The Fitness Race - How I lost 140 Pounds Eating At McDonald's: December 2006

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

Saturday, December 23, 2006

I'm tired on this rainy Christmas Eve eve.
Here's the whining E-mail to my lead trainer after a busy day "doing battle" at the mall Christmas shopping for my ten year old daughter:
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Denis,

It is now 10 minutes BEFORE midnight on the 23rd and I got my treadmill workout in tonight.Excuses had mounted and it was not a certainty that I would actually do it. And then... I thought about our accountability discussion earlier in the day. I particularly recalled your comment at the end. Something like this "yeah, yeah but run that part by me again about missing the spin class?" I heard what I told you, but it sounded like a bunch of babbling bullcrap excuses to me too. So, I jumped on the treadmill tonight with great appreciation for the value of our weekly accountability calls.Very important in my case.

Merry Christmas to your entire family (especially your Mom),

Mark