The Best Ways To Lose Weight

I should have hit this point 10-15 lbs ago. Better late than never. After successfully dropping 30 lbs in 2010 I maintained the loss and even lost another 5lbs during 2011. I was as low as 212.6 in 2011.  I thought I had my weight under control and that I would never let it get out of hand again. I really did maintain for 11 months! Well, then I guess I got a little too confident.

In November my wife gave birth to … Continue Reading

I posted a goal page last year listing some fitness goal.  One goal was to run 2 miles in under 16 minutes.  Yesterday I acheived that goal!

One thing that has helped me to reach my goal yesterday was to set smaller goal to lead up to this goal. My first goal was to run a mile in under 9 minutes which ended up being fairly easy. After that I was shooting for a sub 8 minute mile and with a few months of running I was able to do … Continue Reading

This week’s challenge is to have fun while you exercise. Make fitness a positive experience.

1. Play a sport you enjoy
2. Make your run/workout fun by competing or making a game of it.
3. Try something new!
4. Smile and Laugh

Make a video of yourself having fun and send it to me and I will feature it in next week’s video.

What is It?
This isn’t a weight loss competition.  Some winners may even gain weight.  This is more of a community building event where you can get motivated and educated to reach your personal health and fitness goals.  Each Saturday I will post an update on my personal progress along with some information that I have learned along the way.  I will also share a challenge or two for the week.  All challenges are optional but encouraged.  The challenge will last 12 weeks and extra credit will be given to those who participate … Continue Reading

After sharing my diet and my general strategy, someone suggested I look into the GI diet. I had not heard of this diet before.

Glycemic Index

GI stands for Glycemic Index. The Glycemic Index shows the effect of different foods on your blood sugar. If you are a diabetic you are probably very familiar with this topic. The GI diet has you avoid foods that raise your blood sugar which will help you burn more fat rather than store it and, in the process, … Continue Reading

Hope you had a healthy Thanksgiving.

Things that don’t have carbs.
1. Meat
2. Eggs
3. Cheese
4. Greens (Lettuce, Spinach, Celery)
5. WATER

Sounds to me like a delicious salad. My goal was to focus mostly on vegetables and water and add in eggs, cheese and meat for flavor. The results are a fairly sustainable diet. Then the carbs I do eat on a typical day come from fruit rather than grains. I will report again next week to let you know if this diet continues to work. Wish me luck avoiding … Continue Reading

This really is a competition of champions. Everyone is down at least 3% after only two weeks. We all know that week 3 is the real test. The first two weeks are almost always the biggest losses. Then people start slowing down around week 3.

I’ve been running about twice per week and I really need to up that to three times per week. Every week I will increase time and or distance of the runs until I reach a reasonable time. Then I will focus on intesity and integrate strength training with the runs. … Continue Reading

Approximately 4 years has passed since the first weight loss competition I participated in.  I won that first competition and dropped about 30 lbs.

Since then I have had some success losing weight through weight loss challenges with family but have not overcome my tendency to put on weight.  With one exception.  Before this last competition I had risen to my previous all time high weight and was determined to lose it.  I read up and learned about how to lose fat and keep it off and my one goal was … Continue Reading

September is already 1/4 over but that won’t stop me.  My 90-challenge is going okay. I’m doing much better on my diet but I’m having troubling getting the exercise going.  In order to achieve my 90-day goals I want to set 30-day goals.   I will set one diet goal and one exercise goal each month.
No Sugar
This means no sweets or refined sugar.  Honey and fruit are okay.  My goal here is to build up will power to avoid things like the donuts that are sitting in the breakroom right now and eating a carton of ice cream in two days.  … Continue Reading