No – Thank YOU. Part one.

August 4, 2010

Lately a lot of people tell me they are impressed with my weight loss. They say I inspire them, and that watching me motivates them to get active. I am humbled every time I hear this. I don’t feel like I’m doing anything spectacular. In fact, I’m doing what I should have done years ago. [...]

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Week 29 Weigh-in Results

August 2, 2010

Weight: When I started this week, I weighed 222.8 pounds. Today, my new weight is 219.4 pounds. That’s a loss of 3.4 pounds.  I am less than 20 pounds away from being under 200.  So close! I am consistently averaging 3.2 pounds lost per week, and today’s weigh-in puts me at 93.8 pounds lost in 29 [...]

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Pony Pasture 5k Post Race Analysis

July 31, 2010

Today was the Pony Pasture 5k. I was stoked about this race, because my son Nicolas decided he wanted to run in it. It’s the first race that Nick, Stephanie, and I have all run together. The weather this morning was awesome. It was cool, about 70 degrees. The route was an out and back [...]

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My Heart Condition

July 28, 2010

A couple of weeks ago I had an appointment with a doctor to have a checkup after losing so much weight. The results of the checkup were good, except for one thing – my heart. The doctor was concerned because my heart rate is very slow. I knew it was slow before I went to [...]

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Week 28 Weigh-In Results

July 26, 2010

Weight: When I started this week, I weighed 226.2 pounds. Today, my new weight is 222.8 pounds. That’s a loss of 3.4 pounds.  I am only 23 pounds away from being under 200. I can’t believe it’s this close. I’m hoping to see the 100s in 9 more weeks or less. That would require me [...]

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Week 28 Video. 222.8 pounds.

July 26, 2010

This is my week 28 video taken July 26, 2010. Weight here is 222.8. Total weight lost is 90.4 pounds. You can see a comparison between my current video and my starting video on my Pics/Video page.

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To Beard Or Not To Beard

July 20, 2010

Speaking of shaving my face… here are some comparison shots. Tell me what you think! The picture on the left is me in September 2007 when I weighed about 340.  I was required to shave for the job I had at the time. The picture on the right is me today. I shaved to see [...]

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Week 27 Weigh-In results

July 19, 2010

Weight: When I started this week, I weighed 228.8 pounds. Today, my new weight is 226.2 pounds. That’s a loss of 2.6 pounds.  The last time I weighed 226 pounds was 15 years ago as a senior in high school! Today’s weight puts me at 87 pounds lost in 27 weeks. Exercise: This week (12-18 [...]

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Lucy Corr 5k Post Race Analysis

July 17, 2010

This morning Stephanie and I ran in the Lucy Corr Foundation Run for the Future 5k. The proceeds from this race benefit the Lucy Corr Village, an assisted living home and long term care facility. The race started at 8am and was divided into two groups: walkers and runners. The walkers started first and walked [...]

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I’m in.

July 14, 2010

Monday I was a guest speaker at a group called TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). I go to the same gym as one of the members, Kathy, and she asked me if I would come and say a few things to the group about how I got started with my weight loss, and how I [...]

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