Big Man Walking

Down Over 9 Pounds In 8 Days!

2011-08-29T09:27:00.000-07:00

I recently had a wonderful experience volunteering at Isagenix Celebration in San Diego with a great group of volunteers. Additionally, I had two of the best, most positive and supportive supervisors I have ever experienced in my life. Thank you, Celina and (Uncle) Richard!

After a couple days of soreness I almost drifted back into not-so-positive habits, but as of this morning I have dropped over 9 pounds in the last 8 days. Thank you, Isagenix, and thank you to all of my fellow volunteers for the encouragement and camaraderie.

If you volunteered with me, please connect on my Facebook group (where we might kill two birds with one stone) - http://tinyurl.com/BMWKIVA . Let's take over the conversation together and encourage one another.

Have a wonderful (be filled with wonder) day!

Keep walking!

How Tired Of It Are You? 1.0

2011-06-14T10:39:00.000-07:00

A New "Dance" To Watch And Learn!

Start Anew And Pray

2011-06-10T08:42:00.000-07:00

Start Anew Today. I am.

Also, please pray for Woodland Park Middle School in San Marcos, California and all connected to it as they lost one of their middle schoolers last night.

Make Your Walk More Interesting #1

2011-05-27T08:04:00.000-07:00

One of the things you can do to make your walk more interesting is change what where your attention is.

Keep walking!

Light

2011-05-26T17:35:00.000-07:00

Here Comes The Sun!

Keep Walking!

Right Back To Where We Started From

2011-05-26T07:34:00.000-07:00

This is definitely music to get you walking faster. Maxine went off in my head while I was walking this morning.

Have a great day! :-)

Keep walking!

EMG - We Will See

2011-05-25T15:43:00.000-07:00

As it turns out, the assistant was wrong about needles. I didn't see any or feel any. The doctor said I appear normal with no neuropathy, so now we might get another test. Maybe I'm prediabetic. I'll see the original specialist next week. Things are good except for the tingling and pain in the hands and feet. One day at a time.

Keep walking!

Take A Little Walk

2011-05-24T07:52:00.000-07:00

Take A Little Walk. And - Check Out My Video - I'm Getting A Little Bit Better.

Just as I am getting a little bit better with more practice making videos, you will get better by practicing what you want to achieve. Is it exercise or something else?

Keep walking!

Volunteering At The U.S.O.

2011-05-20T15:01:00.000-07:00

Click The Title Of This Post or the link below to view the brief video from a couple hours of volunteering today at the U.S.O. in the airport in San Diego.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRCAh4p8mDY

Keep walking!

Going Down To The USO

2011-05-20T09:42:00.001-07:00

I'm meeting my friends Mary & SB at the USO later this morning. If you would like to donate food for the USO in the future, please let me know! Are you the owner of a deli, perhaps? Sandwiches would be awesome!

Keep walking!

My First Post On YouTube

2011-05-09T19:35:00.000-07:00

Click On The Title Of This Post To View My First Post On Youtube!

Flowers & Twitter

2011-05-03T09:10:00.000-07:00

Did I really miss April? Wow.

For those who wish to follow my weight loss progress - check me out on Twitter -

http://twitter.com/#!/BigManWalking

This is what some of our front yard foliage looks like on May 3, 2011.

Whether it's your health, weight or your gardening - you gotta start somewhere!

Keep walking!

Steve Hicks, My Brother, Creates A Work Of Art

2011-03-17T09:23:00.001-07:00

My Brother, Steve Hicks, Created A Work Of Art In Our Front Yard!

How Does My Garden Grow?

2011-02-25T09:27:00.000-08:00

Here Comes The Rain Again (according to the Weather Channel).

Click On The Title Of This Post - World's Healthiest Foods

2011-02-05T14:00:00.001-08:00

What a great nonprofit - World's Healthiest Foods!

Cabbage Village

2011-02-02T08:31:00.000-08:00

The cabbages continue to grow. I may have to transplant a couple soon because they are too close. Have you started a garden?

Start A Garden

2011-01-24T12:25:00.000-08:00

I started a garden about a week ago and my Android phone finally let the photos through. Any guesses as to what I planted first?

Jordan Rubin

2011-01-20T19:06:00.000-08:00

I Don't Normally Just Post Something Like This By Itself, but for some people I'll make an exception.

FREE - Check Out The Raw Truth!

http://www.gardenoflife.com/RawTruth/tabid/2022/Default.aspx

Poker Season

2011-01-19T08:37:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I like to play poker tournaments. A friend from church has one periodically with prizes and all the entry fees go to charity. Hopefully I'll get around to playing in it this year.

If you've read BigManWalking long you might remember that 2 years ago my wife and I went to the Bahamas because I won a free (yes, free) preliminary tournament that earned me a seat in a BIG tournament as well as the trip and most of our accomodations and airfare. There were 10,000 people in Phase One and you had to finish in the Top 18 to get a ticket to Phase Two.

In Phase Two there were 1349 people and you had to earn 1st Place in order to win the trip. Second Place got zero. Goose Egg. Nada. Not even a Starbucks coupon. I came in first place and we had a wonderful time in the Bahamas. I lasted 13 hours the first day and 15 minutes on the second. Tough competition in that tournament taught me something. I was playing too conservatively (except for my final hand)!

Now I'm working on winning a trip to Copenhagen or somewhere else in Europe.

I have a lot of experience as I worked in casinos in the early to mid '90s.

To paraphrase an advertisement from the '70s - If you gamble, play poker. If you don't, then don't start.

And, kids...stay in school!

Keep walking!

Gardening Is Exercise!

2011-01-18T11:01:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I cleared some space by weeding in the backyard and started to plant cabbage. I worked up a good sweat and was even a little sore in bed last night. That's a good thing.

Today I planted another cabbage plant that I got at the local nursery.

It's been a long time since I've had room to garden and it feels good to get outside and get my hands in the dirt and my head in the sunshine.

What are you doing differently in 2010?

Happy New Decade!

2011-01-01T07:36:00.000-08:00

Wow. I guess by "tomorrow" I meant see you in 3 months.

That's OK. New Year. New Decade.

Got up earlier than I expected and read the bible a little - "Be anxious for nothing..."

Check out Philippians 4:6 if you like.

Then I prayed and took a shower.

At 11:00 I'm calling a new customer who wants more energy.

How is your New Decade/Year starting?

No matter what has come before, you can make a new start now!

Do it now!

No Video Yet

2010-10-01T17:07:00.001-07:00

I'm not sure how they count video in the "Blog Every Day In A Month" Category, but for today there's no video because I have to get some more technology to upload it from my phone.

Oh, the suspense!

NaBloPoMo.com

See you tomorrow! :-)

Keep walking!

Les Brown And Me

2010-09-07T12:15:00.000-07:00

Motivation and inspiration are really good things!

I saw Les Brown in San Diego with my wife in the last couple weeks and he is as inspirational as ever!

Oh, I forgot to mention...

Yesterday I woke up and weighed in at 245 pounds! That means I have released over 31 pounds in 8 weeks doing what I'm doing!

Yes!

Here are some inspirational/motivational quotes:

“Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.”

“You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.”

“You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.”

“Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.”

“I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it if only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom.”

“Honor your commitments with integrity.”

“The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.”

“You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path.”

“If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.”

“If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.”

“Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.”

All of these quotes are from Les Brown

http://www.lesbrown.com/

Schedule For My Friends Part 1

2010-08-31T10:32:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had lunch with my friend Jerry at a place we've never eaten before - The Greenery in Encinitas, CA. Not only was it a new experience for us, I don't think I have ever been to a vegetarian raw food place before. It was pretty good and since it was organic, too, it was not cheap.

That's one thing I think a lot of people have to get used to - paying for quality nutrition instead of volume of food. What our bodies really need is the quality nutrition to keep us healthy and surprisingly, satisfied.

Jerry mentioned that what a lot of people need is a system for how they eat and get exercise in order to lose weight. Then they can simply follow the system. I agree. I think one problem that people run into is when they get off the system. The key, I think, is to not beat yourself up. Simply acknowledge that you're not perfect and get back on the system. I won't be focusing on exercise yet.

Here's what I've eaten today and later I'll post Part 2.

1st (optional) I woke up around 5:30 and took the dog for a walk.

5:55 Prepared Isalean Shake in blender with water & then added ice cubes for my wife and me.
6:00 Drank shake with Ageless Essentials (AM) and 1 Tart Cherry Extract Dietary Supplement (for gout).

7:10 1 ounce Cleanse For Life with 8+ ounces of water.
8:35 1 ounce Ionix Supreme with 8+ ounces of water.
9:55 1 Isagenix Snack! with 8+ ounces of water.

For lunch I'll probably have some Mediterranean leftovers from Pita's in San Marcos.

Keep walking!

I Shared On MillionCares.com

2010-08-27T19:15:00.000-07:00

Recently I've met some great entrepreneurs on the UltimateSuccessTour.com who are not only skilled, but very encouraging people. One of them, Jason Nast, and a partner have created a neat site that has NOTHING to do with making a profit. It's his way of giving back. (If you check him out on Facebook you might figure out what big infomercial he was involved with a few years ago.)

I am asking you to check out his site and send the link to your friends and have them do it with their friends and so on. Really. This is a good thing.

Jason Nast's site is MillionCares.com and if you click on the link or the title of this post you will visit MY entry/mini-story about something good that happened to my sister.

Please share your own story and then tell two friends and have them tell two friends and so on and so on and so on. I promise that they aren't selling anything on the site - not even shampoo.