{"id":782,"date":"2008-07-24T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2008-07-24T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/speed-bumps-in-my-weight-loss-journey\/"},"modified":"2008-07-24T13:00:30","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T18:00:30","slug":"speed-bumps-in-my-weight-loss-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/speed-bumps-in-my-weight-loss-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Bumps in my Weight Loss Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p>Because of my recent success on the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/congratulations-bernie-biggest-losers-at-home-winner\/\" title=\"biggest loser\" target=\"_blank\">Biggest Loser<\/a>\u201d I have had many wonderful opportunities to share my story with others. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/bernie-biggest-loser-finale.JPG\" title=\"bernie biggest loser\" alt=\"bernie biggest loser\" align=\"right\" height=\"240\" width=\"359\" \/>It is my hope that sharing my journey will not only inspire others to lead healthier lives, but realize that anything is possible given a clear goal and hard work.\u00a0 I have shared my journey with audiences across this great country from Los Angeles to New York. \u00a0I am honored that I am able to share my story with so many people, however I am quickly finding that the more I\u2019m on the road the harder it is to maintain a workout and diet routine.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things that I speak about when sharing my story is the importance of taking \u201cME\u201d time, no matter how busy you find yourself. However, given my hectic schedule and the amount of traveling I have been doing lately, I am quickly finding out that setting aside \u201cME\u201d time is easier said than done. Yesterday, for example, I found myself at a Children\u2019s Health and Nutrition Expo in Philadelphia and although I managed to eat healthy by packing snacks and ordering smart, I wasn\u2019t able to make it to a gym or go for a run.<\/p>\n<p>At first, I was really disappointed then I realized that feeling guilty about missing a workout was something the \u201cOld Bernie\u201d would have done.\u00a0 Instead of viewing my missed workout as a failure I am choosing to use it as an opportunity to share with everyone the fact that just like many of you I am still figuring this out as I go, and am in fact experiencing some speed bumps along the way. I\u2019ve come to the conclusion that I alone define \u201cME\u201d time and that the most important thing is that during these rough patches I take time to reflect on my successes and use them to fuel my journey and not allow the occasional bumps to slow me down.<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because of my recent success on the \u201cBiggest Loser\u201d I have had many wonderful opportunities to share my story with others. It is my hope that sharing my journey will not only inspire others to lead healthier lives, but realize &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/speed-bumps-in-my-weight-loss-journey\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[88,7863,8,3677,8315],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-bernie-salazar","tag-best-fitness","tag-biggest-loser","tag-diet-tv","tag-nutrition-expo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}