84 Days, 12 Weeks... Bring it On!

Ok, folks.. it is time to BRING IT. For me... to bring it, that is. Really bring it!

I weighed in this afternoon and I have made it. Made what, you say?

Well... back last Summer and Fall, with the help of Courtney Rowsell, Carl George and Mike Nordby and others, I embarked on a journey of weight loss that saw me drop about 40 pounds of net fat. I went from 299.50 pounds down to 270, while working out and adding muscle. I was told that if I lost a net 30 pounds, it probably meant I lost 40 pounds of fat, adding 10 pounds of muscle. Cool, I thought.

Then my plan went off track. I got through Christmas without adding any back, but then went back up to 281. Bad news.

Great news is that I stopped at 281 and held there for a couple of months or so.

BEST news is that I started on this new leg and I am down to 270 pounds again. I have dropped 11 since starting the Quarter Pound Challenge. I am baaaack. I made it back to 270.

So, where to from here?

OK, so this is where I really bring it.

There are 84 days now between now and July 31.

There are 28 days until the Telethon.

By the Telethon, and in support of my fundraising challenge, I intend to shed another 14 pounds at least, to reach June 5 down 25 pounds... and reach 256 pounds... down 43.5 pounds altogether!

Then, by July 3, another 16 pounds... to hit 240. Through walking, hiking, dancing, eating right and more. Being VERY active.

Then by July 31, another 20 pounds with an outdoor boot camp in Mt. Pearl, dancing, walking, hiking, lots of water, great healthy food and more. July, I will be so very active.

My eating habits are cool now... I graze... with one traditional meal a day and allot of smaller meals... basically, I eat when I am hungry but only eat small, balanced, healthy portions. Oh, and lots of water.

I plan to take my first real vacation in 20 years this summer. Two months dedicated to me and my health and a professional and personal trip to British Columbia in there to boot. By that trip, I intend to be my goal health and shape.

I am calling it my Bear Diet... how I eat and live, walking, running, grazing... going.

I have come to the realization that we must do what fits our personality. I will continue to choose healthy foods and exercises, but I will do it my way. Everyone's advice is wonderful, but I know who I work and I need to work it.

Hope you share in the journey. You will not recognize me, come September hah!

Anyway, I will be regularly doing blogs over these next 84 days, including You Tube pieces.

Peace. :-)

Barry