Compliments, confusion, consumption, & continuing.

June 15, 2005

In a message dated 6/15/2005 10:05:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,

gholowko@... writes:

Here is someone that wants to improve their health and visual

appearance but doesn't want to change their eating or exercise habits.

,

I think the bottom line here is that SHE WANTS TO WANT TO improve her health.

That is a continent away from being ready to learn and make a commitment for

change. You did the right thing by just stepping back and letting her be.

(IMHO)

Kelley

Run2Liv

June 15, 2005

In a message dated 6/15/2005 10:05:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,

gholowko@... writes:

Here is someone that wants to improve their health and visual

appearance but doesn't want to change their eating or exercise habits.

,

I think the bottom line here is that SHE WANTS TO WANT TO improve her health.

That is a continent away from being ready to learn and make a commitment for

change. You did the right thing by just stepping back and letting her be.

(IMHO)

Kelley

Run2Liv

June 15, 2005

Kelley (I had virtual beer)

In a message dated 6/15/2005 11:10:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,

skibum49913@... writes:

(clunk) (plastic container with shake in it)

> {clink}

>

> Brett

> davis5@u...

>

> A toast to further progress for all of us! {clink}

Kelley

Run2Liv

June 15, 2005

Kelley (I had virtual beer)

In a message dated 6/15/2005 11:10:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,

skibum49913@... writes:

(clunk) (plastic container with shake in it)

> {clink}

>

> Brett

> davis5@u...

>

> A toast to further progress for all of us! {clink}

Kelley

Run2Liv

June 15, 2005

Fellow BFL'ers,

Compliments...

As my intense (earn a living) workload starts to shrink back down to

maybe a 55 to 60 hour work week, I took some time last night to attend

my 8 & 11 year old sons' baseball games. At one of the games, one of

the visiting team member's mom, who only sees me once every couple of

scheduled games, provided some nice complements on my weight loss and

then asked me how I did it, as she, too, wanted to get into better

condition and lose weight.

Before I could say anything, she told me NOT to tell her to cut out the

carbs, since she didn't think she could live without her carbs. I

suggested it was not a matter of cutting out her carbs, but rather

having the right mindset, eating right, eating often, and... Then she

interrupted stating that was it? Being side tracked from the balance of

my sentence, we got off on a tangent of what eating right meant. When

she found out I had given up on eating my fried foods (except on

occasion) she mentioned she could not live without her french fries.

Don't tell her she would have to live without her french fries!!!

I then tried to finish my former sentence. ...and exercise... Again,

she interrupted with many objections to being able to exercise, but

basically resulting in something that she just didn't want to do.

Confusion...

Maybe it was coming down off my intense workload, but, instead of

feeling like challenging her, like I normally would when faced with some

level of rejection, I felt frustrated with what I was understanding.

Here is someone that wants to improve their health and visual

appearance but doesn't want to change their eating or exercise habits.

Maybe she was thinking I was going to mention some kind of gizmo on TV

or maybe a pill that I was taking that suddenly helped me instantly drop

110+/- pounds and become stronger than I was in high school 30 years

ago! It dawned on me as to the challenge Bill elected to face

when he set out originally to try and change a million lives. ...And

now his challenge to change America from fat to fit! Sure he had a

financial reward for his efforts, but, WHAT A CHALLENGE!!!

At the same time, I've noticed that many of those that I had encouraged,

over the last year or so, to start a focus on health, have basically

settled back into their prior habits. ...Not that I know they have for

sure, but, at least their appearance suggests their fitness & exercise

has again taken the back burner. At least my children living at home

still participate in exercise and better nutrition, so I am still trying

to set the right example.

Consumption...

In the meantime, for me, the scale seems to be stuck again, so I suppose

it's time to revisit the level and mix of consumption.

Continuing...

I am back to nearly 100% of the weights I was using before my severely

pinched neck nerve, so I am nearly back to full tilt on the exercises

once again. I have noticed that all to familiar good pain in my quads

this week after moving my squat weight back up to 380 for my 6 rep set,

so I am burning up the muscle once again. And now, I am about to push

my upper body to it's outer limits, so we'll see how that turns out.

And for those that missed all my elongated posts... I'm back in the

saddle and hope to be actively reporting on my (and the world's)

progress once again.

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June 15, 2005

:

1) Compliments... you definately deserve those!

2) Confusion - you know, she wouldn't have to give up her french

fries entirely. That's the ironic part. I actually find them rather

disgusting, especially over the course of the last year or so. It is

frustrating when people take the mindset that they don't want to do

something and then find every excuse under the sun to support why

they CAN'T do it. The sad thing is that as her health continues to

deteriorate, she won't be able to live as WELL with her french

fries. To quote Dr. Seuss, " No, you can't teach a sneech. " Maybe

like the story, she'll wake up one day and change her behavior and

attitude.

3) Consumption - I mixed things up last week, dove back into the

proper eating hardcore and somehow actually lost 6lbs of FAT, no

kidding! No just by the scale, but the calipers, too! Now, this

week won't be like that, but holy cow. Magic trick? Two shakes a

day (Myoplex lite).

4) Continuing - Congrats on being 100% back to what you were lifting

before the pinched nerve! I'd say your push beyond limitations + a

revision of the diet ought to do the trick to kick that fat loss in

gear again!

:-)

Lianne

June 15, 2005