05/14/17
Day 61 Extreme Accountability Challenge
Starting weight 304 pounds
Destination weight 175 pounds
Total weight loss to date 45.2 pounds
83.8 pounds to go
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Mom’s that are participating or following this Extreme Accountability Challenge. Congratulations to those of you getting healthier publicly or privately through this Extreme Accountability Challenge, your families need you.
When you mom’s gave birth to your children, your hearts and minds were probably filled with hopes and dreams for your newborn babies. We all want extraordinary lives for those that we love. This thought has been going through my mind as I’ve been on this public weight loss journey. I get asked, ” How in the world are you and so many of the participants of the Extreme Accountability Challenge losing so much weight so fast?”
I can’t speak for anyone else, we never tell anyone what to eat or how to exercise when they start participating in the Extreme Accountability Challenge, we just ask that they commit to posting their weight publicly to all of their Facebook friends until they reach their destination weight. Most everyone is just changing their eating habits and figuring it out as they go, that’s awesome my hat is off to everyone that has that discipline. I needed a more structured approach for me.
What I can address is my personal experience, there are about a zillion diets on the market, I’d tried most of them, and I failed, the diet didn’t fail.
But there was one that was different that I had tried several times, the operative word is tried, that was the one that my health coach, John Davisson, had helped me with. It was easy to understand and follow, It’s funny, publicly they say the average weight loss is “20 pounds over 12 weeks”. Well nobody told me but I knew that if I could stick to it 100%, no cheating, the weight would come off fast and healthy. Also along the way, John works with me on creating new healthier habits. So that like John, who’s kept his weight off for 10 years now, I will stay healthy for long life. I’m not suggesting anything to anyone, what someone does for weight loss is up to them. You can message John if you have questions. He’s the expert.
What’s different this time, the “secret sauce” why in less than 9 weeks I’ve lost 45 pounds, it’s accountability, Extreme Accountability. Yes I weigh everyday and neither my scales nor my body have exploded. So many people have said, “oh never weigh yourself daily”. Will someone tell me why? Could it be that if I overate the night before I might have to admit it and do something about it.
If you don’t believe tthat you should weigh yourself ddaily, then don’t, but for me it was the solution. And posting it for the World to see was just the accountability that I needed.
This is not average, this is extreme, don’t try this if you’re not ready. But check the pictures of my scales. Documentation beats conversation every single time. I’m weighing everyday and posting everyday. I love it!!
Sorry for the rant, happy Mother’s Day!
Press forward.
175 pounds here I come!!!