You've all heard of Jared, the Subway guy. He was 425 pounds by the time he reached his freshman year in college. He was miserable. He would eat an average of 10,000 calories a day which is about 8,000 more than recommended. Every night around midnight, Jared would order a Meat Lover's Pizza from Pizza Hut and a big gulp of soda and finish off both with no crumbs or slurps left. You can only imagine what he ate for a regular meal, not just a midnight snack! Finally, following many humiliating and eye-opening experiences, Jared knew it was time to do something.
After a lot of discouragement trying fad diet and fat diet, he decided to buckle down and adapt a healthy lifestyle- not a temporary diet. He cut down his caloric intake to about 1,8000 calories a day which consisted of a cup of coffee for breakfast, a 6-inch turkey sub from Subway with a bag of baked potato chips and a diet soda for lunch, and a 6-inch veggie delight sub from Subway with the same side dishes, chips and diet soda. After 11 months of this, he lost 254 pounds.
Jared eventually started walking to class instead of taking the bus. He would hike up the 11 flights of stairs to his first class on campus, instead of taking the elevator. After the 11 flights, he looked like he had just jumped into a swimming pool he was so drenched in sweat. He also started playing tennis and finally got into the dating scene.
This is not a weight loss or Subway diet blog post. This is a post about how making healthy decisions everyday will not only be good for our health, but will help us feel better as a whole. Jared did not go to the gym and excessively exercise two times a day, but incorporated physical activity throughout his day. He did not wash a head of cabbage before leaving in the morning and nibble at it whenever he felt hungry, but ate normal healthy foods that gave him all the nutrients he needed. Jared's whole life changed for the better and he did it by making one healthy choice at a time!
If you'd like to read the book, it is called "Jared, the Subway Guy. Winning Through Losing: 13 Lessons for Turning Your Life Around" by Jared Fogle with Anthony Bruno.
