Chicken and Rice - So Simple, but SO-O-O Good!

Scientists generally divide land animals into one of two main groups - herbivores and carnivores. If I were an animal, I would be a carnivore - a meat eater. The first two days of our Biggest Loser Flush were all about vegetables and fruits. I have not traditionally been all about vegetables and fruits, but, "I'm doin' the work - I'm not a slacker!" (to quote Bill Murray in What About Bob?) So I have been looking forward to this day ever since I found out about it, which was Thursday night. My dear wife grilled some chicken breast and cooked some brown rice, and oh, my... what a feast!

I told an abridged version of my Biggest Loser story to the class I currently teach on Sunday morning - some of them don't have internet access, and had not heard - and what an outpouring of support! Some of them are looking for help; a few were dispensing tidbits of advice. I'm grateful for such a close church family that I can be tranparent with - some asked my starting weight, and after giving them my standard answer of "two Subarus and a Fiat", I told them. (It's 342.8, in case anyone is curious.) I have nothing to hide now... most people don't have to deal with their weight struggles in such a public fashion. So much for a little support group ("Hi, my name is Bob..."). My journey will be chronicled by TV cameras, with little snippets of it airing every now and then.

Instead of lying down for my usual Sunday afternoon nap, I'm at the office - walking, cleaning, trying to keep moving. My unofficial trainer wrote me this morning and encouraged me not to waste a minute, and not to come down near the end of this thing six months from now and realize that I had not done all I could do.

As I write this, my buddy Lisa called me to see how I was doing. She's such an encourager - I could learn much from her. She is in the same state I am, which is "pretty sore, but better than yesterday". I feel guilty for not making many phone calls, but I'm not a caller - I'm an emailer/texter.

Tomorrow it's back to the gym for all of us, and another day of nothing but vegetables. I also have to sit down and go through my photos for channel 26 - they're coming out to do my profile this Wednesday. I'm looking for my last "skinny" picture, which is probably somewhere around 2nd grade. There's a lot to keep up with in this experience; I've never really kept a personal calendar per se, but I'm going to have to start. Between workouts, weigh-ins, group meetings, individual consults, and media requirements, it's a pretty hectic schedule!