My obesity is officially in remission and I use the word “remission” with intent. How many people toss around the word “cure” and use it as part of their mindset? Are we ever really “cured” of anything? I will never give myself the luxury of thinking I’ve won. Nothing major or important likely has a…
Seriously, this salad is my big “secret” to my 140-pound weight loss. (It’s hardly a secret if you tell everyone about it…) I’ve been promoting “the big salad” for months now that we’ve almost become a salad cult in the Eat Like A Bear! group on Facebook (here). I have videos all over the place…
From September 2018: It was only a mile and a mile back but two years ago at 280 pounds, I couldn’t even make it halfway — the easy half. Frederick was well ahead of us, going far past that view point even. Hikers on the trail assured him that his family was OK: “We saw…
“How long will it take?” (To lose 100 pounds or a half of yourself or whatever the goal.) It’s an interesting question because I expect we all ask it as we start out. I have videos describing what I lost, when, etc., and I would ask all of those same questions were I to be…
I pretty much never celebrate birthdays and for my 50th I was laid up for the winter due to a surgery complication. I celebrated with this video that I posted on my Facebook personal profile. It has 350,000 views! I said simply: I’m “Half My Size” and “Half a Century”!!! HAPPY FLIPPIN’ HALF A CENTURY!!!!…
I write this post in memory of a friend who was positioned to make a huge impact on the obesity rates here in central California, given his job, his charisma, and his background. He was one of the “Bears” in my IRL friends and family network, applying the tools that I used to lose 140…
“She believed she could and so she did.” I am going to be straight-up about this motivational saying: I’d love to say that I lost 140lbs because of this attitude. Yes, I believed in myself and I handled it: I just grabbed life right by the knackers, by the giggle berry brass clankers, and just…
When I wrote this post on Instagram, I dedicated it to the ladies in the purple shirts. The reference comes from the a discussion of “before” pictures, in particular the one at the very bottom of this post. Jayme coined the term. Shelley posted a picture in a purple shirt and off we went. I…
Can you really get massive weight loss results with intermittent fasting? Really? Intermittent fasting is just about timing your food. It is about “when to eat.” How can “that”when to eat” possibly help with weight loss? Further: What about eating only one meal a day? That sounds straight-up CRAZY! I know it sounds totally crazy…
The Kern River flows through all of Bakersfield today and so I post this for you, March 27, 2019. I stood here over looking the Forks of the Kern River where the North and South Fork come together to form the notorious and awe-inspiring “Killer Kern,” a rough river that takes lives every year. I…