Preparation for the big day!

I am posting some photos of me over the years. In the fifth grade, I was 50 pounds underweight. I was so underweight that my parents threatened to feed me via IV if I didn't eat.

 I was so light that the wind blew me around.

Now... I'm a balloon. Well, at least compared to what I once was. I understand that I will never return to 70 pounds of weight, but everyday I realize that I could have been 

skinnier. I fell prey to that damn candy machine at the Christian School (to which I owe one of my friends plenty of money because he bought me so much candy). I fell prey to the United States's ideal of being obese.

Hopefully, things are going to change.

This is a photo taken of me sleeping on a trip in February 2009. We were driving from Duluth, MN back to Missouri. I show this pciture because it highlights my neck and face. One of the features of my body that has suffered from the extra flab, especially ny neck. I hope by the end of this process to have a more lean face and neck. No extra flab hanging around.

This is a picture of me during my freshman year in high school. I'm on the very right... if you didn't notice. I know my fashion sense was cr-azy. But I blame my parents; just kidding. Even though I was on the path to fat, I was still substaintially skinnier in high school. About 150 pounds or so. I haven't grown any heigth since then either... so I shouldn't really be gaining weight.

Here is another picture of me before the Great Fat Off of 2009. This picture was taken in the Fall of 2007 at the MACURH Regional Conference. I don't have hair that long anymore (thank goodness).

Soon, we will do the first weigh in and officially begin the competition. More pictures to follow as I progress to my target weight!

Aaron