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Thinner

Since I left Florida on April 26 (wow!), I have lost more than 35 pounds, I’m under 240 and dropping. I now have lost enough weight to ride the zipline that I have been unable to all season; but had ridden when I was here 5 years ago. For my first ride on the zipline, my team member at the bottom and I decided to have a little fun with our manager who has been encouraging me and watching the numbers on the scale drop.

We didn’t tell her when I made the weight, and planned for me to be on the tower with guests one morning that she stopped by the zipline. Up until this point, after the last guest went down, I radioed to my team member that I was walking back to the bottom of the hill and zipline. This time however, my team member radioed our manager and ran over to her; informing her that she was needed at the bottom. She arrived just in time to watch me coming down the line and into the brake area. The clients knew that it was my first time also, and were cheering me on, as well. Being able to lose enough weight to ride the zipline was a major goal for me while I was up here, and I was thrilled to meet that goal just before July 1.

Many people have been asking how I’ve been losing weight. The best I can tell, it is a combination of the following:

  • Food – I am eating food again. By that I mean ingredients that I can pronounce - eggs, spinach, carrots, chicken, vegetables, salads, etc. Of course, some packaged/processed food still finds its way onto my plate– bacon, pasta, etc; but not having restaurants, especially fast food/quick serve places around for 60 miles sure does help.

  • Exercise – in my previous job, I would walk between offices and a conference room (sometimes it felt like running with the pace), come home exhausted and sit on my couch all night until it was time to come home.Most days I would walk under 2,000 steps, total.Now I wake up and walk 140 steps, slightly uphill, just to get to the kitchen to cook for breakfast.On days I work on the zipline and lead the nature hikes, I easily surpass 10,000 steps.Our guides walk even more.In addition, I run at least twice a week, and hope to be ready to run a 5K soon, and even attack my old personal best time for it by the end the summer.

  • Stress – Yes, I have busy days, and occasionally they run long and are can be stressful.But my most stressed day here is still better for me than what my typical day had become.I have no doubt that making coming to Alaska was needed for my physical and mental wellbeing.(I do miss you guys, though)

  • Environment – I love being in nature.Even though it has been rainy for long stretches (including today, which is bitterly cold for July), I still love waking up looking a glacier, realizing that I am in Alaska, surrounded by such natural beauty.It truly has affected something deep in my soul in a positive way words cannot adequately express.

Best of luck to all those trying to find what works for them!

I know I have been lacking in the photo department, I will try to get better and posting some.

 

Thinner (1996) - Stars: Stars: Joe Mantegna, Robert John Burke, and Lucinda Jenney. Plot: An obese attorney is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly and uncontrollably lose weight.


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