Hello fellow recruits, I'm Jason! I'm a 38 year old geek who grew up on Transformers, Star Wars & all of the great nerdy things of the early 80's & beyond. Over the past several years, I've let my health, weight, and overall life kinda spiral downward. I'm working on changing that right now. Currently, I'm 6'5", I weigh 300 lbs and I'm dramatically out of shape. My quest is to lose 50 lbs by the end of the year, and another 50 before I turn 40. I want to get back to the 200 lbs I weighed after I got out of the Navy at 25. Goals to help me complete this quest: Give up the Ice Cream. Drink a pitcher of water every day at my desk, more with dinner. Eat a small but healthy breakfast every morning before heading to work. Follow Along with the 30 Days of Change program. More fruit, more veggies, less candy.I've already started by working on the Couch to 5K program and I'm signed up for the Beat the Blerch 10K in September, but that's a little beyond our 6-week challenge here. Also, every Sunday I've started attending "Church". It's a 4 block set of stairs that goes from 10th & Howe (here in Seattle), down to Franklin Street underneath I-5. It's crazy steep & intense. I've only been able to go down & up twice. I jog the mile & a half from my apartment to the stairs, then run up & down. If you happen to be in the Seattle area & would like to "attend church services" with me, please let me know. *laugh* I think this should do it for a first post. Let's kick this 6-week's ass.