Day 36, April 19, 2017

04/19/17
Day 36
Extreme Accountability Challenge
Total weight loss to date 30.8 pounds

“Comparison is the seed of all discontent.”
A friend told me this years ago. I honestly don’t remember the circumstances but the words are so true. As many of us scan the pages of Facebook and other social media, it’s so easy to get into a comparison mindset. Whether it trips, dinners out, vacations, beautiful homes, scenery, thin waistlines, or a myriad of highlights we see from other people’s lives, it is so easy to go into comparison mode. You’re probably asking, “what does this have to do with the Extreme Accountability Challenge?” Well a lot since you ask.

When this process started and I first posted my “weight manifesto” ( I like the sound of that, “manifesto”, sounds impressive) March 15, 2017, it was for one purpose. Over the last 35 years of my adult life, I had ballooned to 304 pounds, it wasn’t some accident that caused it, my lousy metabolism, or any other excuse that I could tell myself. It was due to one primary glaring reason, I had made thousands and thousands of decisions that turned into a little of this food, a little of that food. 100 calories here 50 calories there and slowly I ascended to my massive size of 304 pounds. Guys it was no accident, it was simply sticking my head in the sand and eating whatever I wanted because I wanted it.

So now how does this comparison thing come into play, well first I am thrilled that so many others have joined me in this journey, my prayers for you are that this will change your life forever and you will enjoy many more healthy days because of participating in the Extreme Accountability Challenge. But understand this I know that weighing everyday we will all have ups and downs on the scales, I want everyday to reflect a weight loss, but my body will fluctuate some every day By the way, I haven’t weighed yet this morning, so I write this with no knowledge of the scales yet today, but I do have this knowledge, I post my scales daily because for me that’s what I need as motivation to stick to my program. That’s the reason I first posted my scales, I want to be thin, I want to fit into normal size clothing, I want my wife Angie to look at me and know that I want to be married to her so badly that the food is not important, she is, so that I can be her only husband not her first husband that died from complications of obesity.

All that said, regardless of what the scales say, I have to behave, and you know what, I did yesterday, and everyday on this challenge. My health coach John Davisson told me what I have to do but it is up to me to do it. Behave. The scales may fluctuate but if I follow my plan and stick to it I know I will succeed.

So, make a plan of what you will eat, it’s up to you, your doctor, whoever, I’m not telling what you should do, but post your scales as a way to be accountable, then every day run your race. If you want success, don’t cheat, if you do you’re just fooling yourselves,( don’t forget,I’m an expert in justifying having something not on my program, I did it for decades). Stop comparing, it’s your race, you may have a little to lose or a lot, I will be here either way, posting my scales daily and running my race., not anyone else’s.

Go run your race and run it like you never have before, you were created by the most creative of all, he created you for more, not more food, more life!