The Big Day - Final Post

Waking up and knowing that my big birthday bash is only a few hours away had my nerves on edge.  I hurl myself out of bed at 7:30 am to get an early jump on the day.  I can't believe that it has been 60 plus days since I started this fitness adventure, furthermore I was amazed at the results.  Now I have not looked at my before pictures, and I had definitely not done a side by side comparison until yesterday.  Jen has this really cool app on her phone that takes two photos an puts them side by side.  It is pretty neat, and I was astonished at what I saw.

I have been watching the scale like a hawk, even know I've been told several times that it probably wasn't a good idea.  However, I am glad I did because I was working hard to get fit and I was seeing the pounds dropping off of me day after day.  To date, I have lost 21 pounds and over 6 inches of belly fat.

I can honestly say that this has been the best 60 days leading up to my party and it was the best birthday party ever!  Unfortunately this will be the last post of this blog.  It has been such an adventure and I was very happy to share and write about it.  Truthfully, this is the first time I've publicly written anything, so I hope you all have enjoyed reading and following along with my adventure.

Being Green Lantern was truly special.  As I've stated early on in my blog posts,  I have a strong connection to the character and that has helped me with my journey to fitness.  I went with the Ryan Reynolds version of the Green Lantern, and instead of making a costume I went with a full body painting.  I found this really awesome company that is here in San Diego called Mr. Body Paint,  and you can see his work at  http://www.mrbodypaint.com.  He showed up at my house at about 12:15, and we went over what I wanted.  My plan was to wear a compression runners shirt and compression shorts,  but he said that I should go bare skin on everything except the shorts,  so I took his advice.  Unfortunately for me,  I had to shave my entire upper body and my legs.  But I did it, and he was totally right it came out great!  It took nearly 3 hours to complete and I was proud to be The Green Lantern!

The party ended up being amazing.  At about 3:30 people started to show up to the party, and my house quickly became Super Hero Central.  We had great food,  a tun of laughs and lasting memories that will carry with me forever.  Here are some great characters from my party.

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