This past week Steve purchased the P90X program which is basically a 90 day program designed to really challenge you in the area of physical fitness.  So while he was busting his butt doing the intense (I mean really intense) workouts, I kept going to the gym to do my cardio and weight lifting.  By [...]

I think the scale might have something against me.  Change this week was minimal but at least it was in the right direction.  I’m down just .2 pounds from where I was last week.  That’s 193.8 for those keeping score at home.  At Weight Watchers they tell you that even though the scale didn’t move [...]

I had another phone call with John Pierre and he helped me considerably.  We adjusted the diet plan a little bit to include less fat and more protein sources that are high in fiber, which gave me much better satiety than I was getting before.  I did much better this week in terms of what [...]

Well I’ve learned a lot this week.  It’s definitely a process.  This morning I weighed 194 so not only didn’t I lose weight this week, it’s starting to creep up again.  Not in a huge way, but enough to get my attention and do some in-depth analysis as to what’s going awry for me. I [...]

This is an update to my primary personal goal this year, health and wellness.  I’m just closing my second week on the diet and exercise plan I got from my dietician, John Pierre.  He told me I could expect to lose 1-2 pounds per week.  This week I lost 1.6 pounds, and my current weight [...]

As mentioned in last week’s blog entry, my primary personal goal this year involves health and wellness.  For me that means losing weight and feeling great.  I invite anyone and everyone who has a health goal this year to join me.  When I post my updates, please feel free to post your own update in [...]

Health, fitness, and wellness is my primary personal goal this year, which means that at the end of this year I’d rather have made huge gains in this area than any other personal area of my life.  Do you have a primary personal goal for the year?  Over the years I’ve found that if you [...]