Most of you already know the story – when I started working out I had to swim because I couldn’t walk for more than 5 minutes or so without my feet going completely numb. You remember walking on blocks under your feet when you were in a kid? Yeah, it was like that. So I [...]
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I’ve been losing (and sometimes gaining) weight for the last seven years. I did the diet & exercise thing on my own from December 2004 to August 2010. I did Take Shape for Life from April 2010 until last month. Now I’ve come full-circle back to the diet & exercise routine. This time Kayla and [...]
After a 6 month plateau, I decided last month it was time to make another push toward my goal weight. An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. – Niels Bohr I’ve been losing weight since 2004. I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I [...]
Bad decisions are often nothing more than a lack of consideration. If you’re not focusing on your goals and what a particular choice will mean once it’s made it’s just that much easier to make a left when you should have made a right. Every time I sit down to order my dinner, I have [...]
I was at a Zumba class yesterday and chatting with the only other guy there. He was asking about my routine, how many calories I eat, how many I burn, etc. When I mentioned weight lifting as a contributor to weight loss he sort of raised an eyebrow and said, “That helps, huh?” I’ve read [...]
Inspired by Oscar Del Ben’s post on 30 Habits that Will Change Your Life I’m taking on 8 of them for a month to see how I do: 1. Exercise 30 minutes every day. Yes, I workout most every day. When I’m on the road it’s easy to let this one slip so what I wind [...]
