Reason for starting this journey: Oh so many. My top ones are:

1) Health issues - self explanatory.
2) Work issues - I can tend to be a bit of a borderline workaholic.
3) Life issues - Better than half of my life is gone and I was miserable. Happiness was fleeting. I want the rest of my life to be joyful. I have no legacy to carry on so I want to know that I did accomplish something.

OK the usual stats. As of this posting I am:

Age: 43
status: Single
Occupation: Technical Draughtsman <-- I draw technical plans for engineers
Location: USA East Coast

Goals (achievement in goals is when I reach 5 lbs. under desired goal weight EXCEPT for Final goal. That one will be very unhealthy for me)

First Goal: 250 lbs.

Second Goal: 200 lbs.

Third Goal: SCUBA Diving summer 2014 (Oh yeah 150 lbs.)

Fourth Goal: 110 lbs for 120 lbs maintenance (this will be daunting).