My name is Mark Siechen and Ronnie Lott is my favorite football player of all time. He was an incredible athlete who would deliver punishing hits to any opponent holding or catching the football. Recently, every time I tell someone how old I am, I reply that I’m 42, the year of “Ronnie Lott”, because that was his number on the San Francisco 49ers team. I used to be an athlete and would like to be one again…recreational, of course.  I have recently been inspired by my brother Todd, my friend Trevor, and several other friends to get myself in shape and healthy for the rest of my life starting today. I have always been the “party animal” in my family and I need to make some lifestyle changes in order to accomplish my goals.  I stole the name “Project 42” from my friend Trevor who set a goal to lose 42 pounds before his 42nd birthday.  He had 90 days to do so and accomplished his goal and then some. I think he lost 50 lbs by his birthday.  He had done something similar before so was very aggressive with his training.  I am working on setting some bigger goals but am taking a first step by taking my brother’s advice and doing some consistency training first. I am going to walk/jog for 30 minutes each morning this week (mon-fri) and I am going to give myself 1 day off (if necessary) wed or thurs morning.  The other part of my first step is creating this blog to tell the world what my intentions are; to use my friend Trevor’s term “Open Kimono”.  I plan to create consistency first and then increase my workouts and set goals for physical milestones in a couple weeks. I am doing this for myself and for my family who I love very much.

Day 1 :  I walked briskly for 30 minutes this morning in sub-29 degree cold and still broke a decent sweat.  However, I forgot to eat something before I went.  I will work to not forget that step tomorrow.

First Step for Goal Setting:  I am going to Target to buy a new bathroom scale.  😀