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.

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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

Friday, April 27, 2007

READ THIS INSPIRING PROGRESS REPORT FROM AN ACTUAL PARTICIPANT IN "THE FITNESS RACE"...

Report on AJ for 4/27/07
Your race goal: Chicago Accenture Triathalon, August 26, 2007, SPRINT Distance
You are on track for attaining your goal
The most positive progress since the last report:
Were able to swim 1 lap without stopping - twice this week!
Last week's commitments:
To resume logging food intake, to run 2 miles - outside - without stopping, to swim 1 lap without stopping, to get your bike out of the basement and to the bike shop for tune up. To continue to work out with weights.
Items you actually completed this week:
Registered for Harbor Lights Tri
Got the bike out of crawlspace
Resumed logging food
Ran/walked 2 miles in 21:25 minutes
Swim twice, 10 laps the first time in 25 minutes, 10 laps the second time in 23.5 minutes (was able to swim at least 1 lap in good form without stopping both times)
Played 18 holes of golf (I walked the whole 18)
Missed your weight training this week because you had to reschedule and couldn't get a new appt at an open time in your calender
Put a plan together for Harbor Lights

Your commitments for the upcoming week are:
10 laps in the pool in 21.5 minutes
Run 2 miles in under 20 minutes
Weigh 239 pounds on 5/3/07
Catch up with Daily Devotional and start doing it every day (Faithfully Fit).
Your most important result for this next week will be:
To swim two laps in the pool without stopping.
Great job AJ!! You're doing it!
See ya at the finish line - with a smile on your face!

I.I.

posted by Mark Little | 12:31 PM

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