At this point, it may be helpful to give you a bit of info about the author, your's truly. I am 27 years old and live in Columbus, OH and hate the Buckeyes with the passion of 1,000 white hot suns (does it make it better for you OSU folks to know that I hate Michigan equally?).
I have a wonderful wife and a 2 year old son, who is simultaneously the source of both my greatest happiness and frustration. I don't get to spend nearly as much time with either of them as I would like. They both drive me nuts, but I love them to death.
I currently work as a substitute teacher, though I have been looking for a full-time teaching gig since last year, when I received my license to teach English in grades 7-12. Though my Bachelor's is in English Lit, I have a Master's in Education and be it high school or college, I just can't see myself doing anything other than teaching lit.
In my spare time (when I have it) I enjoy reading (particularly comics), watching anything written by Joss Whedon, cooking, and playing video games. Unfortunately, this gaggle of pastimes leads to a rather sedentary lifestyle, which only exacerbates the problem at hand.
As I have mentioned before, I am woefully overweight: 6'4" and 376 pounds to be exact. I have been this way for more or less 7 years, and have tried various ways of solving the problem with little success (based in no small part to my inability to stick to any plan for more than a month thus far). With a little luck (and a lot of determination) I'm hoping this time will finally pay off.
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P.S. I'm feeling much better today than I was yesterday. Still a little sluggish, but not in danger of konking out in public, and the headache is long gone.
