Weight Gain – Disney Employee Engagement Speaker

Dear Son, Im nearly 10% overweight

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Dear Son, Im nearly 10% overweight. Ideal, thriving weight is 151. This morning 164.5.

Been hovering between 157 – 162 for the past year.

Weirdly, I can tell a sudden two pound weight gain simply from the way I feel. It’s similar to the way I set out (yesterday) to run a six-minute mile, at the 800 meter split, 3:03. The second 800, 2:57. You do the math. Freaky.

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True Confession?

If you promise not to call me names, I’ll tell you my true confession. Promise?

Since August 2009, I’ve gained nearly ten pounds.

New readers may not know that after ten years of focused effort to bring my health metrics in line, I had the honor of representing the United States in the 2009 Master’s Track and Field World Championships, in Finland.

So now that the big goal – the motivational carrot – is no longer in front of me, I’ve digressed.

This happens to everyone.

The gift from all of this? It has increased (if that’s even possible) my conviction that an impossible goal is the only one that will work.

Have you ever thought about that? I mean the impossible goal part?

Then perhaps we can journey and endeavor together, to make 2010 a great and healthy year. Who’s in?

Favorite Motivation Tip

Here’s my personal favorite tip to stay motivated:

Find a million ways.

Who’s going to be more passionate and concerned for your motivation than you?

Seriously. Who?

Studying others who’ve overcome obstacles is just one way. It’s one of my favorite ways. Steve Prefontaine, a rebel, also happened to be a runner.

And in the process, with his relentless courage and determination, he changed the way Americans thought, and continue to think, about running. He held every American running record from 2,000 – 10,000 meters.

In his greatest race at the 1972 Munich Olympics, he finished fourth. No medal. No glory. No hero’s welcome.

But yet, he’s the only athlete Nike has ever immortalized in a bronze statue. Ever. Any sport. Period.