Motivation

My Journey To Weight Loss.. Again

I‘ve been writing here at this site for almost 3 years now, and during that time I’ve had quite the roller coaster of fitness and weight. I’ve been as high as 270 lbs, and as low as 210 lbs. I figured today I would fess up to the struggles I’ve had over the past couple [...]

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My Fat Butt Is Back On The Workout Wagon

Ok, if you’re a regular reader of this site you may have noticed that I have pretty much dropped off the face of the earth the past few months (probably longer). I haven’t been exercising regularly, and my diet hasn’t been one to be proud of either. I’ve been full of excuses as to why [...]

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Weight Loss Success Doesn’t Have To Cost A Lot, But It Depends Upon Your Level Of Motivation And Willingness To Change

In talking with my wife, we often have conversations about losing weight, getting fit, and finding the “right plan” to help us to lose weight. My wife will talk about how if she just finds the right fitness plan, things will be different. I sometimes feel the same way, thinking if I find just the [...]

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Interview With A Weight Loss Champion and Ultra Marathon Runner

A few days ago I discovered a blog that I found to be inspirational in my own adventure in weight loss. The site was Run4Change and it details the weight loss journey of the site’s owner Jason. Since 2006 Jason has lost over 130 pounds, and went from being overweight and un-athletic, to fit and [...]

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Here’s My Home Gym. What Does Yours Look Like?

I’m always interested to know what kind of a setup other fitness bloggers are working with in their home gyms. Do they have fancy weight machines, $3000 treadmills and other workout equipment? Are they working with just a set of elastic resistance bands and a workout video? Or do they just go to a gym? [...]

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The First Few Weeks Of Working Out Are The Hardest

photo credit: ericmcgregor Time To Jumpstart My Weight Loss After the new year hit, I made a goal that I was going to start working out again 6 days a week, and that I was going to lose the final 30-35 pounds that I’ve been wanting to lose. I’ve lost 20 already, but I still [...]

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Getting Away From The “I’m On a Diet” Mindset

photo credit: Celso Flores 2008 was a year filled with ups and downs. My wife was in and out of the hospital a couple of times, and at one stretch was hospitalized for 3 weeks straight with a blood clot. We had tons of other things going on during the year that made it a [...]

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Personal Finance And Fitness: How Are They Related?

photo credit: shoothead Life gets busy The last couple of weeks I’ve noticed that I’ve only been able to exercise a couple of times per week. We’ve been extremely busy buying a new car, teaching a class on personal finance at our church, dealing with family issues, and just being busy. I know most of [...]

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I’m Back On The Wagon

Earlier this week my wife and I decided that we needed to finally start exercising again, and actually watching what we eat. We had slipped into a bit of a malaise where we didn’t care much what we were eating, or where we were eating. So this weekend we made a pact with each other [...]

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100 Pushup Challenge: Week 3(x3), Day 1 (again)

Week 3 once again Today I restarted week 3 of the 100 pushup challenge – again. Lately it seems that every time I try to restart this whole thing we get busy, have nights out and I just can’t find the time to get my workouts in. I think I may start having to get [...]

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