Supporting Others On A Diet

This week we want to emphasize the importance of having some one to help support you while you are improving your overall health. This may seem to be common sense, but what you may not realize is that people are out to make you fail. Yes, that’s right. People (many times subconsciously) don’t want you to have success in your losing weight. Why? Because if you do, then you end up making them look bad.

Think about this for a second. Have you ever been working on your health and a close friend say, why not skip your work out tonight because you worked hard at your job or its late and it would be crazy to do your exercises. When people around you are saying things like this, it takes a lot of focus and commitment to stay on track. Thus the importance of having someone who supports you along the way.

Fat Dad Thin Dad Update

If you have been tracking how Fat Dad, Thin Dad has been doing in his transformation, you will see that even he has things that can get in the way. That’s just part of life. The important thing is to not lose track of what you are wanting to accomplish. In my situation, I have had to work some extra hours, been out of town to attend a seminar, and it goes on and on. Again, that is what happens in real life. This is not where you take overweight people and have them work out for 6 to 8 hours a day for a television show. It is real people with real things in life. Its all about finding what can work for you and taking action.

We put together a short video on what is happening and what we would like to do as it relates to making this into a community that supports others in gaining their health goals in life. Keep in mind that we want everyone to focus on common sense and this includes checking with your health care professional as each of us is different. Check out this video…

Until Next Time…

Quick Fat Dad Thin Dad Update - Week 8

Remember the recommendation that you should not measure your success on weight loss alone. It will destroy your confidence and you will give up. This update will continue to illustrate this. Over the last two weeks, I only lost 2 pounds. In fact that is all I lost in the last four weeks. The average dieter would have given up knowing that the fad diet they are currently testing didn’t work.

True Measurement Of Dieting Success

If you want to have a good measurement of success, measure the inches you lose. Here are my results for the last two weeks.

Waist - 1/2 inch loss
Chest - 1/4 inch loss
Biceps - 1/4 inch loss each
Thighs - 0 inch loss each which is not a problem due to the legs exercises I am doing

Total inch loss - 1 inch

For the full 8 weeks, here are my results

Waist - 3 3/4 inch loss
Chest - 5 1/4 inch loss
Biceps - 1 1/4 inch loss each
Thighs - 2 1/2 inch loss each

Total inch loss - 16 inches

I have continued to shrink on some part of my body each week. Even if it is a small amount, it is still getting smaller than I was a week earlier. To stay motivated, you have to have regular successes. Now compare this to only 2 pounds in 4 weeks with basically no weight loss for 3 of those weeks.

Next 4 Week Focus On My Health Management Plan

Over the next 4 weeks, I plan to change up my routine in both exercises and eating. I have slowly changed my normal eating to smaller portions without going hungry. The cool part about what I am doing is just developing new habits to eating what my body wants. Remember, this is not about starving yourself. It is about learning what your body needs and training it to perform at its maximum levels. I know the next four weeks will be a tad painful as the routines I just added yesterday already have added a few sour places in my body. A good thing because I am moving my muscles in a new and different way. I refuse to be assimilated into the Borg.

Until Next Time…

Fat Dad Thin Dad Update

In case you are wondering, I haven’t forgotten about Fat Dad Thin Dad Series. I ended up having to go on a trip this weekend to celebrate my wife’s birthday. No, Fat Dad didn’t mess up on his program in becoming Thin Dad. I thought it would be good to send a quick update on how to deal with unexpected changes in plans.

Stay With The Plan

Regardless of what you may think, it is always best to stay with your original plan. For me, it was how I would eat and exercise. Here’s what I did. I went to the store prior to leaving and bought the food and drink I wanted to have and didn’t have to be dependent on what is available at the last convenience store. When did you ever find a healthy eating choice there?

Exercise was easy. I selected a hotel based both on location and their exercise equipment availability. Instead of just going to any hotel, I got online and looked up what I wanted. I still haven’t missed a beat in exercising. In fact, I actually benefited because it casued my body to exercises in a different way. I got to test out other cool exercise equipment without having to buy it.

What About Eating Out?

Since I don’t have a super restrictive diet, this hasn’t been too difficult. When you are a meataterian, all I look for is places that have meat and lots of it. I have cut down on the normal amount of bread which is my down fall. Overall I think this weekend will turn out just great both for meeting the Fat Dad Thin Dad goals and spending a great time with my wife.

What do you think? What has happened to you when things changed while you were in the middle of your program?

Until Next Time…