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My name is Richard and I feel like I just woke up from a three- to four-year long coma. The past few years are a blur. I find myself unhealthier than ever with no real idea how I got here. It's like someone wiped my memory, or made those memories inaccessible. It's like I was living an entirely different life filled with adventures before; then all of a sudden I woke up in a black-and-white world where I do nothing but waste away. But recently something triggered my brain to wake up and realize something is not right. I still feel trapped inside some sort of giant, red Hex, but I think I'm ready to make an escape plan. Quest 1: Quit the energy drinks and other liquid calories. Quest 2: Walk the dogs. Quest 3: Make more meals, eat out less. I've already started my quests. I've gone two weeks without an energy drink so far. I've been drinking black coffee every morning. I find myself still craving sugary drinks, so I'm trying to switch to juice and moderate the intake. I've been making more meals - nothing spectacular and not quite at the nutritional goals I'm eventually aiming for. Cereal in the mornings, sandwiches for lunch, stir fry with pasta in the evenings, with plenty of snacks in between. I've taken the dogs on a couple walks over the past couple weeks, but nowhere near as many as we need. We just tried hiking an old favorite spot of ours, but we didn't make it far. My legs said, "Nope." So we're going to stick with walks around the neighborhood for now. This is my second (or third?) re-spawn in recent months. I've had success here in the forums in the past. I'd like to become active again and rekindle that success.