Brad's Getting Healthy Update

Brad has been working hard on getting healthy since about June and at the end of September we started weighing him in almost every morning as a family and writing it down.

The last several months have been more than a bit discouraging. The pounds feel like they are just creeping off as slow as can be, staying in the same 7lb range for months at a time going up a little and down a little. He has been working out 4-5 days a week (most weeks, December was extra crazy with work and it may have been a bit less) and juicing or blending, for the majority, two meals a day. Yet between Sept 29th and now, he has only dropped 20 lbs. To get to his goal weight (what he weighed right out of HS) he still has about 58 lbs to go.

He is fitting in clothes he hasn't fit into for 6+ years, which is encouraging. If you think about how different his eating habits are it is awesome. He is actually vegetation probably 4+ days out of every

The kids and I had smoothies for supper one night like Daddy.

week! :) He used to balk at the idea to even go one day without meat! :)

So he decided on Monday the 20th he would start juicing for three days and then "semi juice" as I call it, which includes blends and just raw fruit or veggies aka an apple etc. And probably continue this plan for several weeks. We are also going to try having a "calorie day" each week, where he eats all three meals normal, to trick his body into realizing it needs to burn more calories. We have done a ton of reading on plateaus and this is our next attempt at seeing those numbers move down! He is also going to try exercising a bit over lunch or the afternoon after his early morning exercise at the YMCA.

He put the weight on over twelve years, but we sure wish it would go off a bit faster than this! :) Proud he is still working hard and love the kids seeing him be so healthy! This is what they will remember. :) Instilling those good habits in them early!

Hoping to have a better update in a month or two! :)