Hello world. I am Dr. Mark… and I have committed myself to the life of health that you so commonly read about here on this page. The only thing, I just started my commitment. Meaning, you will get a chance to see my transformation (or failure????), as it is happening. I have habits that need changing, and new life habits that need forming. And this is my story.
(starting at 233 # and hoping to get a lot lower)
Written by Dr. Mark Since I wrote about looking past the weight last week, I thought it would make perfect sense to write about my success with losing weight this week. It finally happened. After over a decade of being over 200 lbs. (that’s going back to the end of high school for me) earlier […]
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Written by Dr. Mark As we’re just past half way through the 60- Day Turnaround, as someone who has struggled with being overweight for the last decade, I thought I’d use this as a way to vent some frustrations that we face, and hopefully offer some encouragement. The first 60 – Day Turnaround I did […]
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Written by: Dr. Mark A few weeks ago I wanted to write about all the excuses we use to NOT pursue our health. Excuses to avoid the gym, to not eat healthy, or more likely to eat the UN-healthy. It was on my mind because I have “started” the Straight 60 plan a number of […]
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Written by Dr. Mark The other day I was on day 3 of my Suero Cleanse, drinking one of the bottles in front of a friend. So naturally the conversation as to what that is comes up. As I’m explaining it’s a 3 day cleanse where you eat nothing but just drink these, his response […]
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Written by Dr. Mark One of the cool things that happens when you’re on this path is that you will start to appreciate foods you typically don’t. At least this happens for me each time. I’ve never really enjoyed salads all that much, but find myself craving them at times when on this diet. Especially […]
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Written by Dr. Mark This is one of our favorite meals on the Straight 60. Taco salad! Its pretty simple, take all your favorite taco ingredients and put them over a big bed of lettuce. Just be careful to make sure the salsa you use doesn’t have sugar added, and use it sparingly. For me […]
Read More 60 day turnaround, diet, health, straight 60Written by Dr. Mark I’m excited to be doing this again. I need to do this again, everyone should do this at some point. I’m doing it again for a few reasons. First of all because I think its wise for anyone, no matter what their current health situation is, to challenge themselves on […]
Read More 60 day turnaround, diet, paleoToday’s workout was pretty cool. It showed me a few things. The workout was a 20 minute AMRAP (as many rounds as possible). You try to complete as much work as possible in the 20 minutes. The movements were handstand push-ups (which I had to scale because I can’t do them yet), pistols (which are […]
Read MoreBy Dr. Mark Richards Round 3 here we come. This will be my 3rd time doing the 60 Day Turnaround. I’m excited about this, not necessarily the process, but the outcomes I KNOW that are coming. As I’ve said before I had great success the first time through, loosing about 30 lbs. The second time […]
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By Dr. Mark Richards Heart disease is the number one killer disease in our country, if you recall from the doctor’s report, every 1 out of 2.5 deaths in our country is from heart disease. Its a serious problem! A recent study out of the University of Illinois looked at peoples mental health and compared […]
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