A reminder why

I reread my title for my last post and realized I neglected writing what I really needed, a reminder as to why I am running.

I am doing this to change my personal family tree. My wife and I want to have kids, and if I keep up being unhealthy and over weight I run serious risks of not being there for my wife and our future family. When I do this I am going to establish myself as an active healthy man, I will serve as an example to my family. I hope what I am doing will help other people who are like me.

I am doing this as much for myself as I am for my future family. Or as my wife said on of the many times I started working out, "Do it for the babies!"

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