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…
05/24/17 Day 71 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 49.8 pounds 79.2 pounds to go When I started on this journey of posting my scales daily to Facebook, it was a little over a week after taking the picture of my scales at 304 pounds pictured above. I had this…
05/23/17 Day 70 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 49.8 pounds 79.2 pounds to go NO DIET OR EXERCISE AND STILL LOSE WEIGHT!! I received an email with this title this morning. These kind of advertisements always have a picture of some man and/or woman that have the “perfect” physique.…
05/22/17 Day 69 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 50.6 pounds 78.4 pounds to go Through this 68 day journey, if one thing has been made crystal clear to me, that me posting my weight loss journey on Facebook is less about me and more about how this might help…
05/21/17 Day 68 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 50.8 pounds 78.2 pounds to go This morning I crossed the 50 pounds of weight loss mark. That’s a milestone for me, I don’t bring it up to boast or to break out in a happy dance, patting myself on the…
05/20/17 Day 67 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 49.4 pounds 79.6 pounds to go “To thine own self be true,” says Polonius in Hamlet. I can still hear my Dad saying those words. Dad passed away a little over 6 years ago. There are so many things that make…
05/19/17 Day 65 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 48.6 pounds 80.4 pounds to go Having 129 pounds to lose gives me a lot of time to reflect on how I got to that point and how I can stay the course, get the weight off, and then keep it…
05/18/17 Day 65 Extreme Accountability Challenge Starting weight 304 pounds Destination weight 175 pounds Total weight loss to date 48.2 pounds 80.8 pounds to go Busy morning so I’m letting you guys have a break from my lengthy posts. Thanks for holding me accountable. Don’t worry I’ll have a lot to say tomorrow. Press forward. 175 pounds here I come!!!