictures Removed Due to Public Outrage

Ugh! If that don't motivate me, then I should just invest in a motorized cart and shoot for Jabba the Hut status, because I'm hopeless.

I'm off to a workout. Even though I played football all through the summer, I haven't lifted or done anything else for about 7 months. This is going to hurt. For days.