As I placed my old running shoes next to my new pair on the counter at Designer Shoe Warehouse, the young lady ringing me up smiled and asked, “Would you like to donate these?” I stared at her for a second, mostly because these shoes could only have value to me, or so I thought. […]
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I almost didn’t write this blog. Every time I sat down to write it, I thought of a great story I heard early in my newspaper career. Like many stories, the tale has likely grown through the years, but here’s a summary: A body builder walks into the Brownsville Herald in deep south Texas and
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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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Hello, is it me you’re looking for? It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Almost two months. The last time I wrote about fitness was a few days before my wedding. I’d reached my goal by that point, fitting into my dress pants during a two-monthlong project dubbed “The Wedding Fitness Project.” Clever, I know. Not much
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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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Losing weight is hard, no doubt about it. But losing weight without support is impossible. I’m reminded of that on Father’s Day, as one of the biggest supporters in my journey from 315 pounds to 192 pounds has been my dad. When I moved back home in 2010, he took me in rent- and bill-free.
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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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