I recently found out my friend, Liam, lost over 60 pounds and started running! He said he found the couch to 5K program on my blog and now is going to run a 5K!
I was so impressed and inspired I had to interview him and get his weight loss story. her er det…
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pounds lost – 63
How long it took – Feb 4th 2009 – Dec 20th 2009
Occupation – video production / software Engineer
location – Irvine, CA
What was the motivating factor that got you started on your weight loss journey? Was it one thing or a series of events?
It was a series of events… but… It’s always “that last thing” that got me actually on the course to losing that 63lbs.
1) My grandson (6 years old) who I don’t see very typically (lives in England). When I saw him in March of 08 he asked me in all seriousness “Grandpa… why are you so fat?”. This opened my eyes to something that I had been ignoring…. and that was the impact that my health and fitness has on my own grandchildren. By the way I answered his very straight question with a straight answer “Because I eat too much”. I saw him in December of 08 – within a short while of him arriving at our house he said to me “Grandpa… you’re still eating too much aren’t you”. Arghh… the truthfulness of children!
2) In February of 09 I was attending a “personal development” seminar. It was a three month course (approx 1 night a week) and in that course we were asked to take on causing a “breakthrough” in an area of life that was important to us. My weight was an area of my life that I had never had any success in managing (ever since High school it was going in one direction only) so if I created a result with this I could definitely say that would be a “breakthrough”. over the years I had accumulated a lot of evidence that I could not truly impact this. I had tried various diets / fitness programs / personal trainers without really ever getting any long-term results. In the course we were specifically prompted to consider how we mostly go about trying to fix and change problems we have by trying more of what we already know what to do. In this area I had mostly “given up”. I was nearing 300 lbs and I was mostly ignoring my weight and the impact on me and my health. I am clear that I didn’t want all that extra weight… I just did not see how I could have any impact on it. During the course I suspended my disbelief and chose to take this area of my life on as something to work on during this seminar. The seminar focused on looking at the “unknown” for the solution.. more about this later. during those 3 months I lost my first 27 lbs. That was a breakthrough!
What do you think was the one most important change you made? how did it help? Can you keep this up for life?
The most important change is that I became “Present” to the food choices that I make that impact my weight. I pretty much used to just eat whatever the heck I wanted to without any regard for whether I was hungry. I am clear being “present” is what enables me to make responsible food choices… and there lies true power. On Feb 4th 2009 I chose to do something that I had never considered doing before… that was to say to myself “I am responsible for my own body”. That’s something I can maintain for the rest of my life.
How did you change your eating habits?
I joined Weight Watchers. This program provided me with a structure to track and manage what I was eating. I shared my progress with my pals and family and others at weight watchers. I posted progress on Facebook. I tracked my progress week-by-week. It was not a lightning fast result… but it was a steady drop in weight week after week. I found myself really enjoying the “science” of managing what I was eating. I love the fact that restaurants (most of them) now carry nutritional guides.
how did you change your exercise habits?
Up until very recently (last couple of weeks) I had not altered my exercise habits at all (I basically did nothing). I had always said to friends/family who were tracking my weight loss progress that I would be taking on exercise eventually – however it was pretty spectacular to me that I had lost all this weight without doing any of that. however we all know that health is about “eating right + exercise”. So – I’ve finally added that part of the equation. I started doing some brisk walking… and found that my “60lbs” lighter body actually likes the exercise. I am now following the “Couch 2 5K” program to support me in running my first 5K race. I used to be a cross-country runner when I was growing up in England. In just a few weeks of doing the c25k training I am now experiencing “my old self”… I have re-discovered the young athlete I used to be!Hvordan planlægger du at bevare disse sunde vaner?
Jeg kan ikke længere foregive, at jeg ikke har magten til at styre min egen vægt. Det er ligesom at cykle. Det er ikke noget, du lærer ved at læse om det i en bog. Du skal gøre det, så du virkelig “får det”. Der er et øjeblik, du opnår balance .. hvor øjeblikket før havde du ikke balance … og øjeblikket efter du har fået balance, og verden ikke længere er det samme igen. Sådan har jeg det med den magt, jeg nu har over min vægt. Med andre ord … Jeg er simpelthen til stede for min egen magt på dette område. Jeg er ikke den samme person, som jeg var, før jeg startede dette i februar 2009. Livet er for evigt ændret. 6. Har du nogen råd eller ideer til en der ønsker at tabe sig?
Lyt til alle grundene til, at du giver dig selv om ikke at være i stand til at tabe sig. Oftest er disse grunde de undskyldninger, vi giver os selv for at undgå at være ansvarlige for vores spisning. Min idé til nogen, der ønsker at tabe sig, er simpelthen at indse, at du har magten i dig til at slikke dette problem. Bare få det “Du kan gøre det”. Hvordan du gør det er op til dig. Jeg fandt, at Weight Watchers var et program, der hjalp mig med at se, hvordan tingene fungerede – slags som en videnskabelig metode til at anvende til det, jeg spiste. Det kan være det, du tager på … men mere end det er simpelthen at påtage sig noget, som du måske nogensinde virkelig har gjort i fortiden … og det er … at vælge at være ansvarlig.
Ellers andet???
I de sidste 8 år eller deromkring har jeg haft søvnapnø, som krævede jeg bruger en CPAP -maskine om natten for at sikre mig, at jeg fortsætter med at trække vejret korrekt, mens jeg sover. Jeg fik at vide, at dette var forårsaget af min vægt, og at det at tabe sig ville påvirke og måske endda helbrede det. Der er sket. Jeg behøver ikke længere at bruge CPAP -maskinen.
Nu er Liam op til sin næste store udfordring … han kører Huntington Beach 5K denne weekend! Ønsk ham held og lykke !!
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