My name is Ethan Bouchard and I am a second year senior at BSU. I am a Criminal Justice major and it has been a long time life goal for me to assist my community in a law enforcement role. At one point in my life I was working at McDonalds and eating the food frequently and living a less active lifestyle once high school football ended. I weighed in at about 255 pounds and realized that something had to change. I started going to the gym and dieting and really staying on top of my nutrition and exercise in a whole new way. Three or four years later and now I weigh in between 185-195. As of late, I have been complacent in my tracking nutrition and have been giving in more to unhealthy foods with little nutritional values. Monday through Friday I am usually tracking everything and paying attention, but come the weekend I have been completely undisciplined. I have been paying attention to how I feel after eating certain foods and I know that Monday through Friday I always feel my best while the whole weekend I usually feel like crap. I want to get back to feeling like the best version of myself where I truly feel like I can accomplish anything and the best way for me to do that would be to fuel my body as best as possible more consistently. When I first started this weight loss journey I was working out 5 days a week but lately I’ve struggled to make it to the gym more than twice a week. Another goal of mine is to make it to the gym on a more consistent basis and get stronger in the weight room. I feel that I am at a point in my life where I could easily slip back into being overweight and I want to avoid that before it happens because I did not like how I felt 5 years ago.
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
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