Williams Will.

So William is still working out a few days a week. Unfortunately I do not have the time to blog about the progress he has made.

I asked William Monday night how much weight he has lost. He said 11 pounds. He was not happy about that. I don’t believe it; he has lost this weight and sill no excitement. He has set out to lose weight at a rapid rate and has not. This is the problem with watching Television shows. He is not going to lose 15 pounds in a week. This is a life style change not a quick fix.

Over the last few months William and I have had some very interesting conversations about being over weight and the struggle to lose it. One week we did nothing but talk about how he is self sabotaging when he does not see the results he likes. Another week we did very little workouts and talked about just eating. Each conversation we had he would break himself down and look at his life like he had never before. He can see how he wants to change. But getting there is so difficult he thinks it is easier to justify not doing it. He is right it is easier, but not what he truly wants. Here is why….

May 22,

William is going to be at my house at 4:30 with his wife to go do the Muddy Buddy of Nashville. This is a 6 mile bike/run with obstacles, and a giant mud pit at the end.  William has not trained as hard as he wanted to, but the price of this thing is not one you would back out on. We arrive and it is comedy from the start. William sees this giant mud pit and says I am going to crawl in that? WTH... “How in the world did you talk me into this?” he said.

He and his wife start out in the heat before me. William started on his bike and his wife started running. After about a mile William gets off his bike and starts running.  I start about 5 minutes behind William. When I catch him I expect to see him walking. By the time I catch William he is almost to the 3^rd leg where he is to get back on the bike and ride down this big hill. He was so pumped up he was still running and had almost ran the entire mile after the bike. After I passed William I did not see him until the end.

I was waiting at the finish line for William. I waited until the participants started to thin out. I waited so long I started to think he had not made it. I started going backwards to catch William. When I got there He was still riding his bike!!! He was so exhausted he could hardly talk. He finished the race, and there were quite a few people behind him. After we washed all the mud off we headed home.

Now I know this was very difficult for William. He had never done anything like this before. But he did, and managed to finish in good spirits. If he truly did not want to change his life he would have just simply walked. Just to say he did it. He also talked about how next year he will be in better shape for this.

 That is more than what most people did that day. Just going out there and doing something is a step on the right direction. How are you making that step?  You can accomplice that goal. Just get moving towards it. If it is a 16:27 5K time or just running one. Sitting there and just thinking about it is not going to get it done. Get Moving……..