Month: March 2026

At my heaviest I was 286 lbs. At my lightest since I started to diet and exercise I was down to 143 in 2018 and stabilized at 154 by 2019 and held it for four years. At the end of 2023 I had absolute work chaos caused by some really vicious people. What does a stress eater do under stress? Eat. I was embarrassed to go up to 183. My pant size increased. New suit jackets were bought. Then in September of 2025 I got help. I never thought of myself as a therapy person but sometimes that’s what you need. My perspective changed. I still am appalled at the people who lied about me and treated me so viscously but I also have found a path forward … and that matters. The results have shown on the scale too. I’m down to 155 lbs again. Down 10 more pounds since January. Very close to my goal weight.

I’ve said it before. If you need help, get it. Don’t be embarrassed about struggling. The comeback is great. Keep at it.

Today I climbed 330 flights on the stair master and ran a little over 7 miles. Don’t give up on yourself. You deserve to be happy.

My wife reminded me of that iconic line from The Devil Wears Prada recently (and by the way, who is NOT excited for the May 1 premier of the sequel!). My goal weight is 150-154 and it’s getting close.

This morning I did my weekly weigh in and left my house sneakers on and the number 158 appeared on my scale. It had been at least two years since I have seen the 150’s. I had some absolute life chaos (all work related) start in late 2023, and when you are someone who has turned to food for comfort your whole life, you … wait for it …. EAT.

My life chaos has not ended but I have been able to organize it logically and see a very clear end path, which has helped. These past five months or so have been a reset for my processing and the results show up on the scale at the gym and in my diet.

This weekend I am running the NYC United Half marathon. This is a hard race to get in. You generally go through a lottery system. I have entered the full NYC Marathon lottery every year since 2015 and only got in once. This year, my wife and I both entered the NYC United Half marathon lottery and in a stroke of luck we both got it.

So this weekend we will start in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, cross the Brooklyn Bridge and up the FDR eventually running thorough Times Square and into Central Park. Can’t wait!

They call it “Jeffing”. Getting through a marathon by a combination of planned running with intermittent walk breaks. Sometimes the walking can be for 10 seconds after a 5 minute run. Sometimes it can be two minutes of running followed by a whole two minutes of walking … or even 3 minutes of walking. Whatever it takes to finish the marathon before the cut off.

When I first registered my wife for her first marathon (without telling her 😂), we went to the Run Disney expo, now more than 9 years ago and saw this skinny guy with books talking about his “run walk” method. My wife was hooked. She decided to use it to get though her first marathon (and every one since then). It was Jeff Galloway who was explaining the run/walk method.

Completing marathons with my wife is one of the most enjoyable things we do as a couple. I said one of them. ☺️. We get to spend time together being healthy doing things we would have never imagined for the first 15 years of our marriage when I was out of shape (she is and always has been a size 0!).

Jeff Galloway made it possible for us to share the marathon experience as a couple.

Jeff died last week at age 80. We had seen him only a month before at the 2026 Disney marathon. Disney marathons are special. You stop and take pictures with the characters and you ride on rides. It’s just a fun way to see the parks. My typical marathon by myself is about 4:20. Disney takes us about 6 hours, but what other marathon lets you ride Expedition Everest or stand with Chewbacca!

We told Jeff how his run walk method made my wife a 14 time marathon finisher so far. But more importantly it gave us something fun to do as a couple that most couples never think about and many could not do.

We asked Jeff to sign out race bibs, as he had done before. We talked about the Honolulu marathon which he had won in 1974 and hoped to do this year. We thanked him for making us believe in the power or persistence and then we went on our way.

“Make America Healthy Again” is a slogan to some. Jeff Galloway actually did it. Thank you Jeff.