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

Saturday, May 05, 2007

THIS EMAIL FROM A FITNESS RACE PARTICIPANT POINTS OUT HOW WELL THESE FOLKS ARE MEASURING AND TRACKING. NOW KEEP IN MIND, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THEIR WEIGHT FOR MANY YEARS AND ARE NOT USED TO TRACKING ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH EATING OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

THIS PERSON IS TRACKING AND TRAINING JUST LIKE THE WORLD'S TOP ATHLETES DO. IS IT ANY SURPRISE THAT THE ENTIRE GROUP IS SEEING PROGRESS WITH "INTENTIONALITY" LIKE THIS?

Mark,

Attached is a workbook that details my food intake, exercise log, and weight loss tracking.

I averaged slightly less than a 1800 calorie per day intake which is on target.

I met my exercise goals for the week.

I lost 4.2 lbs last week which meets my goal.

I've also signed up for www.sparkpeople.com today.

I. F.

posted by Mark Little | 7:17 PM

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