Archives for May 2017

05/19/17
Day 65 Extreme Accountability Challenge
Starting weight 304 pounds
Destination weight 175 pounds
Total weight loss to date 48.6 pounds
80.4 pounds to go

Having 129 pounds to lose gives me a lot of time to reflect on how I got to that point and how I can stay the course, get the weight off, and then keep it off forever.
I’ve tried so many times in the past to lose weight only to get 5, 10, 20, or even 40 pounds off then to accept that as “good enough” and go back to my old ways.
To quote Master Yoda of Star Wars fame, ” There is no try or not try, only do or not do”
That pretty much sums it up. I have to do it. What’s it?

1- Have an eating game plan that I can stick to. No winging it. I needed a plan, I wanted success, assured if I did my part and stuck to the plan.

2- Find an exercise that I enjoy. Exercise is important for my health but personally I know that eating is the key, get that under control and the exercise is a bonus for healthy living. I love riding my bicycle at the beach, so really it’s a healthy reward not something that I dread. Angie loves walking on the beach, getting sun, finding shells and sharks teeth along the way.

3- Accountability is the magic potion for me, the more that I know are watching the easier it is to stay the course. Extreme Accountability Challenge, is awesome and making a huge difference.

4- BE PATIENT! We all want the weight off yesterday about 1pm. But it took decades to gain. Some days are up, some down a little, but the trend weekly needs to be downward, if not go back to step one and access.

5- Press repeat every day and….
Press forward.

175 pounds here I come!!!

05/18/17
Day 65 Extreme Accountability Challenge
Starting weight 304 pounds
Destination weight 175 pounds
Total weight loss to date 48.2 pounds
80.8 pounds to go

Busy morning so I’m letting you guys have a break from my lengthy posts. Thanks for holding me accountable.
Don’t worry I’ll have a lot to say tomorrow.

Press forward.

175 pounds here I come!!!

05/17/17
Day 64 Extreme Accountability Challenge
Starting weight 304 pounds
Destination weight 175 pounds
Total weight loss to date 46.6 pounds
82.4 pounds to go

The long haul. That’s what runs through my mind this morning as I still have over 82 pounds yet to lose. In the past I would have looked at the 46 pounds that I’ve already lost and convinced myself that I have come a long way and I can live with that 46 pounds lost and go back to my old way of eating and living and I would have started my usual assent up in weight.

Last night was hard, it was a great opportunity to go the wrong direction, late business appointment, almost an hour drive home, exhausted, eating dinner at 10pm. My emotional tank was empty, that’s normally when as I wind down that I turn to food. Not this time, not ever again. I knew that I was posting my weight this morning, I poured myself another glass of water with lemon, my drink of choice, and walked away from the temptation.
Accountability is powerful. It changes behavior, that’s really the need here, the food is neutral, the behavior has been my problem. Thanks for holding me accountable.

Press forward.

175 pounds here I come!!!

05/16/17
Day 63 Extreme Accountability Challenge
Starting weight 304 pounds
Destination weight 175 pounds
Total weight loss to date 46.8 pounds
82.2 pounds to go

This morning while on my bicycle ride along the beach on Amelia Island, I took this picture from one of my favorite spots. It’s just a boardwalk to the beach, but if you look beyond the beach, it’s difficult to say where you would end up. Heading into the Atlantic Ocean you had better have some sort of navigation to get you to your destination.

It got me thinking about this Extreme Accountability Challenge, posting my scales daily to Facebook., when I started all that I had was a burning desire to be fit and healthy, back to the weight of my youth of 175 pounds. The posting of my scales to Facebook was to be the map to get me there, to once and for all stick to something and get this weight off for good.
So far it’s served well, and just like any journey it has had its share of surprises, the number of people joining me and getting healthy on their own way but using this accountability as the guide.
It’s pretty exciting to think about us all arriving at our destination weight over the next several months.

Enjoy this journey, it will be one to remember.

Press forward.

175 pounds here I come!!!