Success Factors

There are several reasons why Bill and Rhonda are successful at losing weight. We thought we'd share with you these success factors.

Consistency! This is the single most powerful success factor. Without it, a person might as well not enter in to any kind of venture.

100 points a day, every day. This is the goal that Bill and Rhonda shoot for every day.

One hour of exercise, five times a week. This is so important. It helps that Bill has a corporate discount to Gold's Gym and it is deducted from his pay check.

Positive mental attitude. This is almost as important as exercise.

Lots of whole wheat bread. Rhonda bakes a lot of whole wheat bread. Bill takes a loaf with him to work and each day at lunch time, he eats 2 or 3 pieces, before he has anything else. Rhonda and Bill are very fortunate to have a wheat grinder. (And lots of wheat!)

Satiety. Being totally satisfied after at least the main meal of the day.

Buying healthy food. A person can't be tempted to eat something they shouldn't if it's not in the house in the first place.

This Blog. This blog helps Rhonda and Bill to have encouragement from all of you, and it also makes them feel accountable.

Goals! Also, almost as important as exercise.

This week, Bill was going to be just 2 pound off his goal set several months ago. However, Bill actually gained 2 pounds. (We're all still scratching our heads on that one!) He was hoping to be at 238, but the scale at Gold's Gym read 242 pounds. It took an extra long time to give that reading. It was as if the scale itself were thinking, "If I tell this guy the truth, he's going to kill me!" However, It finally told the truth, and no, Bill didn't destroy the scale! Rhonda stayed the same weight as last week.

Today was also the last-of-the-month measurements. Rhonda decreased by an average of one inch off her measurements (including 2 inches off her hips), and Bill also decreased an inch.

Here are their set point scores for this week:

Rhonda: (S) 100 (S) 100 (M) 50 (T) 100 (W) 100 (T) 95 (F) 90

Bill: (S) 100 (S) 100 (M) 100 (T) 100 (W) 100 (T) 100 (F) 100

As was mentioned last week, Bill and Rhonda will be taking a vacation from this blog in August. We'll see how they've done, when this blog resumes in September.