I’m fat, but I used to be fatter, however before that I was skinnier and before that even fatter then the previous fatter and before that skinnier then the previous skinnier and before that fatter, but not then my fattest and before that I was 7.

All that being said my weight has always been an issue. So on July 21st, I made a goal with myself to hit 20,000 steps a day for a month. Yesterday (Day 31) I completed my initial goal. But I am not done yet. I have 27 more days before I will be stuck in a car for 16+ hours straight with 3 other adults and 3 children, so I figure I might as well extend my streak until a day that I have a true physical and mental excuse for not hitting my goal.

**But wait… there’s more**<br>
Yes, I had the public goal of the 20k steps a day, but underneath that I had a goal to lose weight, like I mentioned before I’m fat. Luckily for me I had my beautiful wife walking with and motivating me to hit my goals and my best friend [Steve](http://www.twitter.com/funkmasterflash) and I started weighing-in daily and texting each other our progress good or bad, so we could keep each other accountable and encourage one another. It was also cool because the day after I started this journey [Sam Soffes](http://twitter.com/soffes) posted [this article](http://sam.roon.io/fat), which just added to my encouragement.

**The results**<br>
In the last 31 days I have lost a total of 23.6 pounds. I honestly was hoping to lose 10 pounds. I still have a long way to go and starting tomorrow I am going to turn back on a feature of my scale that post my weight publicly every time I weigh-in. It’s scary, but at the same time I believe it will keep me on track to get down to the weight that I should be.

**My current weight goals**<br>
257 – Sept 17th (day we leave for vacation)<br>
240 – Nov 28th (Thanksgiving)<br>
230 – Feb 3rd (My sons 3rd birthday)<br>
220 – Apr 19th (My 32nd birthday)

Honestly, I hope to kill all these goals, but right now I just don’t know what to expect. But you’re more then welcome to follow my journey. I hope to eventually get a dedicated page up again to better track it all, but for now feel free to follow me on [twitter](http://www.twitter.com/brianminor) I usually weigh-in around 6-8am.