About the Beard

In June of 2010 I began growing a beard just for fun. It was one of those "can I even do it?" kind of things. Well after about a month of shaving and shaping some funny peach-fuzz-style hair, I finally began to grow a decent beard. It turned out all my friends loved the beard and it has definitely become a part of me.

On my birthday of last year I considered shaving the beard, but I made an interesting connection on that not-really-but-kind-of-fateful October 4th: I began growing the beard at the exact same time as I began losing weight for my 40 Pounds Down program. Since October 4th of last year, then, the beard and 40PD are connected: the beard comes off when I reach my weight goals, plain-and-simple.

So there you have it. The beard started as an experiment and turned into a kind of outward-facing symbol for some of my more personal goals. The world will know that one of my major goals for the year has been accomplished when the beard comes off.

I cannot wait for that day. B3 out.