Greetings friends.
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you," declares the LORD [Jeremiah 29: 11-14]
As much as I want you to lose weight and be healthy, I also want you to be prosperous and know Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour and Lord. I am as passionate about this as I am in coaching you all to go green!!! I am not ashamed of the Gospel. Gospel means "good news" As moderator I bring you good nutrition news. I also bring the good news that if you haven't accepted Jesus yet, you can and should do that right away. Send me a comment and ask how!
Last night I was talking about quality assurance or Q.A. and I want to share with you how I have arrived at the place of making this kind of life commitment. For me their were 3 separate and distinct phases of my journey.
The first stage was the NOVELTY STAGE. (This is where most of you are at right now.) This is exciting, I think one minute... I can really pull this off. The next minute I'm full of doubt. I am also learning things about nutrition a mile a minute and my quest for knowledge is a driving force in my life. Most importantly I'm starting to feel the green kick in.
This green kick transitions me into the next phase witch I will label the MILITANT STAGE. Now I'm getting really serious about this. I have learned how to count carbs really well and since my appetite is reduced, I'm getting alot of 3 carb meals instead of my 5 budgeted. The weight is really starting to come off now and friends are starting to notice.... Hey Bob there is something different about you... did you get a haircut or something? This is a good phase but looking back at it now I kind of laugh a little bit about how serious I was about everything. When you guys reach this stage you will be militant too which is actually a good thing. You will start to hone in on your target weight. (Right now one of my main goals is to see you through phase 1 and get you all to phase 2 without losing any of you.) It was also during this time that I started ramping up my exercise routine.
At the end of this phase I am now 40 lbs lighter in the loafers. People now realize it wasn't a new haircut... that Bob is looking seriously trim. This begins the MAINTENANCE STAGE. Now I feel like I'm at my target weight and I can start eating to maintain my weight rather than loose it. I'm on budget @5 carbs but I'm actually kind of hungry because I've been training hard. So I'm actually ramping my carbs up further to 6 and occasionally 7 on 1 meal per day. In spite of the increased carbs the weight is still coming off and I have lost another 10 Lbs. So now all I have to do is understand that I need to just keep up my Q.A. and I am golden for the rest of my days here, until I die and go to be with Jesus in eternity.
I sincerely hope to be able to reproduce these 3 stages with each and everyone of you!!!
I still haven't got to yogurt yet but I want you to kind of dwell on what was just written so I will delay it again.
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I lost 50 lbs by just learning how to eat right and excercising. Im 54 years old and in about the best shape of my life. I'm a Paramedic Firefighter by trade, but I would like to use this blog to "life coach" others to conquer the battle of the bulge.
About Me
- Bob Elliott
- I've tried other diets and only had temporary results... Yes I tried the low fat one and "the zone" but now I have just stepped out on my own independent quest. This coupled with the fact that my doctor said I was borderline diabetic and needed to start taking Metformin has motivated me to take better care of myself for life. My peak weight was 209 and my current weight is 158. I would like to share with you how I did it and how you can do it too!!!
I am resisting chocolate, but I am telling you, I WANT IT NOW!!!
ReplyDeleteCheryl: I say go ahead and have your chocolate.. Just cut your portion in half. I dont wont you to get too militant until your green firmly kicks in. comprendo?
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