The Fitness Race - How I lost 140 Pounds Eating At McDonald's: January 2005

The Fitness Race - How I lost 140 Pounds Eating At McDonald's

...And you can too! In the fall of 2004, I had had enough. I knew I had been morbidly obese for years, but the grim reality of a short lived future slapped me in the face. After years of hearing what the doctors told me about my weight, I actually listened to what he said. He told me I wouldn't live much longer, and when I did go, it would be a "drop dead" event. The following is a short description of my story, and the journey I followed to go from where I was to where I wanted to be.

About Me

Name: Mark Little

Location: Schaumburg, Illinois (888)467-8593, United States

After struggling with his weight for more than twenty five years, in Nov 2004 Mark McKenna Little made up his mind that being unhealthy was no longer acceptable. Through sensible eating and increased physical activity (absolutely NO drugs or surgery) he lost 140 pounds and now does four triathlons per year. Early in 2007 he challenged a group at his church that if they were serious about losing more than forty pounds each... he would mentor them to make a total body transformation. SO, THE 2007 FITNESS RACE WAS BORN... Mark Little owns an unrelated business, which he operates, but is mentoring 15 individuals to make similar health and fitness transformations in their lives by September 30, 2007. Many of those in this group have well over 40 pounds of excess weight, but have set a goal to get light enough to do the 2007 Accenture Chicago Triathlon with Mark on August 26, 2007. FOLLOW THEIR STORIES BELOW

Sunday, January 23, 2005

I have recommitted myself to really limiting the caloric intake since I have been a bit more liberal on what I have been eating for the last few weeks. Hence the reason for less body mass loss. Sender Deutsch is supportive of my actions. He seems pleased with my progress, but his accountability has "kicked me in the arse" to improve this area of my program.

Thursday, January 13, 2005

There was a follow-up article in the Toronto Sun a few days ago. They called me "morbidly obese" at one point. While it is true, I certainly that phrase. That just motivated me a little bit more to make this work. The article can be found at http://www.shapetoronto.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=184.

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Well, it has been two months. I have now lost a total of 47.5 pounds. (14 pounds since last month) I haven't lost much around the waist this month though. Only about an inch. The average calorie intake has been about 1648 per day over the last two months. I just counted it up, and I ate at McDonold's 41 times over the last two months.