The Black Gate

Hi everyone,

This won't be too long of a post since I am writing it on my iPad in the middle of the wilderness and my battery is dying. Things are starting to go well on my journey to conquer the evils of flab and release my inner abs. I have now been on my journey for 12 days and it has been tough at times but I am progressing. I have gained 2 belt loops on my waistline. Sometimes my burden seems too hard to bare, but I can hear the immortal words of Samwise the brave yelling the words "share the load". It is at times like these that I have to pull myself together and relalize the importance of my quest. If I fail my friend Stella will perish, and that is something that I am not willing to let happen. The other night I was at the black gate which guards the entrance to the boiling springs of life which can cure any pain. One of the evil spies of the black realm was lurking about as I was trying to infiltrate the realm and soak my legs in the boiling springs. I had to hide out for a while and now I can see that it is going is going to take a lot of planning and patience to make it in after hours, as the black gate closes at 10pm sharp. I can tell that the agent of the enemy knows that something is up. What the spy doesn't know is that I have now lost enough weight to slip in after hours through the steel bars of the gate. This is a side quest that I must undertake. As far as the main quest goes I have made a ton of progress and I believe that I am running ahead of schedule and will reach my goal early and rescue Stella before it is too late.