Dieting…of
course right? Eat less and exercise, that simple. We would have biggest loser
contests at work and have fun in a competitive fashion for 8 or 10 weeks. The
last year I did this I won by losing 47 pounds and earning $600! Great right?
If you don't mind starving and beating the sweat out of yourself every damn
day. It’s a losing battle from the start and every pound would make its way
back to their home and even bring more with them.
Later that day after
coming home from the Half Marathon I got a call from my friend Laura in
California of whom I had worked with and dieted with as well. She had started
working with Visalus Health Sciences and wanted to talk with me about how it
was working for her. Interested at another opportunity I had given up on so
many others I thought…”What the hell, might as well try”. So it began…pounds
began coming off steadily for the first couple of weeks and I felt the energy
levels begin to rise. The shakes tasted good and it had occurred to me that
this process was even more simple than the already simple unhealthy lifestyle I
already had…how great! It also occurred to me that this process could be
accelerated by more activity like some walking around my neighborhood. Since
the lack of physical activity had been for so many years…my current athletic
apparel department was…well…the only slim thing about me and the fact that I
could sweat while sitting in the North Pole in a blizzard. I had to do
something to keep the sweat out of my eyes. |
| Biggest Loser work contest 2006: First picture: Before Second picture: After (32lbs) Third picture: John Candy (the return of the fat) |
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