06/14/17

Day 92 Extreme Accountability Challenge
Starting weight 304 pounds
Destination weight 175 pounds
Total weight loss to date 58.6 pounds
71.4 pounds to go

I just finished “The Dip”, a book by Seth Godin. In it he makes some obvious, but usually ignored points about becoming the “best in the world” at something.

The Dip, as he calls it, is the period of time where someone has to sacrifice and pay the price of becoming the “best in the world” at something. For example, almost everyone wants the life of a Fortune 500 corporate CEO, as Godin puts it, “who wouldn’t want to have the life of modern day royalty?”
Being a CEO is rather easy, becoming a CEO, well that’s the hard part. Very few are willing to pay the price that it takes to reach the level of CEO of a major corporation. It normally takes decades and decades of long hours and personal sacrifice.

I think there is a real parallel between, “the Dip” and how I looked at becoming healthy.

For me to become the “Best in the World”, my World that is, in regards to my health and fitness, I have to make sacrifices. Planning my meals, not eating every time that I feel like it, making better choices regarding what I eat, getting up earlier to exercise, staying out of situations that I am likely to fall off the wagon, and on and on.

This quest to my destination weight of 175 pounds takes a lot of sacrifice, “the Dip” is likely at least 7-8 months to get 129 pounds off, then a lifetime of making better choices. Why? Do I really need to point out what living a longer healthier life is worth?

I would submit that I can hide many shortcomings that I’ve had throughout my life, but optimal health and fitness isn’t one of those that can be hidden. If I’m the healthiest that I can possibly be, it’s pretty obvious by my waistline. If I’m not, well all I have to do is look in the mirror, pretty simple, but I ignored it because of “the Dip”, it’s hard to get there, but oh it will be so worthwhile.

Join me in becoming the “best in the world”, your world, in regards to your health and fitness and..

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175 pounds here I come!!!

06/13/17
Day 91 Extreme Accountability Challenge
Starting weight 304 pounds
Destination weight 175 pounds
Total weight loss to date 58.2 pounds
71.8 pounds to go

I think I may have the record for latest post to the Extreme Accountability Challenge yet. Crazy busy day, I weighed early this morning like normal but never got it posted. I will be surprisingly brief.

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175 pounds here I come!!!

06/12/17
Day 90 Extreme Accountability Challenge
Starting weight 304 pounds
Destination weight 175 pounds
Total weight loss to date 58.4 pounds
71.6 pounds to go

Early on in this weight loss journey on Facebook, I wrote about comparison being the seed of all discontent. It occurred to me this morning that it’s also the seed of mediocrity.
I’ve been on so many diets that I lost count a long time ago. The pattern that I’ve followed up to this point is to stop before I reached my goal weight. Really is it about a goal weight or about having incredible health? I think it’s the latter. Certainly I couldn’t have incredible health and be 129 pounds overweight, but if I compared myself, as I’ve done so many times before, to other people that I see, or the best comparison of all, compared to me at my starting weight, I could easily be content with the results. 10, 20, 30, or like now almost 60 pounds down would be enough.
When I was in my late 40’s, Jairek Robbins coached me in business and life. He was about half my age and had incredible insight. One of the things that he told me through coaching was that I should be competing with no one but myself because I could end up with a result far beneath what I am actually capable of if I was satisfied just beating the other guy. I should always ask, “is this my best?”

I am on my way to some incredible weight loss, but more importantly to incredible health. My destination weight of 175 pounds sounds pretty good, but look out I’m heading towards the health and stamina that’s my best. Not someone else’s definition, mine. I own the choices that I make, and guess what, so do you. Whether you are chronologically very young or in your mature years, set your course for your personal best and…

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175 pounds here I come!!!

06/11/17
Day 89 Extreme Accountability Challenge
Starting weight 304 pounds
Destination weight 175 pounds
Total weight loss to date 56.8 pounds
72.2 pounds to go

Each day as I get on my scales for another entry in the Extreme Accountability Challenge Post on Facebook, I try to share what’s going through my mind, my determination, my doubts, my joy, and my frustrations.

Since I’m already putting a picture of my daily scales reading, I might as well share my heart. I do this so that someone, anyone, that has felt as hopeless as I have regarding controlling their eating and getting healthy might be encouraged. Being obese has felt like the biggest failure of my life. For so many years I’ve tried and failed at getting this stinking fat off, until now.
I’m the worst of the worst whenever it comes to sticking to a diet, until now. Frame this any way that you want, diet, eating program, lifestyle, blah blah blah. Reality and results are what really matters, I know that I have a lot of weight to lose still but it will come off forever. This accountability works.

If you have been watching all of us posting our scales daily, never liking, never commenting, it’s okay. I know that you are afraid to be noticed paying attention to this journey, but you are the one that I write to today. Just you. You may be 50 pounds, 100 pounds, 200 pounds overweight, maybe more, maybe 129 pounds overweight like me. It doesn’t matter, it really really doesn’t matter.

This whole journey may have been just to get your attention, all of us participating in the Extreme Accountability Challenge unknowingly, perfectly positioned, to get your attention before it’s too late. Maybe our weight gain was allowed to continue, just to get your attention as we lose the weight.

Your story may be like the story of the man that God told in a dream that his town was to be flooded but not to worry, he would save him, God would save him.

The story goes like this.

The rain came and the streets were filling with water, a policeman knocked on the door and said come with me to safety the waters are rising. The man said no, God told me he would save me.

The waters continued to rise.

The man moved to his second floor waiting on God. A rescue boat came by his second floor window and they said, come with us to safety the waters are rising. The man said no, God told me he would save me.

The waters continued to rise.

The man had to climb to the peak of his roof to wait for God. A helicopter came and from a loud speaker they yelled, come with us to safety the waters are rising before the house is swept away. The man said no God told me he would save me.

The waters continued to rise and the man was killed in the flood.

Upon arriving in heaven, the man saw God and asked, why did you not save me, God looked at the man and said, I sent a policeman, a boat, and even a helicopter for you but you refused.

The waters are rising, come with us to safety.

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175 pounds here I come!!!