06/03/17 Day 81 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 54.0 pounds 75.0 pounds to go I don’t know why another 1/10 of a pound really matters, but to drop below 250 pounds is a pretty big deal. This accountability thing really works if you happen to be paying attention. While…
06/02/17 Day 80 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 53.6 pounds 75.4 pounds to go As I was riding my bicycle this morning along North Fletcher Avenue in Fernandina Beach, my thoughts went to undertow. When the water’s current pull you out and away from the safety of the shore.…
06/01/17 Day 79 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 53.8 pounds 75.2 pounds to go The Wisdom of simplicity and the simplicity of wisdom. For decades I’ve made the thought of weight loss into this complex process that I could never seem to grasp. My 18 year old son Joshua,…
05/31/17 Day 78 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 53.0 pounds 76.0 pounds to go Are you selling your birthright? Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!”…
05/30/17 Day 77 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 53.0 pounds 76.0 pounds to go While I was riding my bicycle yesterday I was listening to “Already Gone” by the Eagles, and caught a phrase of the lyrics, “Already Gone” “So often times it happens that we live our lives…
05/29/17 Day 76 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 51.8 pounds 77.2 pounds to go The last few days have been a little frustrating. Sticking to my program and not seeing the scales move. I am frustrated but not one bit discouraged. If this public weight loss journey has taught…
05/28/17 Day 75 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 52.0 pounds 77.0 pounds to go For those of you watching these scales, no I’m not posting the same photo of my scales over and over, I’ve been stuck at 252.0 pounds for the last 3 days. Ugh! When I get…
05/27/17 Day 74 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 52.0 pounds 77.0 pounds to go I was listening to a podcast earlier this week and heard a sound clip of a Will Smith interview. He was talking about his work ethic. I love the metaphor that he used, “I am…
05/26/17 Day 73 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 52.0 pounds 77.0 pounds to go Summer is approaching, the kids will be out of school soon, if not already, and thoughts of vacations, will be dominating our thinking. Rest for the weary. Most of us feel entitled to a break,…
Day 72 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 51.6 pounds 77.4 pounds to go Boundaries get our attention. Whether the boundaries are real or whether the boundaries are just in our mind, they serve a purpose. Boundaries stop us. Growing up most of us learned to appreciate the boundaries that…