February 20, 2012 9:36 PM HKT

And so it begins!

Hey everyone, very excited to get this underway!  Enjoyed the video Patrick and reading other peoples' blog posts definitely added to my enthusiasm.

I live in Western New Jersey - the Garden State part of New Jersey, Hunterdon County where all the tomatoes and peaches come from - and work in Manhattan.....and Toronto.  I work in Foreign Exchange for American Express and was asked at the end of last year to launch a business in Canada while continuing with my US-based responsibilities.  So for the next two years I get on a plane to Toronto on Tuesday morning and return Thursday evening.  This has definitely put a burden on my efforts to lose weight and I went into this role in poor shape to begin with.

In truth, I have been trying to focus on my health a few years now but other priorities have gotten in the way.  I have 3 kids ages 10, 7 and 5 and between work and kids I have been exercising less and less with each year and eating far worse as I rush from meeting to meeting or kid event to kid event.  However, the "You do this on this day" format of the Foundation is great for me as I am very goal oriented and live my life by my to do list!

As I mentioned above, the main things that have kept me from losing weight and living healthy have been making it a priority amongst my other priorities.   Well....that and the fact that I eat terribly.

Very excited to get going, very glad to be a part of the program!

Brett