04/16/17 Day 33 Extreme Accountability Challenge Total weight loss to date 29.4 pounds As I write this 33rd post on Easter Sunday 2017, I am struck by how this struggle with weight and so many other areas of life begins with me wanting my way. Ouch! Me. I’m the common denominator of the vast majority of my challenges that I’ve…
04/15/17 Day 32 Extreme Accountability Challenge Total weight loss to date 28.4 pounds The needle moves slowly some days, it even moves up some, even when I have done everything possible to stick to my program. Yesterday 2/10 pounds down from yesterday that’s 3.2 ounces, so by my calculations I will completely disappear in 1376 days! Well that’s not the…
04/14/17 Day 31 Extreme Accountability Challenge Total weight loss to date 28.2 pounds It seems like a long time since 03/15/17 when I posted my scales for the first time. Thanks to everyone for the likes and encouraging comments each day. Knowing that you are watching keeps me on the straight and narrow each day. Join us if you really…
04/13/17 Day 30 Extreme Accountability Challenge Total weight loss to date 27.4 pounds. Wow 30 days of showing my Facebook world my scales every day. Day one was exhilarating and terrifying at the same time. To think I had let myself, a average frame man, 5’11” tall, get to a mammoth 304 pounds, and even though anyone that looked at…
04/12/17 Extreme Accountability Challenge Day 29 Total weight loss to date 27.6 pounds After 4 weeks of posting my weight loss journey on Facebook and to the world, I’ve come to appreciate the accountability that this has created for me. Each and every bite of food that I place in my mouth I think about. ” Is this going to…
04/11/17 Extreme Accountability Challenge Day 28 Total weight loss to date 27.2 pounds Moving forward. Sticking to the program and using the accountability of posting my weight daily on Facebook to get through those times when I would normally cheat. I am not cheating this time because you are watching! Very effective appetite suppressant! The steps to joining the Extreme…
04/10/17 Extreme Accountability Challenge Day 27 Total weight loss to date 27.6 pounds Before the EAC days off and weekends usually were built around cooking out or some new recipes that I wanted to create. Food was pretty much the focus of any relaxation. This past weekend and the last several have been quite a bit different. Food has not…
04/09/17 Extreme Accountability Challenge Day 26 Total weight loss to date 26.4 pounds Completing 25 days of what I had originally planned as a 252 day journey to 175 pounds. I know that I have a long way to go still but there is no doubt that I will get to 175 pounds. This is the first time in my…
04/08/17 Extreme Accountability Challenge Day 25 Total weight loss to date 25.4 pounds When I first posted my scales and my commitment to reach 175 pounds in 252 days I didn’t realize all those that would join me in this journey. There’s no question about it, at times it’s really hard to resist the temptations of the old behavior of…
04/07/17 Day 24 Extreme Accountability Challenge Down 24.2 pounds total While from my view of my scales and probably your view of them also, this looks like a petty slow process. Kind of like watching paint dry. Half a pound hhere, a pound there, up a quarter pounder down a third. And on and on. That’s probably why so many…