Life Changes: Adapt or Lose Ground

Nine days after my last post, my house burned to the ground.  Nov 12, 2012 at 1pm.  All souls were saved, but we did lose 95% of everything along with countless nights of lost sleep.  I apologize for not getting back on the blog for two years, but we lost computers and passwords which provided access to everything, including this blog.
What I have learned over the last two years is insane, I do not wish anyone to have to experience a home fire; it is devastating.   However, I will comment about exercise for fat people like me and my adventures of trying to stay fit.
The trials of moving to a hotel, then to a rental house and then to another rental house and finally back into the home within two years really puts a damper on the exercise dedication.  It suffices to say that my exercise routine took a beating.  While 5% of our stuff survived, most of which was my weights and assorted exercise equipment, moving it four times was a total pain in the rear, literally!   And along the road, I lost muscle but not the weight.
I tried to exercise, really I did!  When we were in the hotel, I jumped on the elliptical machine and barely lasted ten minutes, giving up.  I'm not sure this was due to exhaustion or just no mental backing to get it done.  But I spent more time trying to buy things that were missing like toothpaste, cotton balls, socks, shampoo and a host of other things we take for granted everyday.   I do know that it was a struggle for the next twenty months just to do anything in the way of exercise. 
When we finally moved into the first rental home, I set up my gym in the garage and got back into the routine.  We had no furniture for the first month except for folding chairs and tables, but the gym was ready.   However, I must have been doing something wrong with supplements as I gained a lot of weight fast and very little muscle.  As such, I have sworn off all enhancement power drinks until I lose the fat I have gained.  As I look back, I believe that my workouts were not as intense nor as long in duration which lead to over dosing on carbohydrates.  The carbs turned into fat and I have a long road ahead of me to drop the fat.