First post

Hi all! This is my first post to my fitness blog. I have created this blog as a way to remain accountable to myself.

I've been in ok shape for much of my life, at least insumach as i am pretty strong and can out-athletic most people. But, i've *always* been unhappy with how i look, sometimes very much so, and i am on track to change that.

I'm 5'10 and 197lb. My weight is fine, strictly speaking, i just want it to be hard stuff, not soft stuff. My first goal is to get my weight down to 180, and see what i think the next step is that that point.

I'm going to acheive this largely through weight training and calorie reduction, mixing in cardio as i see fit. The weight training will be to force my body to preserve muscle mass. It's critical to me that this weight loss not touch the muscle i've got, as it's so hard for me to get muscle in the first place!