January First Things First

Welcome to New Jack City

If you’re new to these parts, Jack Sh*t, Gettin’ Fit is a portal where you’ll find fantastic healthy recipes, trainer-approved workout plans and inspirational messages to help you on your healthy living journey.

Nah, I’m just yanking your chain… it’s more likely you’ll find kooky lists, dumb weight-loss song parodies and me dancing and prancing and doing anything and everything I can to help lighten the mood while we’re all lightening, rightening and tightening ourselves.

If you’re not happy with who’s staring back at you in the mirror or what number your miserable b*tch of a scale is flashing up a you, believe me when I say that I know where you’re coming from.

But also trust me when I say that it’s not a lost cause, that you can actually make lasting, positive change in your lifestyle and your life.

And believe me when I say this: if you think losing weight is impossible, well… you don’t know Jack Sh*t.

I’ve lost 75 or so pounds over the past year and a half, and I still consider myself a work in progress. I’m proud of what I’ve managed to accomplish, but I have miles to go before I sleep…

When I’m not acting a fool up in here, I’ll be sharing tales from my own personal weight-loss and healthy living safari. And with my “Bodfather” series, I’ll be chronicling the tales of others who are losing like crazy. I even hope to share some more W.I.D.T.H. (“Why I Do This Here”) posts with you, as readers send in their photos sharing why they’re on this health-and-wellness kick.

If you’re here today, chances are you want to better your life and better yourself. I may not be the one who can provide the tools to help you make that happen, but I can tell you that I’ll be there every step of the way with you. What you’re going through, I’m going through.

Me and you. Let’s do this thang!







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Today Is January 1st

Weekly weigh-in: 217.9
Loss: -1.1
Total loss: -74.0
Emotion: Resolute

Happy New Year!

I've fast-forwarded the calendar to zip past the meat of the holiday season. Seeing as how it's filled with treats and temptations, parties and pig-outs, I said good riddance to those diet-wrecking days and am instead observing Sh*flight Savings Time (turning clock forward 300 hours is one helluva wrist workout).

It's not that I hate Christmas. It's not that at all. It's just that I'm ready to get rocking and rolling on this "gettin' fit" business. I read my own press clippings and realized I'm ready to shift my fitness story back into high gear.

Since returning from our college touring trips, I've been in the gym every single day. I've renewed my quest to discover what's at the end of the treadmill.

Chances are your holidays will be somewhere between my take-no-prisoners approach and some folks' take-too-much one. Whether you're planning on getting serious now or getting serious a little farther down the road, make no mistake: it's time to get serious.

Here's hoping that your new year is filled with good health, good workouts and good choices.

Whenever you start it.




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