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I go by the name of Fatty 'R Buckle. It is a play on names, but in reality I am not THAT fat. I am a 5'9" tall male, and on February 1 weighed 195 pounds. "Stocky" you say? Yeah, in the mid section, but I have bird legs. So, let's just say that my tummy is at LEAST 36 inches (belly fat hanging over my belt)but my legs are that of a gazelle. My chest is normal, perhaps a little developed because of life-long lifting things correctly after a high school football spinal fusion. Alright. That is how I am made up. So, to begin things, I am going to tell you that I purchased Bodylastics basic set (2 handles, 2 anchors, the colors but no black or orange)for my GIRLFRIEND who has recently had 3-level cervical fusion with plates put in --- yeah, the Peyton Manning surgery but 3 levels, not the 1 level he had. Fast forward --- she has not used them, but I started to use them the first week of February. At the time, I was taking anti-depressants after having been diagnosed with Major Depression. I weighed 195 and, after purchasing some calipers to measure my body fat, my composition was somewhere between 40% and 45% body fat -- almost all around my mid-section. This is where my story begins and where I will pick up from next time I post. Today is March 18th. I weigh 179. I am no longer taking anti-depressants. My body fat is now at 20%. This blog is about how I have gotten to this point using Bodylastics resistance bands, getting serious about how I eat (don't kid yourself, I have been eating French food!), how I continue to enjoy my drinks, and where I intend to go next. Until next time.... Fatty

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