May 8th, 2010
Day 3 of P90x complete… I’m glad I do this alone at home… Me doing P90x must resemble a Special Olympics event. Not for long, Pappa is headed toward skinny… LOL
One of my readers asked describe my mental and physical changes and feelings as well.
Hmm… I’m sore but proud of it. 
I have a since of accomplishment at the end of each workout.
I think my severe allergies are not helping, every time I sneeze and my body tightens up, I almost form a tear.
I’m still 100% resolute in losing this weight and getting into the best shape of my life.
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May 7th, 2010
Just finished P90x (Lean track) day 2. Cardio X.
Kempo I like, (I’ve done martial arts most of my life), The Yoga was tough due to my current weight and the strengh reiqured to hold some of the poses.
Great workout, was able to do all the exerscies (did have to pause a couple time so I could finish my reps).
(Pretty Sore from day 1)
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February 1st, 2009
Use the comments section to tell me. Please start all self promotions as: I write, or I blog at.
I’m mostly interested in third party validation.
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January 4th, 2009
Where do I start?
I’ve had a few people ask me… Ron… I want to lose weight also but “where do I start?”
The simple answer is there is a very simple starting point. Right Now! Maybe not physically but at least mentally.
Step 1: Get a little motivated: (you’ll find that a little motivate grows up into a great motivation if nourished.)
What is motivation? I like to think of motivation as “My Why”. If you don’t have a “Why” it’s hard to accomplish anything. (this is a good time to quite your inner 5 year old…. “Because” isn’t a good enough answer to “why”).
My why is to live a healthy life, teach marital arts and help others do the same?
Is motivation a single thing? Absolutely not, all humans are motivated by many many objects, some more than others.
I’m motivated by helping others, seeing results, feeling great, and of course financial gain. (don’t lie money motivates most people.. think of all the things you wouldn’t eat… but I put a hundred dollars on the table beside some of the common foods you think are disgusting, I’d bet the majority of you would choke it down.)
Where does motivation come from? Inside! I can’t motivate you. I can influence your motivation… I maybe even be able to drill sergeant some anxiety into you so that you work out harder… but true motivation comes from within. It comes from your why.
Step 2. Set some goals
Goal setting is part of planning and we’ve all heard that people don’t plan to fail…they fail to plan. So write down some goals.
What makes up a good goal?
- It needs to be specific… NO “lose weight is not a good goal”.
- It needs a time line. A due date.
- It needs to be realistic. Not to others but to you… You need to believe in your goals. I hear people tell me that there is no way I’m going to lose 100 lbs in 1 year… (135 lbs in less that 1 year 3 months). They don’t know me. I’m the most determined man on this planet.
I have a goal of being at 199.x lbs (under 200) by Dec 31 2009.
That’s 100lbs from where I stand today. Now I have a few other large goals like this but they don’t relate to this topic so I’ll refrain.
Step 3. Now that you have a goal in mind, break it down into micro goals.
My first micro goal was to walk into the local gym. I knew I used to enjoy working out and that if I put myself back in that environment I would likely want to get really into it.
This is a continuing process. I have dozens of micro goals. Some I just have mentally but most I written down.
I had a micro goal of getting on the elliptical trainer and seeing what I could do. That turned into a micro goal of increasing my time and calories burned while on it. Today I get on the elliptical and it’s normal for me at 300 lbs to stay on it for 1hr 30 mins or more and hit calorie counts of up to 1500 in a single session.
Micro goals are key to successfully reaching a major goal.
Step 3. Action: as Nike would say, Just do it.
This is the most important part… as a mater of fact you can do this before you officially do the others.. Its simple… push yourself way from the computer and go for a walk. Push out a few push ups. Do something. You’ll find that this will get the blood flowing and you’ll be eager to complete each of the other steps.
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Good luck, Good Health and Great fun.
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December 19th, 2008
Fat to Thin By Shear F#$%!^& Determination
After taking to a couple people I think it’s necessary to clarify a few things about my blog. I’m not against supplements, name brand weight loss systems, super foods, and other weight loss information or ideas. I’m just trying to make a point.
Without determination to make life long changes all things are temporary. Including … maybe even especially weight loss.
If you are not willing to make “Permanent” changes in the way you live, eat, and think your successes in life, they are most likely going to be temporary.
Albert Einstein once said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.
A guy spoke to me today and in a very excited voice said “I found this new diet I’m trying”, before he could finish I asked “wait, have you been on other diets in the past?” He said “yes”. Then I asked “how did those work out for you?” His response was “I couldn’t stick to them or the weight just came back but this one could be the one.“ I then asked, is this a diet that he could see spending the rest of his life on? No way he says. It’s just to get this weight off.
My advice to him and advice that I’m trying to stick to myself was… You need to re-evaluate your definition of a diet. The definition you have in your head relates diet to temporary. Do a little research and you’ll see that most standard dictionary definitions of the word diet don’t contain the word temporary. As a matter of fact pick the one you like the most and put the word “permanent” in it somewhere.
A prescribed selection of foods
Becomes
A permanent prescribed selection of foods.
Now, doing this alone means nothing. The next step is selecting a set of foods that you like, that help you achieve your goals, and that you can stick to forever. After this comes the hardest part of all. Pick foods that give you no particular food value that you consume and commit to give them up. I gave up soda years ago… I gave up all wheat products a few weeks ago. (Both for health reasons, which I’ll explain in a later post.).
Now, this doesn’t mean that you must eat the same thing day after day. Few people truly have the will power to do that. Just like what you eat now… every so often your normal diet just seems old and you crave something new. That’s ok .. just don’t go get a burger or pizza. Take the time to sit down and plan out a new selection of foods that will help you maintain or achieve goals.
The point of this post, my efforts, and this blog is that, the way to a healthier, happier you is through permanent changes in your life. I’m choosing gradual changes be cause it works for me… if you’re a cold turkey kind of person, by all means make sudden changes.
Just change for the better…
BTW… you’ll be amazed that after a while you can’t even stand some of the things you gave up. If I accidently get a sip of soda (say I grab my wifes drink instead of mine)… It taste really bad to me.. I don’t like soda.. Thats saying something when it comes from someone who use to dring a 2 liter during a 4 hour college class and run to the car to grab another 2 liter if I ran out.
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