!['04/18/17
Day 35
Extreme Accountability Challenge
Total weight loss to date 30.6 pounds
When I started posting my weight loss journey on Facebook every day, honestly it was out desperation. I'm 55 years old and haven't been able to tame this beast of overeating.
Weighing in at 304 pounds and only 5'11" tall when I made the decision that enough was enough, it certainly wasn't the first time those words crossed these lips. The difference was this time I announced it to everyone that I knew on Facebook and many that I didn't know. So it's really happening this time, the weight is coming off, I'm sticking to the plan, but what about all those other times?
Like all the other times, my wife Angie that I met in our 8am Freshman English class at the University of South Carolina in 1980, is on my side. I was only about 155 pounds back then, through our years of dating as I started my assent to 304 pounds, she cooked probably about 20,000 chicken breasts, made countless salads, went on every fad diet with me, even though she didn't really need to, and didn't nag me about my weight. Angie just supported me, encouraged me, she never enabled my behavior but I guess she always knew it would have to ultimately be me to change me, no one else could. I wish that I could go back and give her hope that this day would come when her husband would finally turn the corner and get healthy and lose this weight. I wish I had never gained the weight. But aren't our struggles what make us who we are. Thank you Angie for loving and caring for me like only you can and not giving up on me.
My prayer for everyone of you today is this, first that God would bless you with someone to support you through your struggles like he has blessed me with my Angie, second, that you and I don't miss the joy of these struggles, I pray for courage and strength for us all, not that this be an easy path, or we might forget and return to our old ways but that we have the courage and strength to persevere through to the healthiest we have ever been.
If you aren't making progress losing weight on your own. Do something different, join me and several others that are posting our weight daily for the World to see and hold us accountable. We call it the Extreme Accountability Challenge.
Join us if you really want to change.
The steps to joining the Extreme Accountability Challenge are:
Step 1-Weigh and take a photo of the reading on the scales
Step 2-post to all of Facebook (tag me in the post so that you are added to our group)
Step 3-Repeat everyday until you reach your goal weight.
We don't tell you what to eat or how to exercise but I think you will find this to be the most powerful appetite suppressant you have ever used
Don't look left, right, up, or down just jump
It'll change your life and every one around you
175 pounds here I come!!!
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@[100006652024057:2048:Cheryl Bobo Green]
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Day 35 Extreme Accountability Challenge Total weight loss to date 30.6 pounds When I started posting my weight loss journey on Facebook every day, honestly it was out desperation. I’m 55 years old and haven’t been able to tame this beast of overeating. Like all the other times, my wife Angie that I met in our 8am Freshman English class at the University of South Carolina in 1980, is on my side. I was only about 155 pounds back then, through our years of dating as I started my assent to 304 pounds, she cooked probably about 20,000 chicken breasts, made countless salads, went on every fad diet with me, even though she didn’t really need to, and didn’t nag me about my weight. Angie just supported me, encouraged me, she never enabled my behavior but I guess she always knew it would have to ultimately be me to change me, no one else could. I wish that I could go back and give her hope that this day would come when her husband would finally turn the corner and get healthy and lose this weight. I wish I had never gained the weight. But aren’t our struggles what make us who we are. Thank you Angie for loving and caring for me like only you can and not giving up on me. |