American Airlines has the worst customer service.

Im about to compose a full blown complaint but just to blurt a brief summary. I recently purchased a trip to Brazil via the AA website, and one leg they allocated via a different airline. On the return I missed the flight, well when I called AA they said there was nothing they could do. The ticket was via a differnt airline and refused to help me get credit or rebook the flight. They wouldnt even help with the leg of the return that has AA as the carrier. AA rep said it was because I didnt use the third party leg yet. So basically to use an analogy, If I rent a car from HERTZ and there is a problem would they send me to the automotive dealer for repair instead of replacing the car they rented me??? WTF!

The Crash!

All of us deal with internal struggles everyday no matter what the subject. Mine has always been weight-loss. A few periods in my life I was in some pretty decent shape and luckily have pictures to remind myself of where I need to be again.

The constant see-saw drove me nuts! But I dealt with it the best way I knew how and that was solitude. No one to stare, no one to point and especially nobody to NAG. That by far has got to be the worst scenario. Jeeeez. Nagging someone is really mental torture. Its as if you didn't know what your problem is and here comes Mr./Mrs/Miss know it all and feels its necessary to point out your flaws with specific examples of extreme down side of your situation. Kinda makes you feel really angry as if you were a complete moron and didn't know what your problem is.

Those people I really got away from. Most recently my ex-girlfriend. She felt it was really important to stress how much she really wanted me to lose weight and that if I didnt she would leave me. It was really nuts, I mean from the time that I woke up to the time we went to bed when we where together it was the same topic. No matter how proactive I was trying to be, it was not enough. Mind you, that we were only together for 2 months. Crazy huh?? I got fed up one day, and just said that we needed a break.

With my solitude I realize how much I am missing out of fun and enjoying life among other things. Now dont get wrong I dont sit at home all the time. I went out last night with a bunch of friends and had a blast.

None of that nagging ever worked it just pissed me off even more and made me distance myself from those who were making me feel worthless. The one thing that did change me was the every so often postive renforcement from a few friends that basically dictated that I could do it. I didnt need any surgery I could do it myself.

The icing on the cake came from my ex's brother-in-law he turned into a tri-athalon nut which is awesome, but not really my style maybe not yet anyway. He sent me this video one day outta the blue and I must have watched it a few hundered times. The guy in the video was about the same size am now, and he managed to lose it all. I searched a few more articles on similar stories and found many.

So here it is, I accepted the challenge to do it the right and lose the weight I want in a year. I am dedicated to doing this. The past year has been tough especially losing my dad to stomach cancer in October 09. I will do it.

I will post pictures and some info soon on stats. I am looking for positive support on this from anyone. I also hope I can help anyone in a similar situation

Today is June 5th and this is day 1 of 365.

Below is the inspirational video I received.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEJC2VyKgjI