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.

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175 pounds here I come!!!

05/15/17
Day 62 Extreme Accountability Challenge
Starting weight 304 pounds
Destination weight 175 pounds
Total weight loss to date 46.6 pounds
82.4 pounds to go

A single goal makes achieving that goal so much easier. When I finally gave up on the fantasy that I could eat what I want, whenever I want, and as much as I want, and be thin and healthy, this whole weight issue got a lot simpler for me. It became about reaching my destination weight of 175 pounds as fast and as healthy as humanly possible. No more resets just get this done and get healthy once and for all. This past week my wife celebrated her birthday and yesterday was Mother’s Day. Multiple opportunities for justifying getting off course and eating whatever I wanted. Nope not this time. Angie and I planned ahead, put everyone on notice, spent extra time shopping at a local bakery for individual goodies that we would not eat. So our guests would have some goodies.

Instead Angie and I were wearing clothing that we haven’t fit into for years. The focus is on the future not on today. Thanks to this Extreme Accountability Challenge it should be a much longer and healthier future!

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175 pounds here I come!!!

05/14/17
Day 61 Extreme Accountability Challenge
Starting weight 304 pounds
Destination weight 175 pounds
Total weight loss to date 45.2 pounds
83.8 pounds to go

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Mom’s that are participating or following this Extreme Accountability Challenge. Congratulations to those of you getting healthier publicly or privately through this Extreme Accountability Challenge, your families need you.

When you mom’s gave birth to your children, your hearts and minds were probably filled with hopes and dreams for your newborn babies. We all want extraordinary lives for those that we love. This thought has been going through my mind as I’ve been on this public weight loss journey. I get asked, ” How in the world are you and so many of the participants of the Extreme Accountability Challenge losing so much weight so fast?”

I can’t speak for anyone else, we never tell anyone what to eat or how to exercise when they start participating in the Extreme Accountability Challenge, we just ask that they commit to posting their weight publicly to all of their Facebook friends until they reach their destination weight. Most everyone is just changing their eating habits and figuring it out as they go, that’s awesome my hat is off to everyone that has that discipline. I needed a more structured approach for me.

What I can address is my personal experience, there are about a zillion diets on the market, I’d tried most of them, and I failed, the diet didn’t fail.
But there was one that was different that I had tried several times, the operative word is tried, that was the one that my health coach, John Davisson, had helped me with. It was easy to understand and follow, It’s funny, publicly they say the average weight loss is “20 pounds over 12 weeks”. Well nobody told me but I knew that if I could stick to it 100%, no cheating, the weight would come off fast and healthy. Also along the way, John works with me on creating new healthier habits. So that like John, who’s kept his weight off for 10 years now, I will stay healthy for long life. I’m not suggesting anything to anyone, what someone does for weight loss is up to them. You can message John if you have questions. He’s the expert.

What’s different this time, the “secret sauce” why in less than 9 weeks I’ve lost 45 pounds, it’s accountability, Extreme Accountability. Yes I weigh everyday and neither my scales nor my body have exploded. So many people have said, “oh never weigh yourself daily”. Will someone tell me why? Could it be that if I overate the night before I might have to admit it and do something about it.
If you don’t believe tthat you should weigh yourself ddaily, then don’t, but for me it was the solution. And posting it for the World to see was just the accountability that I needed.
This is not average, this is extreme, don’t try this if you’re not ready. But check the pictures of my scales. Documentation beats conversation every single time. I’m weighing everyday and posting everyday. I love it!!

Sorry for the rant, happy Mother’s Day!

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175 pounds here I come!!!