Some of the Reasons

That I've decided to start this program and new way of living life...

1. People have started commenting that they think I need to start being worried about my weight
2. Life Insurance and Disability Insurance will be cheaper
3. I love my family
4. I love my wife
5. I love my kids
6. I want to be able to sit in a chair and comfortably tie my shoes
7. I want to be able to have more stamina
8. I want to be around to see my kids grow up
9. I want to see them graduate high school
10. I want to see them graduate college
11. I want to see them get married
12. I want to play with grandchildren
13. I don't want to have a stroke
14. I don't want to have a heart attack
15. I want to live long enough to have time to just relax in retirement
16. I don't want to hear my kids friends comment on my weight
17. I want to be temped by things little bit dangerous that take physical ability
18. I don't want to be temped by cheesecake
19. When I leave someones house I want them to remark, "He Looks Good!," not, "Man, is he getting bigger every time we see him?"
20. I want people to ask me how I've done it and ask me to help them with their own program
21. I don't want people to tell me how to eat or what to eat
22. I want to feel free to eat a desert and still know I'm within my limits
23. I don't want to 'sneak' food to avoid feeling embarrassed for eating too much or 'so' much
24. I want to start living life
25. I want to be able to ride rides at Valley Fair with my kids
26. I don't ever want to ask for seat belt extender on a flight
27. I don't want someone to look at me and hope I'm not sitting next to them on a flight
28. I don't want my knees to hurt
29. I want to wear my ten-year old suit
30. I don't want my weight to be a consideration
31. And finally...I want for my kids to know me and grow up with a Dad that does thing with them instead of being a dad who watches from the sidelines.