1000 Days of Fitness
Posted on 1/27/2014 by dsjohndrow
I am coming up on 3 years of creating the new me. In terms of pounds, it's working! Ummmm... some people like me better and some people have stopped talking to me. I guess I can understand that they don't want to hear about calories, inches and exercise.Maybe I should not have ended my dissertation on health and fitness with, "see you at the funeral."
Like my wife, lots of people start their journey with a New Years's resolution. She was looking pretty hot after a month in the gym. So, I thought I would join her in almost puking on the gym floor twice a week. I should have put my water bottle on the floor so I could reach it more easily, and purchased an oxygen bottle.
Today I am down nearly 80 pounds, and despite the last bit of belly fat, I have been maintaining for nearly 2 years.
I have overcome heart disease, stopped taking all but a small dose of blood pressure meds, and except for the current bout with cancer, I have not even had a cold.
Because I mostly post running pictures on Facebook, a lot of people wrongly assume that lots of miles = weight loss. It's not true.
Here is what I do to get started, stay motivated and end up in the best health I have been in since I was a teenager.
Here is what I do to get started, stay motivated and end up in the best health I have been in since I was a teenager.
-1 Bought new underwear
-2 Saw a nutritionist
-3 Started running
-4 Stopped eating fast food - well, I did go to Five Guys twice
-5 Gave up white flour products
-6 Got a food scale
-7 Limited white rice and potatoes to 1 cup once a month
-8 Got a trainer
-9 Had a heart attack
-10 Ate more fish, whole grains, low-fat dairy, fruit, veggies and nuts
-11 Ran a 5K
-12 Had knee surgery
-13 Got fitted for running shoes
-14 Cut my carbs, increased my protein (currently at 35% carbs / 35% protein / 30% fat)
-15 Never had a cheat day or meal, though I managed well on holidays
-16 Logged my food
-17 Cut my portions of meat, poultry and fish to 1-5 oz.
-18 Made mistakes
-19 Stayed out of the forums except for the "Would you date the person above you?" ones
-20 Never gave up no matter what the scale said
-21 Ran a marathon
-22 Signed up for the Boston Marathon 2014
-23 Signed up for the San Francisco Marathon 2014
-24 Signed up for the Chicago Marathon 2014
Those are my secrets. What are yours?
Thanks for the votes and comments, I always appreciate them.
Congratulations