Hello! My name is Zach and welcome to FitDadBlog.com – my personal blog about my journey to becoming a fit dad – in every sense of the imagination – with the hopes to inspire other days to go on their own journey.

What is Fit Dad Blog All About?

In 2014 – my first son was born. And the moment I held him for the first time – my life changed. Instantly – I was no longer first in my life. I fully realized the point of living was to putting other people first. Life wasn’t about me – it’s about others. Mainly – for my son – and my family.

But this came at a cost. I was putting everyone else before me – and it weighed on me. Literally. Over the next 4 years, I gained about 40 lbs, going from 180 to nearly 220 pounds. It wasn’t all at once. I was that typical yo-yo person. I swore I would never get to 190. At 198, I swore I’d never see 200. At 204 pounds, I swore I would never get to 205. At 209, I swore I would never get to 210. At 214.5, I swore I would never hit 215. You get the idea. Every time I hit that “swearing” moment, I get serious, lose a few pounds, only to lose motivation and go back to where I was, and then some.

But it just wasn’t the weight and my health that was in poor shape. Our personal financials were not in good shape. My relationship with my wife wasn’t in good shape. My mental health wasn’t in good shape. My entire life wasn’t in good shape. I just felt stuck – and I couldn’t figure out why. I had everything going in the right direction – what was the issue? Something had to change.

And thus I sought sought that change. And this change took me many different paths on many different subjects, but led me to a new thought process:

Life is not about putting others first. It is putting ME first, in order to enable others to live a good life.

Read that again.

This realization was eye-opening for me. As I tried to put others first, I let myself slip. And while I slip, I just cannot do what is needed to put others first. It is a lose/lose situation. There is a reason that you put your own mask on first in an emergency in the sky – not to save yourself first – so that you are strong enough to save others. That was my aha moment.

And thus started a new journey in my life: Putting myself first so I can better enable others.

I started an Instagram account to journal my progress (@Fit_Dad_Journey). As this grows – and as I connect with more and more dads who are in the same boat as me – I knew I needed to do more to get this out there. This is why I created FitDadBlog.com. Throughout this process, I knew that I had to teach other men – dad’s specifically – that taking care of themselves is critical to a solid life. Today more than ever – I see this more and more, and it is my mission to help.

No matter where you are in your journey – I want to help. I want to show you the light that putting yourself first is not selfish – it’s selfless. Because you are not at your best – no one else around will be either.

It isn’t something that is going to happen overnight. In fact – it takes a LONG LONG time. But the first step is to decide. It is to say – YES – I am ready to make myself better so I can enable my family to be the best.

FitDadBlog is my journey through this process while giving you advice, support, and other information taking YOU to the next level, for YOU and your family.

So poke around. Read some of the top posts. Drop me a line. And let’s go make some positive change in the world.