Keep on at it Duane!

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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:43 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Solidarity
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> CONGRATS
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Duane Boudreau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:48 AM
> Subject: RE: Solidarity
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> Imp up for the challenge, but I've been there for the past 
> year and a half.
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> A year an a half ago my wife joined WW. A couple of weeks 
> after she joined I had my annual physical and stepped on the 
> scales at a whopping 320lbs. I damn near fainted. When I left 
> college I was 190lbs and within 2 months of my first body 
> building competition (blew my shoulder out and have never 
> been able to train since). After that I decided to join WW too.
> 
> When I hopped on the scales there the scale groaned and 
> stopped at 351lbs. At 32 and 351, I was in total shock and 
> stood there for what must have been 10 minutes arguing with 
> the WW lady that her scales were wrong. Over the first year 
> at WW I lost 45 pounds which isn't to bad, considering my 8 
> year old daughter weighs the same amount.
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> WW does a really good job of forcing you to look at what and 
> how much you are putting in your mouth. It takes an hour in 
> the gym to burn off a piece of pizza.
> 
> In Nov past I started taking Kenpo Ju Jitsu lessons 6 days a 
> week. Since then I've lost another 22 lbs. Thankfully I have 
> converted some amount of body weight into muscle. I know this 
> because every muscle in my body aches after each class. But 
> its that good ache, the one that comes from moving your butt. 
> I'm now down to 284, but my goal is to get back to that 190, 
> so only 94 more pounds to go.
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> Cheers and good luck!
> Duane
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Everland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:14 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Solidarity
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> I decided to do something about my weight on Halloween, I 
> joined Weight Watchers and have lost 43 pounds so far. I 
> don't eat crappy, but I eat what I want, and I still lose weight.
> 
> Robert Everland III
> Web Developer Extraordinaire
> Dixon Ticonderoga Company
> http://www.dixonusa.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:10 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Solidarity
> 
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> Given the people on this list and their loved ones affected 
> by various medical issues which will require a lifestyle 
> change, I want to show my concern for their challenges in a 
> meaningful way.
> 
> I assume many of the CF-Community people are like me, 
> spending a large amount of time behind a computer each day, 
> eating large portions of just about anything that passes for 
> food each day for lunch, and utterly deficient when it comes 
> to exercise.
> 
> Given that it is the lenten season and I am supposed to be 
> giving something up anyway, I am going to work consciously to 
> change my habits as a tribute to those who have to change 
> theirs. I am going to eat healthier and get more exercise. 
> Tonight when I get home I am going to lift some weights (I 
> would do cardio but I already walk half an hour each day as 
> it is), for dinner I am going to have a grilled chicken 
> breast and some broccoli, and I am probably going to just 
> have a salad for lunch. Tomorrow I will repeat this process, 
> and will do so everyday until I feel I have really changed my 
> ways. And the snacks, the Famous Amos cookies my company 
> provides developers for free and somehow make their way to my 
> desk each afternoon, nixed.
> 
> That's my pledge, anyways. I don't really want to think about 
> what my arteries look like, or what they are going to look 
> like in 10 years. With a little determination, I am confident 
> I can drop about 10-20 pounds in the process.
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> Anyone else up for such a challenge? I am sharing my thoughts 
> in the hope that some other people feel strong enough to want 
> to make a change in their lives. If that is the case, I will 
> be willing to organize this effort and put up a community Web 
> site where we can all track our results, post tips / links / 
> other stuff.
> 
> M
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