Free piles of knowledge...

Another Monday here at The Biggest Loser at Fitness Ridge Resort. This morning I hiked a trail called Barrel Rowel. The trail only had minor ascents and gradual descents and went on a bit more than 7 miles. I used my cool little Polar monitor for the first time so I could get a good idea of my caloric burn during the day. On this particular hike, I burned just over 1,100 calories. I expect I'll burn a fair amount more on the rest of the week's hikes as they will be far more challenging with a much greater ascent.

After the hike we had our usual breakfast and then went into our first lecture. Today's lecture was on creating a life time line from age zero to now and identifying "event(s)" that may have triggered a thought that could have led to weight gain by associating an emotion with a behavior that would then create a belief...right or wrong. So, the order is Event, Emotion, Behavior, Belief. For example; when I was 13 I learned that The colonel from KFC and Santa Claus were not the same person (event). This confused me as I always associated gift giving & receiving, holiday spirit and so forth with the colonel's original recipe (emotion). So, when I was happy I would eat fried chicken breasts, white meat; but when I was very angry I would order a bucket of dark meat!(behavior). This led me to think that if I ate enough fried chicken, and got others to as well, the colonel could rise up and grow a full white beard to go along with his fu man chu, get lasik eye surgery so he didn't have to wear those dark framed thick glasses, and travel the world late at night leaving huge buckets of fried chicken for all to enjoy! (Belief) But as we all know, chickens can't fly long and they certainly can't pull a chicken sleigh. But, how many wars could have been averted if only Fried chicken diplomacy would have been given a chance?

I hope you enjoy the photos I've posted below from today's travels. T-6 days until I can go home and see the fam!


I'm very happy with my weight loss progress when compared to huge boulders, Mountains and a cliff.

This pool is filled once a day on average. Have you ever considered what might happen if 60 plus size people jump in at the same time?

Today's lunch was tuna salad with orange circles, string beans and an assorted, colorful pile.

Today's dinner was an orange pile with a miniature roasted chicken breast on top. And, lest I forget, asparagus disguised as a food foundation!

The End!