Duane- that's fantastic! right on!! -Ben
At 11:48 AM 3/12/03 -0500, you wrote: >Imp up for the challenge, but I've been there for the past year and a half. > >A year an a half ago my wife joined WW. A couple of weeks after she joined I >had my annual physical and stepped on the scales at a whopping 320lbs. I >damn near fainted. When I left college I was 190lbs and within 2 months of >my first body building competition (blew my shoulder out and have never been >able to train since). After that I decided to join WW too. > >When I hopped on the scales there the scale groaned and stopped at 351lbs. >At 32 and 351, I was in total shock and stood there for what must have been >10 minutes arguing with the WW lady that her scales were wrong. Over the >first year at WW I lost 45 pounds which isn't to bad, considering my 8 year >old daughter weighs the same amount. > >WW does a really good job of forcing you to look at what and how much you >are putting in your mouth. It takes an hour in the gym to burn off a piece >of pizza. > >In Nov past I started taking Kenpo Ju Jitsu lessons 6 days a week. Since >then I've lost another 22 lbs. Thankfully I have converted some amount of >body weight into muscle. I know this because every muscle in my body aches >after each class. But its that good ache, the one that comes from moving >your butt. I'm now down to 284, but my goal is to get back to that 190, so >only 94 more pounds to go. > >Cheers and good luck! >Duane > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert Everland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:14 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Solidarity > > >I decided to do something about my weight on Halloween, I joined Weight >Watchers and have lost 43 pounds so far. I don't eat crappy, but I eat what >I want, and I still lose weight. > >Robert Everland III >Web Developer Extraordinaire >Dixon Ticonderoga Company >http://www.dixonusa.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:10 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Solidarity > > >Given the people on this list and their loved ones affected by various >medical issues which will require a lifestyle change, I want to show my >concern for their challenges in a meaningful way. > >I assume many of the CF-Community people are like me, spending a large >amount of time behind a computer each day, eating large portions of just >about anything that passes for food each day for lunch, and utterly >deficient when it comes to exercise. > >Given that it is the lenten season and I am supposed to be giving something >up anyway, I am going to work consciously to change my habits as a tribute >to those who have to change theirs. I am going to eat healthier and get more >exercise. Tonight when I get home I am going to lift some weights (I would >do cardio but I already walk half an hour each day as it is), for dinner I >am going to have a grilled chicken breast and some broccoli, and I am >probably going to just have a salad for lunch. Tomorrow I will repeat this >process, and will do so everyday until I feel I have really changed my ways. >And the snacks, the Famous Amos cookies my company provides developers for >free and somehow make their way to my desk each afternoon, nixed. > >That's my pledge, anyways. I don't really want to think about what my >arteries look like, or what they are going to look like in 10 years. With a >little determination, I am confident I can drop about 10-20 pounds in the >process. > >Anyone else up for such a challenge? I am sharing my thoughts in the hope >that some other people feel strong enough to want to make a change in their >lives. If that is the case, I will be willing to organize this effort and >put up a community Web site where we can all track our results, post tips / >links / other stuff. > >M > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
