I Ran The "Rocky" Steps 3 Times in a Row.
Isabeau, Stephanie and Me - Racing For a Cure
Erik & Me
Bob, Jillian and Me
a note from Bob
a note from Jillian
Zen Gray and Me
Ellen DeGeneres has come up with her life list and has encouraged her viewers to come up with their own life list. These are the things I will do before I leave this earth. I have wasted too many years of my life already. I am finally living life to the fullest. As I get healthier and lose more weight my quality of life is getting better and better. This list is in no particular order. I will add to this list throughout my life and check off the things as they happen. This has really been fun. If you have a life list, I would love to see yours - maybe we could even help each other accomplish these things. I'm excited! Thanks for letting me share my goals, plans and hopes with you. Love, John
My Life List:
1. Be at goal weight
2. Inspire others to lose weight for the rest of my life
3. Open My Own Gym and Offer FREE Memberships and Personal Trainers To Those With 100+ Pounds To Lose
4. Swim With Dolphins
5. Go On a Cruise
6. Be a Better Friend
7. Be On The Cover of People Magazine (for the "Half Their Size" issue)
8. Sky Dive
9. Kiss The Most Beautiful Girl in The World
10. Learn Sign Language
11. Care more about what God thinks of me and less of what people think of me
X 12/13/06 X 12/18/07 12. Meet Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels
13. Compete in a Triathlon
14. Participate in walkathons regularly to raise money for charity
15. Hike The Grand Canyon
16. Compete in the Iron Man
X 12/14/06 17. Go to a taping of the Ellen DeGeneres Show
18. Go to Alaska
X 12/15/06 19. Get another Tattoo
20. Become a certified Personal Trainer
21. Climb the equivalent amout of stairs that it would take to get to the top of the Empire State Building in less than one hour. Thats 1,860 steps from street level to 102nd floor of the Empire State Building.
22. Own my own house
23. Meet the President
24. Have Children
25. Go to Egypt and see the Pyramids
26. Go to Australia
27. Pet a Seal
28. Read the Bible from cover to cover again
29. Walk in the Susan G Kommen Breast Cancer 3 Day/20 Mile each day Walk
30. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
31. Learn How To Be a Good Cook
32. Go To Mardis Gras in New Orleans
33. Fall Deeply in Love
34. Build a House with Habitat For Humanity
X 04/30/07 35. Leave a $100 Tip
36. Learn Massage
37. Volunteer More Hours at The Humane Association
38. Learn to play guitar
39. Ride in a Gondola in Venice with the one I love
40. Go to a Renaissance Fair
41. Spend the night in a REEEEALLY expensive hotel room
42. Play on a playground with a friend at 2:00AM
43. Ride a roller coaster again
44. Learn how to Surf
45. Go Scuba Diving
46. Always strive to be a better human being
47. Always be kind
48. Forgive and Forget
49. See the Nothern Lights
50. Attend The Burning Man Art Festival
51. Speak Less, Listen More
52. Buy a Mountain Bike and ride it regularly
53. Be an extra in a movie
54. Take a Kickboxing class
55. Participate in the La Tomatina Tomato Fight in Spain
56. Run with the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain
X 11/23/06 57. Go to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC
X 5/08 WELL WORTH THE WAIT! 58. Eat something amazing and healthy prepared by Devin Alexander...I don't care what it is, just something.
59. Got to a Red Sox game at Fenway with my little brother
60. Move to Los Angeles
61. Own a NEW Black Mustang Convertible
62. Never Spend New Year's Eve Alone Ever Again
63. Attend The Oscars & The After Parties.
64. Drive a Race Car
I Want To Meet People That Wake Up And Make The Decision Each Day To Be Their Absolute Best That They Can Be!!
My Enemy Space
I have 3 enemies.
Fast Food
Body Fat
Creepy Evil Burger King Dude
View All of My Enemies
I LOVE AND ADORE MUSIC - all types - why deny myself good music by sticking to one genre? My iPod is a mess.
Dumb and Dumber, Princess Bride, Goonies, Say Anything, Tommy Boy, Walk The Line, Grease, Finding Nemo (Shut up Dave Benson- Nemo kicks ass!), Forrest Gump, Hope Floats, Wedding Crashers, The Notebook, 50 First Dates, There's Something About Mary, Old School, Dirty Dancing, Napoleon Dynamite, Rocky and this one......
My Favorites on TV right now are: Entourage, Heroes, The Office, The Biggest Loser, Dexter, House, Weeds, Ellen and 30 Rock.
Can You see me dancin' with Ellen? It was on my life list, I was blessed enough to cross it off!
The picture below is of where Ellen signed my size 52 jeans, they were the jeans I wore at my highest weight of 530 pounds. I've had those who've inspire me along the way sign them for me.
When I started on my weight loss journey I thought that I would have to give up Fast Food forever. This book below showed me how I could prepare all of my favorite fast foods at home and cut out a lot of the calories and fat. I was amazed at how close the healthier versions taste to the real thing.
Devin's NEW Book Out in April!!!
My Dad