Welocome to 'I've been Bugged'

Welcome! I'm making this blog as a reference for myself and to potentially help anyone else who's trying to lose some weight. Before I get into the details of this blog, let me give you a little back story.

My name is Jesse and I live in Bloomingdale, IL. Over the past few years I've eaten what I wanted, drank too much, and followed a non-existent workout routine. It was a wonderful time and I don't regret it, but the outcome was not so great. I now weigh 260 pounds and have the gut to show for it. I always told myself I would not let myself become obese and if I continue the trend that I'm on, I will most definitely end up that way. This is only part of my motivation...the other part is that I want to look and feel good. Most of my extended family are all healthy with a well balanced figure while I show up to our yearly beach vacation looking like an unhealthy mess. I'm not happy with my weight and how it makes me look and it's time to take accountability for my past slacking and do something about it.

There is one final thing that motivates me. I'm a youngish single guy and I want to find that special someone at some point, but my dating luck has been horrid. At first, I was thinking that maybe my weight was unattractive, when really my thought process was what made me unattractive. I started to get so concerned over not being the "hot in shape" guy that it made me nervous and unhappy with myself. Those feelings of course distracted me from a real successful date with good communication. I need to be happy with myself before I can be happy with someone else. That is my realization and final point of motivation.

Anyway...enough about me. This blog is here to document my progress and share different aspects of my journey. Things that might help others like recipes and different work outs I find myself doing. The main reason I'm starting this now is because a few days ago I received a wonderful piece of technology called the BodyBugg. If you're not familiar with it you can read about it here. This is going to be the backbone of my journey and help guide me to where I want to be. I've heard great success stories from people who have used this little gadget along with former co-workers who swore by it. I figured it'd be a great thing to help me and keep me motivated. With that, I leave you to check back here as often or as little as you'd like. I hope this blog will help motivate you and maybe even give you some tips as time goes on.