This Post is the “photos only” version…

After letting it stew in my brain for a couple of weeks I decided that I would post a “photo only version” of my earlier post:

 A Scrapbook of Skinny and Not-so-Skinny Photos…

Why?  I hear my dearest readers asking in unison?

Well, I recognize that the earlier post was WAY LONG (though fab-u-lus) and most of you probably just gave up and clicked away from it.

So, here is the the “Picture only” version for your enjoyment.  It is your choice…

… keep scrolling for the “pictures and nuthin’ but the pictures version here on this page

OR

A Scrapbook of Skinny and Not-so-Skinny Photos…  (which contains awesome background info on the photos)

OR

Keep scrolling if you want the “just the photos” version.  —   oh my!  decisions decisions decisions…

No, Virginia, I wasn’t always a “big guy”

I became a big guy because as the years have passed, I have not used my body as much as I used to do when I was younger.

I used to be fit. Now I’m not. So as a result of not being fit, I am fat and I am not healthy.  Here’s the proof:

Presenting a Photo Timeline of me at various weights:

The 1980’s – ranging from 170-ish to 190-ish lbs

#3 — Acting Resume Photo – 1982

#4 — Resume Photo – 1982

#5 — Me with a very dear friend, Chissy – 1984

#6 — Halloween – 1986

#7 — Graduating with a BA from UNT 08/13/1988

#8 — Acting Resume Photo – 1989

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The 1990’s — I achieve my “fittest body ever” then, the weight starts to climb…

Starting at a low of 165 and 10% Body fat,

…the weight mostly went “up” but fluctuated between 165 lbs and a high of 234 lbs

#9 — Me at my fittest – 165 lbs!

#10 — Fit me – Ready for Halloween

#11 — At Six Flags over Texas with my kid brother in 1993

#12 — At my little brother’s wedding, Dec 1994

1995 — What I looked like at 185-190 lbs

#14 — At a close friend’s wedding, May 1996

#15 — In New York City on the Staten Island Ferry, June 1996

#16 — In New York City on top of the World Trade Center, June 1996

#17 — Halloween 1996

#18 — Halloween 1996

#19 — In New Mexico with one of my best friends, Dec 1998

#20a — A “before photo” from Oct 1999

#20b — A “before photo” from Oct 1999

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The 2000’s — “Skinny Me” a.k.a. “Fit Me” is a distant memory

Being a “Big Guy” is now “normal” — Weight fluctuates up and down between a low of 200 lbs and a high of 275 lbs

#21 — 2000.07.26 Birthday Cash

#22 — 2001.05 IAGLCWDC Annual in Florida

#23 — 2001.05 Presenting at the Texas Library Association Conference

#24 — 2002.11 – ready to go dancin’ – Nov

#25 — 2003.06.01 Ft Worth Gay Pride

#26 — 2004.07 In OK at turner falls

#27 — 2004.08 San Francisco

#28 — 2004.11 DallasDanceFestival-two of me

#29 — 2005.01 Worlds Line Dance

#30 — 2005.10.23 Banff Canada

#32 — 2007.03 Texas Hoedown in Ft. Worth

#33 — 2007.05 Texas Classic

#34 — 2007.10.31 Halloween

#35 — 2008.01 Worlds – Couples Cha-Cha

#36 — 2008.01 Worlds – ProAm Two Step

#37– 2008.07 – Big Apple Dance Event

#38 — 2009.07 – Sightseeing in Washington DC

#39 2009.07 – Sightseeing in Washington DC

#40 — 2009.10 ACDA Waltz Across Texas

#41 — 2009.10 ACDA Waltz Across Texas

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The 2010’s — The Decade, so far, of Drama, Doom, Near Death Experiences and Rebirth/Reboot(?)

Don’t you wish you’d chosen the “Full text version?”  That headline is rather cryptic with no explanation isn’t it?  It’s not too late to jump over to

A Scrapbook of Skinny and Not-so-Skinny Photos…  (which contains awesome background info on the photos)

😉  jus’ sayin’  😉

Jan 2010 – May 2013

Weight averages around 250 lbs but swings back and forth from a low in the 230’s to a high in the 290’s

2010.01 UCWDC Worlds – ProAm Two-Step

2010.07 New Orleans Dance Mardis Gras Natascha & I

2010.12 Christmas in Dixie – Line Dance

2011.01 Worlds – West Coast Swing – ProAm

2011.05 IAGLCWDC Annual – Philadelphia Early Morning outside the ballroom with a friend

2012.01 Worlds – ProAm Cha Cha – Natalja and Tony

2012.05 IAGLCWDC Annual in New Orleans Jack and Jill

2012.06 New Mexico Vacation – Bucket List Trip – Carlsbad Caverns

2012.06 New Mexico Vacation – Bucket List Trip

2012.08 Arizona Vacation – Bucket List Trip – Metor Crater

2012.08 at the Grand Canyon

2012.08 Chicagoland – Me tired and exhausted – after the competition is finished

2013.01 Worlds – Line Dance combo

2013.01 Worlds – Waltz – ProAm

2013.01 Worlds – On stage after couples competition – in our West Coast costumes

2012.03 Texas Hoedown – Donna and Tony – Couples Waltz

2013.05 IAGLCWDC Annual – Emerald City Hoedown – Barn Dance 01

2013.05 IAGLCWDC Annual – Emerald City Hoedown – Barn Dance 02

2013.05 Texas Classic – Donna and Tony – West Coast

2013.05 Texas Classic – Sarah and Tony – Waltz

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June 2013 – July 2014 — I stopped dancing.  I stopped just about everything.

Weight surges up to then passes my previous record maximum weight, then keeps on setting new records: from somewhere in the 280’s to a max of 333-335 lbs

2013.06.21 Passport photo

2014.05.03 4.50 AM — My Come to Jesus moment

2014.07.26 Me at my computer, at my heaviest weight

So there you have it, a complete history (well a rough outline) of my roller coaster ride of weight loss and weight gain in a special Photo-only version.

Now a new journey has begun and by all that is holy, I will never, NEVER get on that damned ride again.  The weight is going to come off and stay off because I’m going to get fit and stay fit.  “I” am my new full-time job.

If you would like to “read all about” the photos and get the story behind these photos, jump to:  A Scrapbook of Skinny and Not-so-Skinny Photos…

See ya on the dance floor!

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