The Fotographing Fat Kid?
*Takes a drag of a cigarette and puts it out on his jeans.*
I haven’t heard that name in years.

My life has changed so much since my last post. You know…from two years ago? But what would you expect? My last post expressed my concerns of how exercified (excited and terrified) I was before my TEDx Talk at my undergrad alma mater out in west Texas. Which is kind of funny because it feels like a sitcom season-finalesque cliffhanger, but instead of making the “TGIF” lineup the following season, I was shelved, only to be renewed years later by some ripoff streaming service like Holu or NetFlicks or HBO Max.

Much like the actor playing the protagonist of this proverbial sitcom (I wasn’t sure that I was going to stick with this metaphor but I’m going to roll with it), my life and priorities have changed significantly since my TEDx Talk in 2018, namely the fact that I’m now a dad to internet-breakingly cute twins. But even before their birth, I had realized that focusing on my weight was taking its toll.

And if I’m going to be honest, losing 132 pounds was exhausting and at times, ravaged my self-image and emotional health. Since 2018, I’ve had a real love/hate relationship with blogging about losing weight because I was slowly gaining, I was focused more on gaining muscle than a number on a scale and because no one is not a great blogger when their heart’s not in it.

I’m finally back to a point in my life where I feel like I have something to say because I’m so much more than the amount of weight I had lost. The original intent of my FFK blog was to share my thoughts on my life and my interests. Since my first post in 2009, I’ve wanted this blog to be about my life and to share my passions with the world wide web (people still call the Internet the world wide web, right? Or did I just die of old age?) including my photography. Heck, I’ve never actually blogged about smoking delicious meats, which is kind of ridiculous. There’s so much more that I want to share with you, from recipes to photos to my thoughts on diet culture. But what won’t change is my hope that you will chime in and comment with your thoughts and opinions of my passable writing skills.

So…now what?

Well…the Fotographing Fat Kid is back. Hello…again.

Talk to you later.