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Am I losing weight? YESSSSSS!!!!!

June 24, 2016 by Jody 4 Comments

I sat next to the father of one of my son’s lacrosse teammates this afternoon and was pleasantly surprised by what he had to say.

“You’ve lost a lot of weight,” he told me as we settled into our lawn chairs. “You’re looking great, man.”

When he asked what I do for a living, it made me very happy. I’ve seen him at our sons’ lacrosse games, but I didn’t know if he’d been following my weight-loss journey on Twitter or had seen my TV interview about my health overhaul.

Why does that matter?

It’s exciting for me that someone noticed my weight loss even though we don’t know each other well and he hadn’t been reading about my cauliflower and spinach crusts or seeing photos of me holding bags of sugar to represent pounds lost. [Read more…]

It’s good to be a dad

June 17, 2016 by Jody 3 Comments

With Father’s Day quickly approaching, many of us take a stroll through memory lane to reminisce about how much we appreciate, love and respect our dads. Those of us fortunate enough to have great dads should do just that. I’m proud to be the son of Big Tom and feel grateful for the time we spent together until he passed away in 2003. I tried to reflect that in this video tribute I made for my dad last year.

Coincidentally, a trip to my town’s carnival this week reminded me about how big of a blessing it is to be a father, too. Sometimes I get so caught up in working, disciplining (read: yelling), chauffeuring, cooking and refereeing around the house or in the minivan that my gratitude for having four young kids, ages 3 to 11, isn’t always on the surface.

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Big question: Do I cheat on my diet?

June 11, 2016 by Jody 3 Comments

I’ve been asked one particular question a few times recently, and shockingly it isn’t, “Will you make me a cauliflower pizza crust?”

The answer to that, of course, is “YES!” Forget the New York and Chicago styles. Cauli-style pizza (not Cali-style, mind you) is the way to go. Spinach crust is even better. Spaghetti squash crust ain’t bad, either. But I digress.

The real question: “Do you ever cheat on your diet?”

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One goal down! Many more to go

June 3, 2016 by Jody 10 Comments

It’s interesting how some aspects of my life are forever linked with how much I weighed at the time.

For example, I weighed 145 pounds when I made the one glorious tackle of my high school career. Three decades later, I’m certain that guy still feels the pain I inflicted on his body.

I weighed 170 pounds when I entered my senior year of high school. I weighed 255 pounds two years later when I went on a church mission to Switzerland and France and was 220 pounds when I returned two years later.

I weighed 355 pounds when I tried to snowshoe [Read more…]

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