Fat Man Walking
This is about an interesting real-life story of a man, who decided that he would walk to lose weight. Steve Waught was weighing in 410 pounds and he became sick of this life where he was immobile for most part. So, he decided he is going to lose weight and guess what he did? He decided to walk across the country from San Diego to New York City. Something like what we saw Tom Hanks do in Forrest Gump, except that the person in question here had some valid motive behind it.
It was yday that he reached New York City and that would mean that he has covered a distance of 2800 miles. The results have been awesome to say the least. The news report I was watching on TV said sometime 3 weeks before that his weight then was 270 lbs, which is an amazing 140 lbs lower than what he weighed before. But the only downside has been the time it has taken for him to do this - It has taken him more than 13 months to accomplish this feat. He started on the 10th of April last year and he finished it yday. His original plan was to finish it in 6 months but obviously it has taken him more time than that. Apart from a knee injury that he suffered into the walk, after about 5 weeks, he decided not to rush things up and instead of just walking across the country, he decided to explore the people and places during the course of the walk.
He even has a website to track this historic walk of his. This FAQ page in his site has answers to all your questions. Apart from the apparent benefit of this walk helping him shed loads of weight, he is bound to get richer after this walk. Bcos I am sure he is going to be pounded by just about every channel in cable news for interviews. Who knows, he may even write a book to share his experiences.
When I read about this story, it immediately had my brain cells thinking as to whether I can emulate this person on my own scale. Sure, I need to lose some weight and so I thought why not do something like this, on a much reduced scale though. Say, walk from Seattle to Portland, which is roughly 175 miles apart. But the problem here is the amount of time involved. Now-a-days, I walk around 7 miles a day, which takes me close to 2 hours to do it. So, if I were walk all day long, I would probably cover 30 miles a day, which would mean 6 days to walk from Seattle to Portland. Since that is something that I can not afford, I dropped the idea. (I was seriously considering this for a few minutes :))
Anyway, be ready to see this person more often in the TV shows in the coming days. He has already had a huge fan base going for him and many of them even walked with him in patches during his epic journey. Check out the journal page of his web site where he wrote regularly during the trip. It has accounts of some very interesting experiences.
It was yday that he reached New York City and that would mean that he has covered a distance of 2800 miles. The results have been awesome to say the least. The news report I was watching on TV said sometime 3 weeks before that his weight then was 270 lbs, which is an amazing 140 lbs lower than what he weighed before. But the only downside has been the time it has taken for him to do this - It has taken him more than 13 months to accomplish this feat. He started on the 10th of April last year and he finished it yday. His original plan was to finish it in 6 months but obviously it has taken him more time than that. Apart from a knee injury that he suffered into the walk, after about 5 weeks, he decided not to rush things up and instead of just walking across the country, he decided to explore the people and places during the course of the walk.
He even has a website to track this historic walk of his. This FAQ page in his site has answers to all your questions. Apart from the apparent benefit of this walk helping him shed loads of weight, he is bound to get richer after this walk. Bcos I am sure he is going to be pounded by just about every channel in cable news for interviews. Who knows, he may even write a book to share his experiences.
When I read about this story, it immediately had my brain cells thinking as to whether I can emulate this person on my own scale. Sure, I need to lose some weight and so I thought why not do something like this, on a much reduced scale though. Say, walk from Seattle to Portland, which is roughly 175 miles apart. But the problem here is the amount of time involved. Now-a-days, I walk around 7 miles a day, which takes me close to 2 hours to do it. So, if I were walk all day long, I would probably cover 30 miles a day, which would mean 6 days to walk from Seattle to Portland. Since that is something that I can not afford, I dropped the idea. (I was seriously considering this for a few minutes :))
Anyway, be ready to see this person more often in the TV shows in the coming days. He has already had a huge fan base going for him and many of them even walked with him in patches during his epic journey. Check out the journal page of his web site where he wrote regularly during the trip. It has accounts of some very interesting experiences.
posted by Filbert at 3:44 PM
3 Comments:
All the best filbert....Parthu ajith mathiri overa slim ayidatheenga
Aanaalum Bharani, neenga ippadi ennaiya sabikka koodaathu :) Oru nimisham namma Ajith-a neniachu paarthaa, vaazhkkaiyila slim aaganum-ngra aasaiye poyidudhu
That might become true Prasanna. Bcos walking does not exert you as much as gym excercises do. We need to wait & see what his future plans are.
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