"The greatest story ever told is only what you make it"

Today is December 31st,2013. The last day i will ever be able to refer to myself as fat or overweight. As of minute i will be embarking myself on something i have wanted for several years now but always failed to do. To make myself healthy. To lose weight. Now with the heart condition i have, i have been ignoring this for far too long. Doctors have told me for probably 10 years that I'm overweight but all i did was ignore. I was not ready to do it because i was being told to do it. Now its something i want to do. Something i need to do. I am the biggest I've ever been and i cannot live like this anymore. I can barely walk a block without being out of breathe or back hurting. It is frustrating but i blame no one for this except myself. I have no excuses. No one did this to me, i did it to myself

But tomorrow that all changes. I will eat healthy. In a couple of weeks i will be getting a gym membership with my wife Amber(Who is taking this same journey with me as well). We are doing it together. I love her more then anything in this world. She has loved me for me for so many years and until about 2 years ago i was too blind to see it. But shes supported me through everything i have done. And i am so glad she is taking this journey with me. To give me courage and support. To help me do all the things I've ever wanted to do. We will share this epic story with the world and they will watch as we transform into healthy people. We will both finally feel comfortable with who we are on the outside. But most importantly we are doing this for our future. The fact is, we want to have kids one day. We want them to be healthy and want to be able to play with them with no issue and keep up.

2014 is the year of Justin and Amber Drummond. To as this blog states, be half the couple we use to be. The purpose of this blog is to document our journey to our friends and then once we have successfully completed our goals, and are in the stage of "maintaining health", we will turn all our entries into a book. A reminder that ANYTHING and EVERYTHING is possible.

And to Amber, i love you so so so much. And from this day forward, fat kid run translates to one thing. Instead of bringing a bag of McDonald's home, its a bag of carrots. Thank you.

To finish my first entry, here is my list of "Weight loss bucket lists". Thank you for your supporter. God bless and happy new years

• GOAL WEIGHT: 200 pounds
• By end of 2014 i want to lose 100 total pounds(Less then 2 pounds a week)
• Fit into a tshirt that is size XL
• Smaller pant sizes. I would give an actual size but I'm not sure how that whole pant sizing thing works
• Run in a 5K marathon
• Go for a long hike in the woods
• Fit into my Chinese knockoff Phil Kessel jersey that I've never been able to wear
• Fit into my Doug Gilmour jersey
• Fit into one of those insanely large seats at Van Andel arena in Grand rapids, Michigan
• Take part in "Detroit tiger fantasy camp" where i get to play baseball at Comerica park
• Take one of those "Look at how big my old clothes were" photos