Wheels and Heels

Bob's Words of Wisdom

Bob on Food:

If it grows out of the ground, or you can pick it off a tree, chances are that it's good for you.

Eliminate the problem. Get rid of temptation foods in your house. Don?t even bring them in.

If you don't have measuring cups available, use your fist to figure out correct portions. From chicken breasts to veggies to fruit, just about every portion you'll eat is the size of your fist.

Bob on Exercise:

Thinking that you can't get in shape because you don't have two hours a day to exercise is just another excuse for doing nothing. Start small, because small can only get bigger. Starting big means burning out, blowing out, getting injured--another reason you might quit altogether.

When Michael Phelps is in the pool swimming, what is he thinking about? He's thinking about one thing and that's swimming faster. When Lance Armstrong is in a race, what is he thinking about? Pedaling faster.

Bob on Motivation:

The main thing is to make peace with your body now, before you try to change it. Accept where you are at the moment. Okay, you're overweight. But how great that you've decided to do something about it

1/70th of a teaspoon of mercury can contaminate 20 acres of a lake, making the fish unfit to eat. ---Computer TakeBack

We are consuming the earth's resources 20% faster than they can be sustained. ---Scripps Howard News Service

If everyone in the world consumed like the average U.S. citizen, we would need at least four more planet Earths. ---World Watch

Every 20 minutes, the world adds another 3,500 human lives but loses one or more entire species of animal or plant life-- at least 27,000 species per year. ---Overpopulation.org

One third of the earth's soil is now unfit for growing food, due to deforestation, waste disposal and overuse of fertilizers. ---New York Times

30 percent of pesticides sold in developing countries do not meet international health and environmental standards. ---World Health Organization

Every ton of recycled paper saves 380 gallons of oil. ---ThinkQuest

About 1% of U.S. landfill space is full of disposable diapers, which take 500 years to decompose. ---ThinkQuest

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.--- Johannes Kepler

The purpose of life is a life of purpose. --Robert Byrne

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. --Benjamin Disraeli

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. --Mohandas Gandhi

Eighty percent of success is showing up. --Woody Allen

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. --Theodore M. Hesburgh

It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will some day give shade to people he may never meet.---David Trueblood

Friendship consists of only one soul; inhabiting two bodies. --Aristotle

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. --Arnold Bennett

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Kristen

Height= 5'2"

Start Weight= 298 Current Weight= 256.8 Goal Weight= 165

Measurements: 01/25/08
Waist 55
Bicep 16 1/4
Chest 57
Hip 57
Thigh 24 1/2

Measurements: 07/15/08
Waist 48.5
Upper Arm 15
Chest 46.75
Hips 53.8
Thigh 24.5

Mary

Height= 5' 10"

Start Weight= 266 Current Weight= 206.2 Goal Weight= 165

 
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Calories in equal energy burned to lose weight.---Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels

When eating out, ask for a to go box as soon as you receive your meal. Immediately put half of your meal in the box and save it for later.--Bobby Moore

Keep going, even when you think you can't, because you can. --Hollie Self

Keep hydrated at all times. Buy a calorie counter, and weigh your food.--Julie Hadden

Sodium is to your success like kryptonite is to Superman! Avoid it at any cost.--Curtis Bray

Each day is a new day. It doesn’t matter how hard you worked yesterday or how hard you didn’t work yesterday, you have to pick it back up and keep going.--Matt Hoover

Take your favorite recipes and modify them so they’re healthy. That way you won’t feel as if you’re denying yourself--Amy Hildreth

I've been fat to one degree or another since I was seven years old, with a brief normal weight period in my teens. I always was basically healthy and basically could do what I wanted and refused to let my weight get in the way of that. I always said if it ever reached a point where fat was effecting my health, then it would be a different matter and I would get serious. Well I've reached that point. I have also reached the point where a lot of the joy of living is gone from my life because I'm just too big to be a real participant in life. And I don't want that. Life is the greatest game, a game even bigger than the Biggest Loser. It's a gift and all I have to do is show up. I don't want to spend any more of the game on the bench, so here I am.

To quote the great Joe Lewis, "You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough." Here's to working it.

Seven years ago I was bed-ridden for ten months while being diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and figuring out a plan to go forward. My doctor at that time just threw me on tons of pain killers and didn't want me to do any form of excersise or physical therapy. Being extremely active before I went down and maintaining a weight of 170lbs for years (without trying) this was all really hard on me psychologically.

Going on the cruise and just having fun and trying new things showed me I can do anything I put my mind to. My main focus for losing the weight at this point is getting out of the wheelchair over the next couple of months and walking on stage at the finale. Also, just to be active, it makes me so happy, and it makes me feel like the person inside me. It will happen , because when I get determined I have been able to do anything.

Who better to do it with then the person or people we spend a majority of our time with. Good luck to all and we will all succeed. I know for me the amount of work I put into doing this I will get that much reward in life.