It's all fun and games until some says 'Morbid Obesity"

So Woggers, I wanted to let you all know how much I have appreciate your support and comments and fun while I embark on this journey to Wog the San Antonio 1/2 Marathon in 3 weeks.

Three weeks!?! How did that happen?

But I digress.

I'm not sure that I am a better Wogger than I was before I started this blog but I think I am probably a better writer and that has to account for something. But what I have also noticed is that I think I am doing better as a person.

Since I have started writing Wogger's World I have started a new job that I find very fulfilling. My wife and I are more on top of our finances. I have been more careful about my diet and I have Wogger more. I also have started using a CPAP machine and am trying to be healthier in general.

The CPAP machine does kinda suck. I mean you try to sleep with this thing on.

But I think I am sleeping better. And my wife says I don't snore while wearing it. It is just taking some lifestyle adjustment.

And that's really what all this is about right? Lifestyle adjustment. But it dawned on me today that while I have been writing a lot about these adjustments I haven't been making the changes as drastically as I need to. Let's just say it is easier to write about them than to actually do them.

But I read something Thursday that I do need to make these changes more drastic than subtle. I mean, I have been losing weight and feel better (current allergy issues aside) but it has been a small change. I think I need to kick it up to radical change.

You see, while I was reading over my sleep study Thursday two words that got used several times lept out at me. "Morbid Obesity"

Look, I know I need to lose weight. But I have never thought of myself in those terms. Husky? Sure. Jolly? Definitely. Lots more to love? You bethcha. Obese? No. Morbidly obese? Definitely not.

I mean, I know we all see our selves differently than how others see us. In my mind I think I still look like I did in my high school graduation photo:

So I guess this journey isn't going to end on November 13th of this year. I guess this may indeed, just be the beginning. A New Era. A new Dawn. A New Dan.

See you Thursday Woggers. And bonus points if you can figure out who my "Graduation photo" is.