I wanted to wait until I had finished my website but just can’t wait any longer. Over the past few weeks I have been getting tons of comments about my luscious beard I have been growing and I’d like to explain why I am growing this beautiful piece of art on my face. Since the start of the year one of my 2012 Bucketlist items was to lose thirty pounds and get to my goal ideal weight of 200 pounds. When the church I attend starting their series, Wii Fit, I was curious of what I had weighed and jumped on a scale. It read 238.2 lbs.

When I saw this the first thing that went through my mind was that the scale had to of been broken. There was no way I was almost 240 pounds! Turns out after weighing myself again I sure was the weight I didn’t want to be. Reality sort of set in, I am 19 years old and if I don’t take action now I could go somewhere I really don’t want to be.

So the reason I have started growing this beard is sort of an accountability to keep me motivated to lose 38.2lbs and get back down to my BMI healthy weight of 200lbs. I told myself that I am NOT going to shave my beard until I reach my goal. One of my other goals this year is to run a marathon and to ensure that I continue to lose weight and train to run a marathon I am registered and have paid the $200 entry fee for the Long Beach marathon on October 7th, 2012!

I will be using this blog as another way to keep myself accountable of losing the weight I’m trying to lose. My friends, family and people who still follow me since the YouTube days are going to see this post and I don’t intend on letting anyone down, especially myself.

With all that said, I plan on posting on this blog more than once a week. Every Friday I will be weighing in and updating my process on this website! 200 lb Tyler and LB Marathon here I come!!!