Friends and Recruits,
We’ve had an outstanding couple of weeks, with 13 joining our ranks and 3 more having committed to coming on board. We’ve kicked off the evening class and the morning class is growing nearly daily. Besides that, recruits are stepping up to the plate. Recently Aaron has done a great job with the warm up. Battalion Collierville you rock!
As far as my article for the blog this week, because of the interesting comments of Sgt. Tony regarding what he learned during the Memphis Battalion’s Combat the Fat Challenge, I’m going to “punt” and pass on his thoughts. By way of preface, the Memphis Battalion had a Combat the Fat Weight Loss Challenge over the last six months and it concluded this weekend.
Note Tony’s comments (written the day before the contest’s completion): ”It’s been one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done. I’m talking about the Sgt. Tony’s $5,000 Combat the Fat Weight Loss Challenge. Tomorrow evening the first challenge comes to an end and one of the 10 challengers who started this contest six months ago will walk away with a check for $5,000!
Moreover, the challengers have lost over 600 cumulative pounds and changed not only their appearances, but their lives and lifestyles! (One of them is responsible for losing over 100 of those pounds all by himself!)
This has also been a learning experience for me. I’ve learned about what it means to be big in this culture, things that I take for granted everyday are impossible things for people who are overweight.
I had never thought about what it means to try to fit into a small airline seat and then have to use a seatbelt extension. I didn’t think about how overweight people don’t sit in restaurant booths because they can’t.
I didn’t think about big people not being able to ride a roller coaster, small car, or bicycle. I didn’t know about how an overweight person doesn’t swim in pools without steps leading into the water because they can’t pull themselves out of the pool using the pool ladder. I hadn’t thought about them not being able to water ski because their boat isn’t able to get them up and they can’t get themselves out of the lake anyway because they can’t climb up the ladder attached to the boat. I didn’t think about how restrictive a person’s lifestyle becomes when their body size exceeds the average measurement of common everyday things. And on and on the list of restrictions and inabilities go. Things I’d never thought of. Seeing people take off those shackles and rediscover freedoms and abilities lost long ago has been an absolutely incredible experience for me! And awarding $5,000 to someone tomorrow evening will be AWESOME!!! I can’t wait!!”
Well said Sgt. Tony! I received a text message last night from Greg Inman that said “I won!” Way to go Greg! He started the contest with a weight over 300lbs and lost over a hundred pounds in the contest! I can’t say how proud of and happy for him I am. Again, way to go Greg!
Now there’s some motivation friends. Motivation to kick in some resolve to get out of bed and attend BOOT CAMP! Let’s go Collierville! Just make up your mind to do it. Get up, get out and go to it! After all, the biggest “looser” in many cases is actually the biggest “WINNER!” Tomorrow’s another week. I’ll be looking for you bright and early in the church parking lot – we’ll early anyway. USMC Fitness BOOT CAMP is a great fitness plan and YOU CAN DO IT!
For Your Continued Health and Fitness,
Les
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