My Health Challenge

I have always be fat yet active. My passions were martial arts (kickboxing, Shotokan, Taekwondo, Kenjutsu, amateur boxing, and Tai chi).

Starting in 2020 I decided to take charge of my health. 2023 was a banner year.

2024 is a year of “leveling up,” which means continuing the good habits I began in 2023 and refining them further by investing in my professional and personal growth.

This is my high school graduation photo. I have always been fit plus over weight. This would have been taken in 1979.

This photo was taken in 2009. I am about 250 pounds, my heaviest weight.

This is me at my thinnest. I am second from the right standing between my Aunt Lorraine and my Aunt Maxine. This photo was taken in 1986 or 1987. I am about 130 pounds.

Audre Lorde eloquently stated, staying healthy in a system that undermines your very existence is the greatest act of resistance.