I’m about three weeks into my consumption makeover. The bad news is the cravings are there and will be for a long time. You don’t just quit after eating 30 years of mostly junk without feeling like there’s a void. A couple of times I’ve done what all addicts do: Tried to convince myself that […]
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Hi, my name is Ernie, and I’m an addict … It’s true. I have an addiction. For decades now, I’ve been addicted to junk food. Pizza, nachos, Reese’s peanut butter cups, energy drinks, and on and on. It’s not my only addiction. For about five years, I was addicted to exercise. So much so that
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Long time, no talk. I figured I had it all figured out, so blogging about fitness seemed trite. After years of battling an obesity problem, I finally lost the weight (115 pounds) and maintained a healthy weight for three years. So it seemed. In reality, I adopted a lifestyle I couldn’t possibly maintain: the workout
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So we’ve gone from a daily blog to every three or four days. What can I say, I’ve been busy. Putting together a wedding is a lot of work, especially when balanced with work, family and two hours a day exercising. And, of course, there’s the whole reaching your goal two weeks early thing. I
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Long time, no blog (three days). I’ve had three pretty good days since the last blog, under my calorie goal on each. Unfortunately, I’ve been extremely busy at work and haven’t kept a complete log of everything I’ve eaten. Nonetheless, I’m still in the low 190s on the scale, and I noticed today that the
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Mission accomplished. About seven weeks into this nine-week project, the pants for my wedding fit. When I started, the goal was to lose about 10 pounds, which I figured would be enough to get into my pants, which were extremely tight when I purchased them. I’ve discovered a few things along the way. One, the
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Two more up, two more down. Two more days under my calorie goal. We’re 17 days from the wedding. I had another great non-scale victory (NSV) today. About a year ago, a co-worker gave me three Nike golf shirts, all size large. At the time, they didn’t fit. But I took them because, well, we’re
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Sorry I missed you, again. We’re on Day 43 of the Wedding Fitness Project. Another day, another NSV (non-scale victory). Today’s NSV: My wedding pants fit pretty well. Finally. But, I’m not finished. This project will extend well beyond the wedding, as it’s a lifestyle now. I was well under today, nearly 500 calories. I
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Well, I apologize (again) for slacking off a bit on this blog. It’s not because I haven’t continued the fitness project. In fact, I’ve been under each of the last three days on my calorie count, had some great non-scale victories and am back in the low 190s on the scale. Highlights from each of
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I’ve written about non-scale victories (NSV) several times. I had some of my favorites Wednesday morning at the gym. Despite running my usual notoriously slow first mile (about 12 minutes), I set personal bests (at least since high school) for 2 miles, 3 miles, 4 miles, 5 miles and 6 miles. I ran two miles
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