My Life & Body Transformation: Sat/Sun 8/27-28 - Hiking in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Sat/Sun 8/27-28 - Hiking in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Great overnight backpacking trip with Sarah.
Sat - Hike from Newfound Gap to the Jump Off, Charlies Bunion and further down the AT. We stayed at Icewater Spring Shelter. Saw 2 amazing rainbows, one at Charlies Bunion and one at the shelter. There was a MASSIVE thunder and lightning storm in the evening, I don't know if I've ever witnessed more intense rain. Then it cleared in the middle of the night to a beautiful moon and the most stars I've ever seen at night. We woke to an amazing sunrise while we had coffee and breakfast in the front of the shelter.

Sun - Hiked back down to Newfound Gap, drove to Road Prong Trail. Road Prong Trail was overgrown and we ran into a bear, so we turned back and went to Clingmans Dome and hiked from there to Andrews Bald.

Great trip.

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A little about my journey...

Hi, my name is Kip. On July 24th, 2011 I made a decision to change my life. At the time I weighed 250 pounds, was sedentary, my blood pressure was 170/110 and I was already on a max dose of BP medication to control it. I was well on my way to turning 40 and having a heart attack. This blog is about what I’m currently doing to improve my health and my journey to get my life and health back under control to get to where I am 9 months after starting (Apr 2012) - which is 170 lean pounds, no blood pressure meds and a new outlook on life.

I decided to start this blog for 2 reasons. First, it's a record where I can look back to see what’s working and what isn’t so I can make improvements. Second, a lot of people have asked me what I've done to transform my body, so hopefully it can help someone else glean some helpful information they can incorporate into their lives to make positive impactful changes. So, here it is. Since I'm just starting this blog 9 months in, I'll post a few blogs to recap in more detail where I was and how I got here. Going forward I'll be posting workouts and training/diet/nutrition information I think others can benefit from. I didn’t re-invent the wheel, so I’ll be referencing materials I use along the way. Below there's a picture taken shortly after a body fat test in May 2013.