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Built On Momentum Built On Momentum is about rebuilding your life through consistency and daily progress. Documenting my journey from 347.6 lbs → 220 and beyond.

10/04/2026

I really didn’t want to do my weighted walk today.

I threw 35 lbs in the backpack anyway, and then the kids decided they wanted to come along. That turned a normal weighted walk into 35 lbs on my back, another ~70 lbs of kids in the stroller, and me trying to keep up with the older two on their bike and scooter.

We ended up going 4.22 miles at a 16-minute average pace.

And somehow, the walk I didn’t really want to do turned into one of the more enjoyable ones.

Sometimes getting the work in doesn’t have to look perfect. Bring the kids. Change the plan. Make it harder if you have to.

Just get outside and do the thing.

09/14/2026

I almost gave up on this plan multiple times because the scale made me think it wasn’t working.

For six weeks, I increased my calories, followed a new lifting program, and watched my weight bounce around roughly the same 5–6 pound range.

There were plenty of moments where I wondered if I had made the wrong call.

Then I took the comparison pictures.

My shoulders had changed. My arms had changed. My calves had changed. My stomach looked noticeably flatter.

The scale hadn’t told that story very well.

And that’s what hit me:

Sometimes we quit a good plan because we’re judging it with the wrong measurement — or we simply haven’t given it enough time to show us what it’s doing.

Progress isn’t always a lower number every morning.

Sometimes it’s strength.
Sometimes it’s measurements.
Sometimes it’s how your clothes fit.
Sometimes you don’t really see it until you put two pictures next to each other.

If you’ve built a reasonable plan and you’re actually executing it, don’t panic every time one metric doesn’t move the way you expected.

Give the process enough time to tell you the whole story.

09/12/2026

I drove this exact road yesterday and completely missed what I noticed walking it today.

Nothing about the road changed.

I did.

Walking it, I noticed the incline. I noticed the landscape differently. I paid attention to the lake and the things around me that barely registered from inside the car.

It wasn’t some huge life-changing realization.

It was just a reminder that sometimes moving a little slower lets you experience things you would have otherwise passed right by.

And honestly, I think that applies to a lot more than walking.

We spend so much time trying to get somewhere that it can be easy to miss what’s happening along the way.

Today I’m glad I got out and walked.

I got the steps in, sure.

But I also got to see something I would’ve missed.

09/11/2026

Some days, consistency looks like spending 30 minutes trying to convince yourself to start.

I’m at Bear Lake this week for a work hackathon. We stayed up later than I normally do, and when my alarm went off the next morning, going for a walk was about the last thing I wanted to do.

So I didn’t tell myself I needed to go walk a few miles.

I told myself to go get my shoes.

That was it.

My shoes were out in the van. By the time I got there, I already had my socks on. So I put the shoes on.

And once the shoes were on, I might as well start walking.

A little while later, I was over a mile in, enjoying a beautiful morning that I almost stayed inside and missed.

I think sometimes we imagine consistency as this person who immediately jumps out of bed and does everything perfectly.

That’s not what it looks like for me.

Sometimes it takes 30 minutes.

Sometimes I don’t want to do it at all.

The win is that eventually, I still do it.

You don’t always need motivation. Sometimes you just need to make the next decision small enough to take.

09/10/2026

One of my favorite things weight loss gave me has absolutely nothing to do with the scale.

After dropping multiple shirt sizes, I can finally walk into a store, see a random Mario, Spider-Man, Batman, or Superman shirt and just… buy it.

That sounds incredibly small.

But then I started noticing what happened when my kids saw me wearing them.

Instead of just:

“Dad!”

It became:

“DAD! SPIDER-MAN!”

😂

And suddenly something as simple as a T-shirt became another little way to connect with them.

They get excited because Dad is wearing something they love. We talk about the characters. We joke about it. Their interests become part of our interaction before the day has even really started.

Those are the kinds of wins I never thought about when I decided to lose weight.

I wanted to be healthier. I wanted to be more capable. I wanted to be more present for my family.

But there have been so many little things along the way that I never could’ve predicted.

Sometimes changing your life gives you back things you didn’t even realize you were missing.

And apparently one of mine was superhero shirts. 😂

09/09/2026

“I’m fine” was one of the most dangerous things I kept telling myself.

I could always find someone bigger than me.

I could convince myself I didn’t look that bad.

And as long as nothing had gone catastrophically wrong with my health yet, it was easy to keep putting off facing where I actually was.

But eventually I had to stop comparing myself to everyone else and ask a much harder question:

Was I becoming the man, husband, and dad I wanted to be?

For me, one of the moments that made that impossible to ignore came at my grandfather’s funeral. Being around family made me realize how badly I wanted to be healthy, capable, active, and around for as much of my kids’ lives as possible.

That didn’t mean hating myself at my heaviest.

It meant finally being honest with myself.

Sometimes changing your life starts before the diet, the workouts, or the scale ever moves.

Sometimes it starts when you stop saying, “I’m fine.”

09/08/2026

For a long time, I told myself I wasn’t lazy — I was just tired.

And physically, that was mostly true. Even at my heaviest, I could work hard when I needed to.

But I started realizing something: I was letting the easy thought win far too often.

“Stay home.”
“Do it later.”
“Just sit down.”
“You don’t really need to go.”

Those thoughts seem small, but they influence what you actually do.

Today I wanted to stay inside and watch football with my family. Instead, I went for a walk — not because I felt guilty or because I needed to “earn” anything, but because I knew I’d feel better if I moved.

Halfway through the walk, I already did.

One of the biggest changes in my weight-loss journey hasn’t been forcing myself to work harder.

It’s been learning to recognize which thoughts are actually moving me toward the life I want.

Have you noticed this kind of mindset shift in yourself?

08/13/2026

90.2 pounds down… and I’m actually eating more now.

It’s been a minute since I posted. We just had baby number five, and I’ve mostly been enjoying the time with my family and adjusting to the beautiful chaos that comes with five kids. 😂

But the work hasn’t stopped.

One of my big goals was to be in the 250s by the time Beckham was born.

The day before he got here, I weighed in at 257.8.

Goal accomplished. And that one felt really freaking good.

But I also started noticing something else: my lifting was suffering.

Between lifting 5–6 days a week, walking on my own every day, walks and bike rides with the kids, and another couple miles with my wife, I’m asking a lot from my body right now.

Trying to keep pushing a hard calorie deficit on top of all of that just didn’t make sense anymore.

So I bumped my calories from 2,250 to 2,785 per day.

Not because I’m done losing fat.

Not because I’ve stopped caring about the scale.

Because I want to keep getting stronger while I lose the rest of this weight.

For a few weeks the scale basically sat there while my body adjusted to the extra food and carbs. I knew that was likely going to happen, so I didn’t panic and immediately slash calories again.

And now things are moving.

257.4 pounds.
90.2 pounds down.

More importantly, my workouts are already feeling better.

This next phase isn’t about seeing how fast I can make the scale drop.

It’s about building a body that can perform while I continue getting leaner.

Anyway, I’ve got a couple videos backed up from my little break, and I’m ready to start posting again.

Mostly because I want this entire journey documented for myself and my family.

But I know some of you have been following along too.

And I really do appreciate it.

Still stacking days.

08/01/2026

I’ve intentionally waited to talk about this because I never wanted people to think there was a shortcut.

The walking mattered.
The lifting mattered.
Learning nutrition mattered.
Showing up every day mattered.

But one of the tools I’ve used is a low dose of tirzepatide.

For me, it hasn’t been about eating as little as possible. It’s been about feeling better, improving my insulin sensitivity, reducing inflammation, and giving my body a better chance to respond to the work I was already putting in.

Everyone’s situation is different, and this isn’t medical advice. If you’re curious about GLP-1 medications, don’t let headlines or social media make the decision for you. Read the research, have an honest conversation with your doctor, understand the risks and benefits, and decide what’s right for you.

No matter what path you choose, the habits still matter. That’s the part that actually changes your life.

07/25/2026

“Carbs are bad.” I believed that for years.

The funny thing is, learning how to eat more balanced is what finally helped me lose weight and stick with it.

Instead of cutting out entire food groups, I started paying attention to how my body actually responded to different amounts of protein, carbs, and fats. That changed everything.

For me, carbs aren’t the enemy—they’re fuel. Some days I eat more, some days I eat less, but I no longer fear them.

What I’ve learned over the last eight months is that there isn’t one perfect macro split for everyone. The goal is to find the balance that gives you energy, helps you recover, keeps you full, and is something you can actually sustain.

That’s been one of the biggest lessons in my journey: stop chasing someone else’s diet and start learning what works for your body.

Have you ever cut out carbs thinking they were the problem? Let me know in the comments—I bet I’m not the only one.

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