I'm sitting on the couch enjoying something on TV, my baby is crawling towards the cup I left on the coffee table. I can see it coming but something is stopping me from preventing it. My minds eye knows that if I just reach forward to pick up the cup, the impending reality could be altered. I can't, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that I'm so unfit I can't move fast enough. I raise my voice and shout the baby's name as a distraction, to try and slow them down, it doesn't work. The baby is successful in this mission, as she will be in countless others through her life. She grabs the cup that is filled with hot liquid and tugs on it...
The Present...
I don't want that to be the reality of the future, well of course I want my child, She or He, to achieve countless missions they set out on, but the tugging on the cup, the not being able to get off the couch quick enough, the seeing what's coming and not being able to stop it, that's the bit I don't want.
So just like Marty McFly in Back To The Future, I know what is coming and I'm going to do something about it. The estate I grew up in had a man who owned a De Lorean car. I often wish he was still around so i could try what Marty did, t would save me hours of hard work and I could probably keep eating foods that I don't need and living a life non conducive to active fatherhood. Alas, he is not here and I need to do this the long way.
The Plan...
I will lose at least 3 stone (42 lbs) in weight by the time my unborn baby can crawl. We, my wife and I, are scheduled to meet our baby on 20th November. I intend by then, to be almost half way to my goal.
The Method...
- Number 1: Want it more than you want your current habits.
- Number 2: Listen to someone who knows something about it.
"If it wasn't grown and it didn't live, do you need it" he said to me. "Think of your goal about being a daddy" he said to me. - Number 3: Do what someone who knows something about it tells you to do.
"I want you to walk for 20-30 minutes every day" he said to me. "Don't eat bread this week" he said to me.
The Result...
In week one, with Numbers 1-3 above, I offloaded 8lbs. In week two, with numbers 1-3 above as well as 2 days with a little bit of jogging, about 15 minutes in total, I offloaded 5lbs.
In week one, with Numbers 1-3 above, I offloaded 8lbs. In week two, with numbers 1-3 above as well as 2 days with a little bit of jogging, about 15 minutes in total, I offloaded 5lbs.
Back to the future...
I'm on a gym programme now to help burn fat by increasing my internal furnace, AKA metabolism. I'll keep you posted, if you like?
*Special thanks to Paddy Cunningham for working with me on this. Visit his site http://www.ptpaddy.com/
