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, surgeryStarting over, again!
I made it 13 days in a row, and missed yesterday. I spent the afternoon mowing and dehydrated myself. I suppose I could count the mowing as my exercise, but it was a riding mower. ;-(
How did I dehydrate myself? I mowed the whole lawn in first gear. Super-slow. I was ticked off at the world and wanted to be alone. Mowing gives me time to work it out.
But, the beauty of the hundred day head start is that I don’t have to wait for some event in my life to pass before starting again. Those 13 days just make it easier to restart, in a little better shape. It would be easy to wait this week. My wife goes in for surgery on Tuesday. But, I’m going for it anyway. Started today, Day 1/100.
Tags: exercise, family, surgeryLife challenges
My progress on the hundred day head start challenge was interrupted this weekend, but a trip to see my father, who is in the hospital following emergency surgery for diverticulitis, which followed another emergency surgery for appendicitis the previous week.
Yeah, he’s not a happy camper.
But, he’s only 64 and has been in great health, so he should recover well. Plus, he’ll be losing alot of weight (the hard way, of course) due to the nature of the surgery. I won’t go into details out of respect for him, but I suspect you all know how to google it if you really want to know.
So, the beautiful thing about the hundred day head start is that it starts today; think about it. Then do it.
Tags: diet, head start, surgery