Current Weight: 250 lbs. (74.49% of the way done!)
Goal
396
200
The Biggest Loser
Fat Loss is Mental Too 2010-02-08 ( lbs.)
I sent Kim Lyons a message on Fast Track and asked if I could feature her exercise videos here on my site. Kim has great tips and ideas for easy exercise that you can do anywhere, anytime and they fit into everyday life.
Most Fit Tips from Kim are featured here on Mondays. Check back here each Monday for more exercise tips and ideas from Kim Lyons and Fast Track to Fat Loss.
Kim Lyons discusses Safe Techniques while doing Cardio 2010-02-01 ( lbs.)
I sent Kim Lyons a message on Fast Track and asked if I could feature her exercise videos here on my site. Kim has great tips and ideas for easy exercise that you can do anywhere, anytime and they fit into everyday life.
Most Fit Tips from Kim are featured here on Mondays. Check back here each Monday for more exercise tips and ideas from Kim Lyons and Fast Track to Fat Loss.
Victim vs. Victor 2010-01-29 ( lbs.)
If you have joined my Facebook group "The Fitness Challenge," you might have noticed that Shelli, the co-administrator for The Fitness Challenge and who is a real encouragement on the wall of the group hasn't been on The Fitness Challenge lately. She was diagnosed with colon cancer two weeks ago, so her life has been turned upside down. God has been faithful through the whole process from the doctors finding both tumors quickly (one in the lung, one in the colon) to the fact that her tumors were operable. She had surgery on Thursday and did very well. Please be praying for her and her family. I don't know what will be needed, but if you would like to help her family, please send me a Facebook message. If/When I find out what they need, I'll pass that info on to you.
I have been a bit absent from blogging on this site and on "The Fitness Challenge" as well. Every now and then life throws you some curveballs. In my case, our basement flooded, and all my time has gone to taking care of getting everything moved, carpet ripped out (1300 sq. feet of it), and setting up my office in the upstair... Click here to read the whole post.
Track your workouts and nutrition in a journal 2010-01-25 ( lbs.)
I sent Kim Lyons a message on Fast Track and asked if I could feature her exercise videos here on my site. Kim has great tips and ideas for easy exercise that you can do anywhere, anytime and they fit into everyday life.
Most Fit Tips from Kim are featured here on Mondays. Check back here each Monday for more exercise tips and ideas from Kim Lyons and Fast Track to Fat Loss.
Cardo Drill 2 2010-01-18 ( lbs.)
I sent Kim Lyons a message on Fast Track and asked if I could feature her exercise videos here on my site. Kim has great tips and ideas for easy exercise that you can do anywhere, anytime and they fit into everyday life.
Most Fit Tips from Kim are featured here on Mondays. Check back here each Monday for more exercise tips and ideas from Kim Lyons and Fast Track to Fat Loss.
Cardio Drill 2010-01-11 ( lbs.)
I sent Kim Lyons a message on Fast Track and asked if I could feature her exercise videos here on my site. Kim has great tips and ideas for easy exercise that you can do anywhere, anytime and they fit into everyday life.
Check back here each Monday for more exercise tips and ideas from Kim Lyons and Fast Track to Fat Loss.
Taking a Break 2010-01-05 ( lbs.)
One of the things that I've learned over the past couple of years is that I periodically need to give myself breaks. It's a time that I work out less and am not so strict about eating healthfully. It doesn't happen often, maybe twice a year.
The key to a successful break is definite planning and then sticking to the plan.
1. I choose a day that I start the break and a day that I stop the break and go back into proper eating habits and exercise.
2. I give myself permission to eat a little differently. I still make mostly healthy choices, but I may eat a little more, and I don't skip the desserts. I don't eat all the sweet stuff either. I'm picky about which ones I choose. Only the best!
3. I expect to put on a few pounds knowing that I'll take them back off quickly.
4. I expect that when I start back, my body will scream at me. I'll be just a little more out of breath during workouts, and I'll be more sore afterwards. However, I also know that it won't take long for me to feel back to normal and be going strong again.
Biggest Loser Couples: Episode 1 -- How Desperate Are You? 2010-01-05 ( lbs.)
This season started like all the others: with the weigh-in. The difference is that they had to do so in front of all their friends and family (and others I'm sure) in their own home town. How humiliating! It's hard enough being fat, but to have to show everything, rolls and all, in person, bare to the world and the people you know and love as well as others who may ridicule you -- that's hard. It's not enough that you think badly of yourself for having achieved such a rotund state, but now you have to give account for it before everyone else -- in person! These people must be desperate!
Ok, I'm purposely being much more harsh in my wording than I normally would. I'm not that insensitive, because I've been there. I started at 396 lbs. I know what it feels like. I recognize the emotions that the contestants talked about at the beginning of the show. Just like them, I did something about it, and you can too!
I receive emails quite often from people who visit my site here asking how they can get onto the show. They say that are desperate and the show is their last hope. You might even be one of the people who sent one to me. Here's my reply. ... Click here to read the whole post.
Managing a "Snack Attack" 2010-01-04 ( lbs.)
I sent Kim Lyons a message on Fast Track and asked if I could feature her exercise videos here on my site. Kim has great tips and ideas for easy exercise that you can do anywhere, anytime and they fit into everyday life.
Most Fit Tips from Kim are featured here on Mondays. Check back here each Monday for more exercise tips and ideas from Kim Lyons and Fast Track to Fat Loss.
Touch Backs 2009-12-28 ( lbs.)
I sent Kim Lyons a message on Fast Track and asked if I could feature her exercise videos here on my site. Kim has great tips and ideas for easy exercise that you can do anywhere, anytime and they fit into everyday life.
Check back here each Monday for more exercise tips and ideas from Kim Lyons and Fast Track to Fat Loss.
What to Look for in Cereal 2009-12-21 ( lbs.)
I sent Kim Lyons a message on Fast Track and asked if I could feature her exercise videos here on my site. Kim has great tips and ideas for easy exercise that you can do anywhere, anytime and they fit into everyday life.
Most Fit Tips from Kim are featured here on Mondays. Check back here each Monday for more exercise tips and ideas from Kim Lyons and Fast Track to Fat Loss.
Exercise While Travelling 2009-12-14 ( lbs.)
I sent Kim Lyons a message on Fast Track and asked if I could feature her exercise videos here on my site. Kim has great tips and ideas for easy exercise that you can do anywhere, anytime and they fit into everyday life.
Most Fit Tips from Kim are featured here on Mondays. Check back here each Monday for more exercise tips and ideas from Kim Lyons and Fast Track to Fat Loss.
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CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING RELATED TO HEALTH AND FITNESS! I am
under a doctor's care for my general health, and my workouts are overseen by a professional
trainer. I consult with licensed dieticians about what I eat. I am blogging about my
experience here in the hopes that it might inspire you to
get healthy as well. However, you must realize that I am not a doctor. The views on this
site are only my opinion or understandings about what I'm learning. In some cases, I'm
just reporting about what I find from other sources. Therefore, before you do any type
of exercise, change your diet or make other health related decisions, check with your
doctor, trainer, dietician, nutritionist or other health professional.
