Back story

   The back story...

My name is Dan Maynard, I'm 29 and married with two children. I'm an everyday Joe(Dan). Thing is, I recently visited the doctor after my 29th birthday because of my back(I'm not too much of a doctor guy, I was in a lot of pain though). After meeting my new doctor and him promptly giving me a physical right there in the room, he told me something that's gonna forever change my life! He told me I needed to lose 51 lbs. Now I wasn't that excited at the thought of "eating healthy" and "exercising" but as I get older I think more, and more for my kids than for me, so I decided to give it a try. First things first, buying fruits and vegetables to take the place of greasey potato chips and junk food, and buying Lean Cuisine's instead of hungry man's...That was hard! I don't just like food, I love it. But if I'm gonna have any chance at losing this weight(and becoming more healthy) then I need to change certain things in my lifestyle...That meant quiting smoking too!!! The exercising was gonna be hard too, when do I have the time? I wake up, make food for the kids, shower and go to work. By the time I come home it's a couple minutes with the wife and then bed-time. I ad no clue! Luck was about to come my way though, a friend of mine had recently taken up biking to get to work and around town since he lost his license. Well, I have my license, but I've ridden bikes before, I was a kid...and in fact, it's a pretty good way of exercising and staying in shape, I'm gonna give it a try!