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Accountability from a skinny man works
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
Okay, so I almost forgot to post this. Before I left for my road trip I asked Sam Luce to hold me accountable. I’m in the middle of my biggest loser competition with my staff and being on the road where I’m eating out for almost every meal would be tough. It’s during these occasions that I tend to over-indulge. So I asked Sam Luce to hold me to my commitment. In the end, my goal was to weigh less than I did when I began.
So, Sam was a gracious accountability partner. Maybe it was a dumb thing for me to ask him to do it, but he didn’t make a big deal out of it. Every now and again, he’d give me the evil eye when I was reaching for an extra cookie after dinner. There were a few meals that did not fare well for my plan, but I just tried to eat as much as Sam ate. I figured that if I ate what a skinny man eats, I’d probably lose some weight.
So, I’ve got some bad news and some good news. I came home late Monday night and my biggest loser weigh in was the following day. For my official weigh in I was one pound heavier than the week before. I was actually quite pleased as I expected worse. I had a bit of a cold all week and just didn’t feel up to running on the treadmill once. The good news, by Tuesday I weighed in a pound lower than the previous day and on Wednesday morning, I was another pound lower. I’m on track to have lost 4 pounds this week, taking me to a record low for this competition.
I know there are probably very few people who care, but since I brought it up before I left, I figured I’d be true to my word and share how I did.
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Help from a skinny man
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
As I’ve shared in an earlier post, I’m three weeks in to a “Biggest Loser” competition with my staff. So far so good. Three weeks in and I’m officially 8 pounds lighter. We’ve got 9-10 weeks left to go, which is good as I still have 18 pounds to lose… minimum. I’ve been really disciplined with this competition. I’m very goal driven and have been known to get a little competitive from time to time. Regardless of the outcome, I’ll be a winner as I shed the pounds I’ve carelessly added over the years. As I wrote in a post a week ago, I’ve been using the iPhone App “Lose it!” It tracks the calories I consume as well as the calories I burn through exercise. My caloric diet to lose two pounds a week is about 2100 calories a day. Sounds ridiculous, I know, but remember, I’m a big dude. Whether by consuming less or burning extra calories through exercise, I try to net only 1500 calories a day. It’s taken a lot of forethought and discipline.
However, I’m a little nervous. This week I’m on a road trip with Sam Luce culminating in an Infuse retreat with Jim Wideman. We’ll be in the car a lot, staying in a hotel and eating out almost every meal. That’s really bad for someone in my situation. I’m going to need some help. My natural tendency is to really enjoy my self when it come to food. I’m hitting several of my favor restaurants in the area and I’m inclined to big out, you know, really enjoy myself. I can’t do that.
So, I’ve done what any really smart man would do in my situation. I asked for help from a skinny man. Sam Luce wrote the book on being a skinny man. No really, he did – or at least he’s writing several chapters. For the next six days, Sam’s going to be a constant companion. I’m sure he’s got good genes, but a skinny man is skinny for a reason, he’s smart about what he eats. So, I’ve asked Sam to be my accountability during this week. I’ll continue to use Lose It to track how I’m doing and if the hotel has a treadmill, I’ll try to burn some calories at least two times. But ultimately I’m defaulting to him in this area. I’m giving him permission to trump my food decisions. We’ll see how that goes. I think there are probably only a few people in our lives that we can give that kind of power. If it’s not the right person, you might murder them. Good luck Sam.
So my goal? To weigh less by Monday. So far I’ve lost weight every week since I started three weeks ago. Monday Morning will reveal how I did. I’d even be satisfied if I stayed even… but we’ll go for loss.
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I’m losing it people!
Posted on 01. Nov, 2008 by Kenny.
The pounds. I’m losing the pounds.
I posted a few months ago about my issue with losing weight. Six months of working in my parents tax office and interviewing for a new job wasn’t good on my body. Actually I think that it was the holidays at my parents that primed the pump. I ate a ton of junk. Bottom line is that I gained 15-20 pounds from the time I left DFW to the time I flew out to Austin for my final interviews. When I was 15-20 pounds lighter, I had been working on losing 15-20 pounds.
So, in August I decided to give up the diet coke and start eating better. I also intended to start working out. Well, I never started working out, but I have continued the better eating. I’m limiting myself to smaller portions and I’m trying to avoid the junk food (including the cokes). The end result? I’m down 13 pounds. Not bad for just changing the way I’m eating. My goal is to lose the remaining 7 pounds by the holidays. I’ll be visiting my family in the mountains of GA for the holidays, so there will be a lot of eating. I’m looking into some good hikes right now so that some good exercise will offset the eating. It seemed to work while we were in Canada.
So, just an update. I’m going to keep on going. Once I hit my “end of the year” goal, I’ll set a new goal for another 20 pounds… probably for the summer. If I get there, I’ll be only a few pounds away from my college weight which was pretty darn good.
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12 days without a coke
Posted on 16. Aug, 2008 by Kenny.
I gave up coke (more specifically, diet pepsi and other carbonated goodies) almost two weeks ago. I’m a little tired of living unhealthy. I’m moving toward a more healthy lifestyle and I’m doing that one step at a time. I know myself and if I don’t move gradually, I’ll fizzle out in two weeks and be back where I started.
So for now I’ve cut out the sodas and I’m watching what I’m eating.
Moving to water wasn’t nearly as hard as I thougth it would be. I will admit, I did have two rootbeer floats on Thursday night. We were hosting a goodbye party for my intern and it was an icecream float party. Other than that, I’ve been good. I haven’t eaten any of the litle chocolates and candies that are all around our offices. It feels good.
I’ve gotten on the scales and it looks like I may have actualy lost 5 pounds (no really, I drank a lot of coke). I’m not 100% sure on the weight loss. Our scale isn’t digital and I don’t totally trust it when I’m pegging the thing 360 around. I’m getting a digital scale soon so I can keep better track.
Next week I’ll start exercising. Hopefully between the exercise and the cutting back on the junk, I’ll drop some more weight before vacation, feel a little better in my clothes and be ready for some hiking in the Canadian Rockies.
Last night my wife said that I looked trim. I laughed and said, “you mean more trim, right?” This is great motivation people!
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