Well let's give it a shot, shall we?

A Cop Without Donuts, now there's something you don't see every day.

Hiya, for the purpose of this blog, I'm gonna call myself Badge662.  The reason that I started this thing was that I need some accountability.  See, I'm a police officer and have been for almost 15 years.  Thing is, when I got married (13 years ago), well let's say that I was in decent shape.  Over the course of the last 10 of those years, well not so much.  I've been a detective for several years and about 3 years ago I came back out to be a road cop.

Thing is, I thought I was okay.  I didn't really think that I was THAT overweight, until just a few months ago.  I happed to see myself on a television broadcast where I was working a traffic accident and whoa buddy, let me tell you the first thing that came to my mind was, "Oh my God, who let that big 'ole fat guy wear that police uniform!!"  Then something else happened that same night, my 4 year old daughter came running over to me and pushed down on my stomach.  She then said, "Wow daddy, that's squishy and fluffy."   That's when I knew something's got to give.

Well I started "dieting" with my wife.  She would fix me lunches and then I would either not eat them at all and/or hit the drive through while I was at work.  So needless to say, haven't lost a pound.  If anything I've gained a few.  Sure I told folks that I was on a diet, I was only kidding myself.  A few weeks ago I came across several people that had had the new weight loss surgeries, either the bypass or the band.  I ordered the information and looked it over.  I really thought about it and even made a doctor's appointment, then I canceled it two days later.

I began to tell everybody that I was going to do the weight loss surgery thing.  Not that I thought that anybody really cared, but it sure made me feel good to think that I was at least giving the impression that I was doing something about it.  What a joke.  Tonight after working an all nighter, I realized that it was time to stop passing off this weight loss thing to other folks as something that I am going to do.  It's time that I actually do something about it.

So that's why I started this blog.  Not that anybody out there cares about some cop thats out there that needs to lose weight.  We see them everyday right?  Out in the donut shops or at the gas stations, stuffing down potato chips or DONUTS.  I have been that guy for way too long, I'm NOT going to be that guy any more.  I didn't start this thing to have everybody give me a pat on the back either, I started this because I needed somewhere that I could put down my thoughts and read them back over to myself to keep me accountable.

So here it is, day 1.  My weight today, as of 6:10 am is 357.8 pounds.  I'll come back daily and update my weight, as much as I can remember to.  I will post a few pics on here too so that everybody can see what I'm starting with and so that I'm reminded every time I log on what I DO NOT want to be.  I will also put down what I'm doing to lose it, haven't even thought of that yet, but getting cut is not really an option.

All I'm asking for you folks that might read this if you are in the same boat I am, think about your wife or husband.  Think about your kids.  Think about your life.  Is that donut really worth it?

Yours truly,

Badge662
A Cop Without Donuts