Belated introduction from OKC

Waited a little while to do this:

28, med student, OSU grad, new daddy (2.5 months...), was a firefighter for 9 years (5 in Stillwater and 4 in Fairbanks AK). I've been way too sporadic with training, between life events, time management, and not placing enough emphasis on my health.

But things are getting out of hand between all the time spent at a desk and the associated munching, and 200 lbs. is my personal cut-off, kind of a point at which I feel it is really time to make some changes. Studying biochem and seeing what an unhealthy body looks like from the inside has been a big eye-opener as well!! I've cut out coke/pop/soda entirely a few months ago, which was hard, and started drinking my coffee black instead of coffee with my sugar. The more shallow impetus for all of this is that I'm pretty poor and can't afford a "fat wardrobe" in addition to the one I wore just this summer.

So I've dabbled in training for the lifestyle at different times, but have begun to make at least running a full-fledged habit; I plan to build up the S and B over the next month or 2 and then begin a 16 week plan around Feb. in hopes of doing at least one tri over the summer, maybe 2.

Look forward to meeting some folks and getting held accountable if I start to slack...