Changes, both little and small, have to be made. I absolutely have to make better decisions. That is the bottom line. I can't be successful for the rest of my life unless I can make permanent changes in my life. I am going to have to work everyday to implement those changes. It starts over today.
One of the things I am doing to increase my motivation is to have a Biggest Loser contest. I am doing this with some of my friends. We are doing a weigh-in on 1/10/09 and then again on 12/31/09. The person that has lost the biggest percentage of their starting body weight will take home the prize. There is a small entry fee which goes into the pot for the prize. I am going to update everyone's progress each month to see how we are doing.
Here are the entrants to date:
Jared Maynard
Chassity Barker
Court Swift
Angela Swift
Jeff Marcum
Jen Wilke-Deaton
Leann Jones
Beth Baker Allen
Brad Baker
Paul Porter
Sean McClellan
My goals for the year, once again, are simple.
Lose 100 lbs
Walk 5,000,000 steps
I'll see you at the finish line.
Yesterday's Steps: 10,554
Last Year's Steps: 4,313,286
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The answer to WHY may or may not be found at < http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/calories/index.html >.
The reason I say, may or may not, is because you have not related why you are consuming more calories than you need as related in the CDC publication.
When you need more information, let me know. When you’re at the Gym trying to find out why think about what happened to me.
Long Ago And Far Away
Long ago and far away in a country on the other side of the planet “earth” where a nutrition concept was reaffirmed.
Physical activity or exercise is not a governing or absolute factor in weight control. As Tom puts it, “Eating is.”
Tom walked into the Company Headquarters’. There he met two gentlemen that were in the process of putting together a detached service team. They outlined what the team was up to and invited him join. Four or five months of playing football full time and still getting paid sounded like a good thing.
The work was strenuous and intense getting into shape and learning all the plays. Each day in the morning the team was given a break and Tom would go to a coffee shop nearby and eat some Danish rolls and drink a cup of coffee. It was a good life. That is until Tom and his teammates noticed that Tom’s spare tire was getting bigger and bigger. Here Tom was doing all of this physical activity training with the football team and he was gaining weight. The coach noticed the weight gain and rearranged Tom schedule so he could not ever get to the coffee shop again.
About a week later Tom while scrimmaging a teammate fell against Tom’s leg. The doctor said that it was a “spiral lateral fracture of the tibia and fibula.” This put Tom into the hospital for about six months. This was an interesting experience because it involved lying around in bed with no physical activity. Tom lost about 50 pounds while going from 240 to 190 pounds. Nevertheless Tom still devoured everything he could get his fork into but they didn’t give him anything. There was no way he could get to where there be food.
2010 is going to be a good year, I can feel it. :o) Good luck with your goals, hopefully I will be successful with mine as well. Email me about this Biggest Loser contest! efswift@yahoo.com
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