I’ve said it before. This is hard. When you boil it all down, the only thing that works is work. There’s no simple way to do lose weight. You have got to put in the work. I can say this, if you do the work, it will work. You’ve probably heard my mantra, “Eat less, […]
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The dirty secret: Being fat is hard and being skinny isn’t so easy.
I was listening to a recent episode of “This American Life” and it really hit home. I’ve been fat forever. Not because I want to be fat and not because it is easy. Being fat isn’t easy. You get looked at, you get laughed at. You constantly feel like you are a failure. You feel […]
Big Milestone – 75 pounds down, 25 more to go.
I hit a big milestone this weekend. I’m down 75 pounds. When I started at the end of last July, my goal was to drop 100 pounds. I didn’t set a timeline, but I was hoping to lose at least 1-2 pounds a week. I wanted to make it a realistic pace. I didn’t want to […]
Making a change. Can I make it last?
I’ve decided to start a blog. I’m not sure why, but I think I’m doing it to give myself some accountability. Over the last year, I’ve worked hard and I’ve prayed hard. I’m really trying to make a change, a permanent change. My entire life I’ve been overweight. I was well over 200 pounds in high […]
Set ’em up and knock ’em down.
If you ask me, the only way to get something done is to set goals and strive for them. Goals keep you moving by giving you something to strive towards. Goals break seemingly insurmountable tasks into small little steps that can be accomplished one step at a time. Goals encourage us by demonstrating progress even […]
5k #4. Only 2 more till the 10k training starts.
This was my forth 5k. My goal was under 35:00 and I did it in 33:03! For the next one I’m going to shoot for under 30:00. I don’t think I could have made it if my girls weren’t waiting for me at the finish line. They kept me motivated the whole time.
Third 5k. 1/2 way there.
The 5k times are posted. 36:39! I know that might seem slow to some, but that’s almost a full minute faster than my goal of 37:30. To top it off, I finished in the top 1/2 of the field. Onwards and upwards. My next one is not scheduled till May. I’m hoping to cut at […]
Second 5k in the books, 4 more to go.
Second 5K is in the books. It was a night time run which was different. My official time was 38:38. Nearly 4 full minutes off my time from the end of October. My beautiful wife and my girls came out to do the 1 mile fun run and cheered me on during the 5K. It was […]
My first 5k!
Yesterday I ran my first 5K! When I started training in July, my 5k time was 1:12:00. I was hoping to finish under 45:00, and my official time was 42:18! I’m so thankful to my loving wife for supporting me through it all, and thanks to the #TritonDigital lunch time running crew for pushing me to […]
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