The Beer Gut Chronicles, A navel-gazing journey through pounds of fat, tons of excuses & neverending procrastination, made its debut as a standalone blog and side project of mine on April 6, 2011 when I first started to make a committed effort to lose some weight. By the end of 2011, to my surprise, I dropped 50 pounds through the magic of regular exercise and an improved diet. 2012 has presented a bit of a step back but I continue to work on keeping my waistline in check and blog about it as time permits over at The Beer Gut Chronicles.