My journey, in photos

Again, this is not a weight-loss blog. But it's obvious that health and fitness go hand-in-hand. And I thought that showing photos of my journey will allow you to get a better sense of where my life has taken me in terms of health, and why I started this blog. This is especially for those of you who don't know me at all, and also for those of you who have known me just a little while.



This is me as an overweight teen, well over 200lbs, and hardly motivated to change that. Running was the single activity from P.E. class that I loathed more than anything, because I couldn't even do one 400m lap at the track







My official photo from the 2003 Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon - my first of 3 half marathons I've participated in so far in my life. I clearly had to change my attitude toward being active in order to do this, and lose 100lbs too. I was 22 at the time this photo was taken.

And then life happened, and you guessed it. I turned to food to help me feel better during tough times. I gained back all the weight I lost, and then some. I used to be ashamed of this fact. Now I've owned it, put it behind me, and I know I'll be fit for life. This is me at my lifetime heaviest weight of 275lbs in 2008, with my sweetheart Cam.


And here I am today, after losing 120lbs, regaining the figure I had at age 22.













And I think now I'm even better at running and more passionate about it too. Here's me excitedly preparing to go out for some hill repeats. I could be wrong but I might even look younger now at 30 than I did at 22. I sure feel that way!