Week 10 Randy's "Tour De Cinch" Weight Loss Adventure!!

Hello and welcome to Week 10 of the “Tour de Cinch”. It just occurred to me today that I only have one more weigh in left this year. My plan is to do this blog for 12 weeks and then switch to doing the blog bi-monthly but I will still be weighing in ever week and continuing the tour. If anyone out there is like me and loves to follow pro cycling, you know that most cycling tour races are won in the mountain stages. The Tour de France for example is a 21 day race that covers about 2100 miles total, most days the race is about 100+ or so miles long and this is referred to as a stage. Most of the early stages are relatively flat and many times can be won by riders who are not the overall favorite. But when the race hits the mountains, it always separates the best from the rest. I said all that to say this, holiday’s are much like the mountains to people who are trying to maintain or lose weight. All your discipline is tested to the fullest and even skinny people gain the unwanted weight at this time of year. I have been told while doing this “tour” that this is not the best time of the year to be doing this. My first response would be to agree but actually when I think about it, I realize that it actually is a great time to be doing this. The bottom line is this, no matter what dietary changes we make and no matter what method, unless we learn to keep control through all the celebrations of life, we will always have this same problem. That’s not to say that we can’t enjoy food but it will require one to learn moderation at ever occasion. Many diets only emphasis making “the food behave”…on these diets you can, “eat all you want”…as long as it’s some certain food. I have found that the Cinch plan actually gives me the ability to go beyond making the food behave to actually enabling “me” to behave and I think that is really the key to it all. So have I behaved this week? Well pretty much but it is Christmas right…I lost another pound (18 total) and yes I’ve had my share of the delicious, rich comfort foods but I’m getting over this mountain stage. God Bless till next week