Billy Bob loses 350 lbs.
Remember Billy Bob in Varsity Blues?
Man, I really liked that movie. It reminded me a lot of the town where I went to high school. The atmosphere back home has changed a bunch in the past 25 yrs, but back then, yeah, it was that kind of place.
Anyway, the intarwebs are all abuzz today about Ron Lester, the actor that played Billy Bob, having lost 350 lbs. Gastric Bypass surgery, of course, but you still gotta give him credit - surgery or not, that’s a rough road to travel and he has my respect.
It’s also taken 14 surgeries to tighten the loose skin. Jeez…
Before:
After:
Photos from IMDB
Tags: success stories, surgeryIs there a blogger needing encouragement to start exercising?
My Google alert for ‘exercise motivation’ spit this one out at me today: The urge to try again.
I just thought I’d highlight it because it resonated with me. I think we all have been/are in this position - we want to make changes for the better, but are having problems getting start. Once we start, we do well, but it’s taking that first step.
Perhaps if we all dropped by this blog and gave her a little encouragement, it would help?
Tags: exerciseThere is better content to read elsewhere today
Jimmy Moore has a great interview posted with Jennette Fulda of ‘Half of Me’ fame. I was very interested to hear how she doesn’t expect people to do what she did (South Beach), and the role exercise played in her loss of 200 pounds. It’s obvious from the interview that this is a very smart, funny person, and she has a book coming out next year.
Go check out two great blogs!
Tags: exerciseCheck out the beautiful calendar and help a family suffering from cancer
Drew from TheBenSpark is someone I know from a different blogging community. He has created a beautiful calendar to raise money for a friend and her husband, who have both battled cancer recently. A lot of us have battled our own diseases and complications and can appreciate how devastating this can be. While we can’t really help with the emotional issues of people we don’t know, most of us are in a position to buy one of these beautiful calendars. If you can help, great, and if you can’t then please help spread the word.
No tag for this post.It’s official - I’m off to a good start!
I’m already feeling better. You know that puffy feeling you get when you’ve been eating poorly? Is that bloating? I don’t know these things, what with not having a vagina and all.
Anyway, that feeling is gone, and I can feel myself sitting and standing straighter after just a couple days of core exercises. Nothing motivates like feeling better!
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Jennifer commented on an earlier post that she’d posted “before” pictures, and you can check them out at Jenn Loses Weight. She got off to a good start also, using The Firm plan.
Tags: exerciseAnother person starting the Hundred Day Head Start
I am an absolute link whore.
I love when people link to my sites, but you know what’s even better? When someone says “Hey, that’s a good idea, I think I’m going to try that.”
Marianne at Practice Living has started the Hundred Day Head Start. She had a great start - almost 2 hours of trail walking! She has the right mindset for this, committing to doing 30 minutes of something every day for the next 100 days. She mentioned WiiSports, and before you scoff at it, try the boxing. Really get into it, throw a bunch of punches and dance around, and then tell me that isn’t aerobic exercise - just try it. I haven’t gone more than 10 minutes at any time. My kids love the Wii also, and get exercise without even realizing it. I don’t use it often, but when I get hooked up with WiiFit I could see it becoming something I use as part of an exercise rotation.
As for Marianne, now that you’ve announced to the world that you’re going to do this and I pointed at you and said “HEY! She’s doing this!”, you’ve gotta do it. 