Thanks To Boxing, This New Year's Weight-Loss Resolution Came True

   It is an age-old story this time of year: Man looks in mirror. Man sees too much of himself in the mirror. Man vows to get in shape.
   For Leesburg’s Tom Nesslage, that’s exactly what happened 18 months ago. Consequently, he’s now entering 2012 weighing about 170 pounds, a full 65 pounds lighter than when he embarked on the journey. The key ingredient?
    “Boxing,” Nesslage said while putting wraps on his wrists in getting ready to work out at Silver Eagle Group’s Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Ashburn.
    Looking at Nesslage, you’re not going to confuse him with the likes of Mike Tyson, George Foreman or Muhammad Ali, raising the question of how the urge to get in shape led him into the boxing ring.
   “The moment when it snapped for me was when I was trying on clothes and had to go up to a size 40 waist,” Nesslage said. “I was only 30 and thought ‘Oh Man’, this can’t be happening to me.”
   Now 31, Nesslage, who works for Verizon in the field of telecommunication at a desk job he openly admits contributed to his weight troubles, at first went the conventional route. He watched what he ate, skipped lunch to work out in the company gym, and tried his best to adhere to a schedule of three days of weightlifting and three days of cardio each week.