We had a motivational speaker Monday night. In 2006, this guy weighed 515 pounds. His triglycerides were 433. Today, he's 235 pounds with 84 triglycerides. My favorite part was how he hated the food in the box... the entrees. Had an "aversion" to them. So, he had to make some compromises.
His story was inspiring. And, his before photos were helpful. It was a great change to have someone real talk about their journey. He still attends classes. STILL. That made me think. I'm going to have fat class stories FOREVER. :( But, I guess that's how this works. If you want to change your life, then it's not an overnight trip.
After his testimony about being "in the box" Ginah announced that as of last week, our group had already lost a total of 314 pounds. Sounded pretty good. Then Paulie started to really think about it. Here's what she sent me the next day: "OK...so follow my math here...If our class of say 18 lost 314 lbs in 8 weeks, that is an average of 17.44 lbs per person. Since this was as of last week, let's say you and I each lost 23 and Jed said he has been averaging 4/week until this week so he has approximately 30. So of the 314, 76 was the 3 of us. So that leaves 238 lbs for the other 15 to lose. That's only 15.8 per person. I know some of the guys have lost more than that so that means some have lost less than 10?? In 8 weeks??? I would shoot myself!"
She's right. The drinker really hasnt lost much (wonder why). And, the shoeless wonder has been inconsistent. And, like she said, most of the men have lost very large amounts. So, what are these people doing? Why are they still in the box?
For the record, I was about 2 pounds down. Paulie was 4 and a quarter down, I think. Anyway, she's definitely ahead of me in the weight loss. She's doing great! What's interesting though... they said that my diet was suppose to yield the highest results faster. That doesn't seem to be the case. Ah well.
Jed interrogates Paulie and I before class started to find out the secret recipe on some things. He doesn't cook, as he has told us many a times. So, he said he had to supervise his wife cooking the recipes. I can only imagine how that went. Apparently, they just didn't turn out like mine.
Cathy reminds us again of her reflux. At this point, I really couldn't stop laughing. I thought I was going to get busted. Some things really don't need to be shared with the entire class.
The drinker comes in 60 mins after class starts. Interesting technique. Bet she doesn't get hounded about a makeup.
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