Fat Man (Done) Walking

9 May 2006

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Steve Vaught's journey is complete.

Back in June, I wrote about Steve Vaught (aka Stephen James Liller), a 40 year old father of two. Vaught decided to take action against his balooning weight. On April 10, 2005, he began walking across the United states from San Diego to NYC to lose weight and regain his life.

Today, 394 days later, Vaught walked across the George Washington Bridge, crossing into New York City and completing his journey.

Steve's website should be updated in a few days, but it is running on a low-bandwidth version right now to reduce the strain that the completion of the journey has brought.

Unfortunately, it looks as though Steve and his wife will be getting a divorce. I know that, when he left, he had talked about being happily married and that his wife was very supportive of him and his journey. Steve has said that he will focus his energy now on being the best father he can to his two children.

As I mentioned before, you too can Walk Away the Pounds.

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Mission Accomplished: Go on a Second Honeymoon

6 April 2006

My wife and I celebrated our fifth anniversary by taking a brief-but-wonderful 2 day/1 night honeymoon in a city we had never been to as a couple.

We spent a day at a state park, hiking a trail through a gorge that ended at the tallest waterfall in the northeast US. We went to an overpriced restaurant and drank some water before leaving and heading to a more reasonably priced cafe. We visited a museum that was showing Rembrandt's etchings in honor of his 400th birthday this year. We also stopped at a pottery company and toured their production studios.

It doesn't seem like much, I suppose, but having a couple days away from needy children to take a nice trip really is refreshing, and it was a special time for both of us.

In theory, a week-long honeymoon would have been ideal, but due to financial positions as well as our youngest son being less than a year old, we opted for something simple that didn't require a bank loan.

See more progress on: go on a second honeymoon
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Fat Man Walking

16 June 2005

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Steve Vaught (aka Stephen James Liller) is a 39 year old, happily married father of two. He claims that he has a "pretty good life" in Southern California, but that he can't enjoy it because he has ballooned to 400 pounds.

Vaught has had enough, and had decided to take action. He is walking across the United states from San Diego to NYC to lose weight and regain his life.

Vaught started his journey on April 10th from Oceanside, CA. He has had some setbacks, which you can read about in his journal.

I admit that the website isn't the most professional, but The site seems to have been redesigned in a more professional manner and he supplies weekly updates on his progress. Don't expect him to finish in six months as he estimated early on . . . if he carries out his mission, he'll be walking a whole lot longer than that.

You can check on his progress by clicking on "Journal" at thefatmanwalking.com.

Want to try, too? Check out Walk Away the Pounds.

Posted by Novac in All, Athletes, Fun, Health, Interesting, People, Transportation, Travel, Walking
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