Truth one: There is no beer that is compatible with weight loss. Sure, there are "light" beers. They taste like water mixed with a dash of urine. They are super easy to drink so you end up having four instead of two. A good craft beer that is worth drinking is packed with calories. At least we can take solace in the fact that a glass of red wine is heart healthy. It is not light on calories, but at least it has some health benefits.
Truth two: Wonderful, glorious, delicious bread is not that great for you. Sadly, this includes the whole bread family: corn bread, biscuits, bagels, rolls, croissants, pitas, anything that is doughy and delicious. White bread is useless. Whole grain is better in moderation. One piece won't kill you. Diving in headfirst to a bread basket will mess up your whole week.
Truth three: Abs are made in the kitchen. This is a favorite saying of my trainer friend Jason. I think it is a total bummer. Apparently you can go as hard as you want at the gym, but if you don't lay off the real butter and cake you are never gonna be svelte and healthy.
Truth four: Guys lose weight faster than women. WTF. This is unfair. I have heard ladies around the world lament this very fact. A girl can work her butt off at the gym to lose the same weight that a guy drops just by quitting drinking soda.
This is why it is extra exciting that we have two ladies in the hunt for first place in our family weight loss competition. Annie and Gabby have both been in first place for at least one week. They are with in a couple of decimal points with the boys. It is a real possibility that the ladies may take this thing.
Our top five have become an impressive lot. Trading places weekly and staying with in a few hundreths of a percent of total weight loss.
It is not all men. It is not all women. It is not the youngest in the group. It is a wide range.
On any given week you can find Gabby in the top five. She has hitting the gym hard, but she got a job. Now she burns calories by standing all day. She also uses her desire to beat Evan Peterson as motivation. I think that desire to win helps burn additional calories. Gabby has also changed her eating habits.
You will also find Annie. She had a baby seven months ago and is working to lose the baby weight. She is well on her way. Having an infant doesn't allow a lot of time for work out (or for peeing by yourself for that matter). Annie is making sure that she is cooking healthy meals and using the stairs at work.
As I mentioned in my last post you will find Evan in the top five. Last night at nearly midnight this man made me show him an ab work out. He can almost taste the victory. He refuses to let it slip away from him.
Another frequent top fiver is Dave. He and Evan have upped their competition quota by adding in at least two racquetball games a week. Dave invited Evan and I to play two weeks ago and there has been nonstop racquetball trash talk ever since. Dave also plays a weekly game with another friend. He has also been hitting the gym and making healthy food choices.
Even skinny vegan boy has gotten in on the racquetball games.
The last person who makes up the top five is either Jeremy Carroll or Mark Guckin.
Mark is the oldest member of the competition. He has consistently lost weight. He has cut portions, is making healthier choices and is using the elliptical.
Jeremy Carroll is pretty much a beast. He is teaching karate again. He is very health conscious and he doesn't like to lose.
There are several of us that are just short of that top five each week. Don't get to comfy guys. We are coming for you.
This weeks dinner was cooked by Dave. It was corned beef and cabbage. It was delicious. It probably wasn't all the great for us and may have been part of a ploy by Dave to take out the competition. It was so damn good I don't even care.
Truth two: Wonderful, glorious, delicious bread is not that great for you. Sadly, this includes the whole bread family: corn bread, biscuits, bagels, rolls, croissants, pitas, anything that is doughy and delicious. White bread is useless. Whole grain is better in moderation. One piece won't kill you. Diving in headfirst to a bread basket will mess up your whole week.
Truth three: Abs are made in the kitchen. This is a favorite saying of my trainer friend Jason. I think it is a total bummer. Apparently you can go as hard as you want at the gym, but if you don't lay off the real butter and cake you are never gonna be svelte and healthy.
Truth four: Guys lose weight faster than women. WTF. This is unfair. I have heard ladies around the world lament this very fact. A girl can work her butt off at the gym to lose the same weight that a guy drops just by quitting drinking soda.
This is why it is extra exciting that we have two ladies in the hunt for first place in our family weight loss competition. Annie and Gabby have both been in first place for at least one week. They are with in a couple of decimal points with the boys. It is a real possibility that the ladies may take this thing.
Our top five have become an impressive lot. Trading places weekly and staying with in a few hundreths of a percent of total weight loss.
It is not all men. It is not all women. It is not the youngest in the group. It is a wide range.
On any given week you can find Gabby in the top five. She has hitting the gym hard, but she got a job. Now she burns calories by standing all day. She also uses her desire to beat Evan Peterson as motivation. I think that desire to win helps burn additional calories. Gabby has also changed her eating habits.
You will also find Annie. She had a baby seven months ago and is working to lose the baby weight. She is well on her way. Having an infant doesn't allow a lot of time for work out (or for peeing by yourself for that matter). Annie is making sure that she is cooking healthy meals and using the stairs at work.
As I mentioned in my last post you will find Evan in the top five. Last night at nearly midnight this man made me show him an ab work out. He can almost taste the victory. He refuses to let it slip away from him.
The last person who makes up the top five is either Jeremy Carroll or Mark Guckin.
Mark is the oldest member of the competition. He has consistently lost weight. He has cut portions, is making healthier choices and is using the elliptical.
Jeremy Carroll is pretty much a beast. He is teaching karate again. He is very health conscious and he doesn't like to lose.
There are several of us that are just short of that top five each week. Don't get to comfy guys. We are coming for you.
This weeks dinner was cooked by Dave. It was corned beef and cabbage. It was delicious. It probably wasn't all the great for us and may have been part of a ploy by Dave to take out the competition. It was so damn good I don't even care.
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