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Day 101, June 23, 2017

06/23/17 Day 101 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 62.8 pounds 66.2 pounds to go After 100 days posting, I can say this accountability works. At least it has for me and several others. I can also say that for 100 days straight I have wanted to eat more than…

Day 100, June 22, 2017

06/22/17 Day 100 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 62.8 pounds 66.2 pounds to go James 1:2-4 New International Version (NIV) 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let…

Day 99, June 21, 2017

06/21/17 Day 99 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 62.2 pounds 66.8 pounds to go Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver five minutes longer. Ronald Reagan I’m pretty sure when Ronald Reagan said those words he wasn’t referring to me or anyone else that had…

Day 98, June 20, 2017

06/20/17 Day 98 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 62.4 pounds 66.6 pounds to go Safety and comfort are overrated. Think about it. Although I for one love to be comfortable and safe, I seek it as I’m pretty sure most people do, when was the last time that something…

Day 97, June 19, 2017

06/19/17 Day 97 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 62.6 pounds 66.4 pounds to go If you haven’t noticed I tend to write long posts as I walk out this 129 pounds public weight loss journey. I write to those that are in the middle of the the struggle with…

Day 96, June 18, 2017

06/18/17 Day 96 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 60.4 pounds 68.6 pounds to go Happy Father’s Day to all of the Dad’s reading this. When I woke up this morning, my thoughts went to my Dad. He’s been gone for 6 years this past April. Although my Dad was…

Day 95, June 17, 2017

06/17/17 Day 95 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 59.6 pounds 70.4 pounds to go I’m posting late again today. In case you are wondering, regardless of what time I post, my weigh in daily is typically before 7am. It’s before I’ve eaten anything or had anything to drink. Some…

Day 94, June 16, 2017

06/16/17 Day 94 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 58.4 pounds 71.6 pounds to go There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask “What if I fall?” Oh but my darling, What if you fly? Erin Hanson Someone posted this quote yesterday, forgive…

Day 93, June 15, 2017

06/15/17 Day 93 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 59.4 pounds 70.6 pounds to go After posting my scales daily to Facebook for 93 days, one thing is clear, when you know that you’re going to be weighing tomorrow morning, then the next day, then the next, and posting it…

Day 92, June 14, 2017

06/14/17 Day 92 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 58.6 pounds 71.4 pounds to go I just finished “The Dip”, a book by Seth Godin. In it he makes some obvious, but usually ignored points about becoming the “best in the world” at something. The Dip, as he calls it,…