Father's Day Initiative...T - 20 Weeks

What's the status?

I had a better week from the previous one. I was able to knock off 2 pounds this past week. I couldn't depend on my workout routine much because of a cold virus that decided to hit me early in the week.

I did cut down on my bread intake some by staying away from the breakfast buscuits and I plan to continue this week with the same strategy. I hope to pick my workout routine back up. I will try to extend my swimming routine by at least 10 minutes this week. For those that swim, you know that 10 minutes of extra swimming is a long time. We'll see how it goes.

What's my target for this week?...another 2 pounds. If I can do that, I will be 1/4 (25%) towards my overall goal.

Let's see if this initiative can keep going in the right direction.

What's your status?

Be T.R.U.E.

C Wells

Father's Day Intitiative...T - 21 Weeks

Ok fellas, we have 21 weeks to go till we hit Father's Day. How are you doing with shedding the pounds? I haven't done as well as I wanted...only 1 pound lost thus far. I should expect this result because I didn't do everything I wanted to do over the past week. I need to be a little more discipline with my meals and exercise regiment.

So I've lost 1 of the 20 and I have a ways to go, and I do plan to get there. How? I will try to cut down on the bread intake. This will be tough because from time-to-time I do enjoy a small breakfast sandwich from Chik fil A or Micky Ds. I also need to increase my running. This is something I have dreaded doing for most of my life. Even while serving in the military, running was not my top thing to do with my soldiers. Gotta push through it.

I am going to target dropping 2 pounds over the next week. Let's see how it goes.

What's your progress?

Be T.R.U.E.

C Wells

Father's Day Initiative

Here we go fellas. It's time to get moving.

At a recent gathering of families, a friend of mine declared that he was going to cut his weight down by a significant amount and wanted to put it out there so we could hold him accountable going forward. After thinking about it, I decided I would join in with him to declare an amount of weight I will drop. I want to open this to all fathers out there. It's NOT a challenge to see who can lose the most weight. It is an initiative to get fathers inspired.

Why be inspired? We needed to make sure we are in the best shape possible to ensure we live a long life for our kids...to see them grow up to be adults...to see our grandkids grow up...and maybe be blessed to see a 4th generation come into the world.

Why fathers? I wanted to focus on fathers to give us an extra push that others may not need. As fathers (and also husbands for many), our plates are full and time may be limited. This is a simple initiative to get all fathers to go that extra mile and work to become healthier than you are today.

What do you need to do?

All you need to do is state the amount of weight you are committing to knock off. You don't need to state your current weight...we don't need to know that. You can then post any progress on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. I plan to create a Facebook page specifically for this so progress updates can be easily posted.

I would like to set an initial "milestone" date for Father's Day. Let's see what we can lose up to that date in June. Then we keep going after that.

Now I will start things off by declaring I will lose between 15 - 20 pounds. Now I'm accountable to everyone reading this.

How much do you declare to lose?

Be T.R.U.E.

C Wells