Archive for January, 2008

Got A Few Extra Pounds You Would Like To Get Rid Of?

Many people have that and a few extra on top of that. Anyone who has ever had a problem with their weight, especially the heavier of us, can look back at the many diet plans we tried over the years and how we felt when we found one that actually helped us lose weight. Whether it was low-carb, low-fat, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig or a host of others, our clothes started fitting better, there was this feeling of. Wow, I'm actually doing this and it' feels good. Remember that feeling of re-gaining your self esteem – feeling more in control? But then after losing a few pounds and feeling cocky about it you gradually started re-introducing those very things that made you fat – and pretty soon, boom!, back to square one – or worse. This forum is about sustainable weight loss and how to achieve it. I want you to have that feeling of control and I want you to like yourself all the time. Don't accept that you are overweight and there is nothing you can do about it. Don't utter those awful words to yourself that kill any chance of a better life "well, I'm fat and that's what I am."

If, like me, you can look back at the many diet plans you tried over the years you may recall how you felt when you found a plan where you actually started losing weight and your clothes started fitting better. There was this feeling of. WOW, I'm actually doing this and it's working. Remember that feeling of re-gaining your self esteem – feeling more in CONTROL? But, then after losing a few pounds and feeling cocky about it you gradually started re-introducing those very things that made you fat – and pretty soon, boom!, back to square one – or worse. This forum is about sustainable weight loss and how to achieve it. I want you to have that feeling of control and I want you to like yourself ALL the time. Don't accept that you are overweight and there is nothing you can do about it. Don't utter those awful words to yourself that kill any chance of a better life "well, I'm fat and that's what I am." Bullcarb!

Thanks to my old friend Kris Strauss (a VERY important man in the Scottsdale Golf Industry – but a nice guy regardless!), who also happens to be the Director of Sales & Marketing for OB Sports, our favorite Golf Course Management Company, (a VERY important position – but he still takes my calls!) for his most generous acknowledgment and support of this venue, and who has graciously offered to share with our readers some VERY nice golf instructional tips from some of the better golf instructors in Arizona – a place that is famous not only for it's magnificent courses but for it's depth of Golf Instruction.

We are fortunate in that OB Sports is headquartered in our backyard at Kierland Commons in Scottsdale (a VERY prestigious address I must say – but despite that, manages to exhibit a VERY down-to-earth management style), something that sets them apart from the others who work in that business. Their portfolio of managed golf operations includes courses all over the country and in Mexico too and even though Kris is a nice guy he still won't let me see the super secret list of new projects on the horizon. However, their courses here in Arizona include some of those on our "must play" list for people coming to Arizona for a golf vacation: Eagle Mountain Golf Club, Longbow Golf Club, The Duke At Rancho Eldorado and WeKoPa Golf Club.

I am having some fun with you here Kris but I know your ego can handle it and I have a personal stake in this operation as well because on May 3rd of 2008, a wedding will take place at Eagle Mountain Golf Club. Ms. Kimberli Nelson, Retail Mgr. for OB Sports (a VERY important position – but she still calls me "dad") will marry my wife's son, Mr. Casey Diebold. Here is the lovely couple at their engagement party All kidding aside I think Casey is a VERY lucky man!

Our Golf Tips come courtesy of OB Sports, a Golf Course Management Co. located just around the corner from me at Kierland Commons in Scottsdale, Arizona and they are a bunch of good guys. They manage several properties in Arizona and they are all outstanding golf venues; Longbow Golf Club, The Duke at Rancho Eldorado, Eagle Mountain Golf Club and WeKoPa Golf Club. Our Golf Tips come from the Pro's at Longbow and Eagle Mountain Golf Academy.

Known formerly as the Platinum Golf Academy, the Eagle Mountain Golf Academy is the premier golf school destination in Arizona. Located at Eagle Mountain Golf Club in Fountain Hills, Arizona, just a par 5 from Scottsdale, the Academy is a great place to get your game in shape. And it doesn't hurt to have a golf school situated at the #1 ranked public course in Arizona in 2006 and 2007.  Director of Instruction, Derek Nannen is widely regarded as one of the nation's top golf instructors and is dedicated to making the game more enjoyable for players of all abilities! His experiences on the PGA TOUR, Nationwide Tour combined with his extensive knowledge of the golf swing will make your private lessons or Golf School packages both educational and fun.

Derek is of the opinion that the driver is the most important club in the bag and I happen to agree with him. Drive for show and putt for dough is still true IF you manage to get on the green in regulation. However, if you start the hole with a tee shot that ends up on the wrong side of the stakes – your putter ain't gonna make you much dough.

Does the first shot on every hole set the tone for your entire round? Derek thinks so and so do I. Hit one down the middle and it gives you the confidence to follow up your next shot with the same good swing thoughts. It's when you skank it into the boonies that doubt starts to creep in – and if you can't find it or it's unplayable then you are really behind the eight ball. Unless you think scrambling on every hole is fun you best learn how to hit the driver correctly.

The Driver is the longest and lightest club in your bag but is the most difficult to hit straight. I know guys that will only use a three-metal off the tee or even an iron and that's not good – those long par 4's and 5's need all the distance you can muster. Derek says that a perfect driver set-up will likely result in a correct swing so check this out:

To set up with the big club:

Feet slightly wider than your shoulders at address with the ball positioned slightly forward, well, shoot -  Derek's the Pro, he can tell you better than I can. See his golf tip in it's entirety here – it's worth the read.

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BELLY FAT! That's right, golf fans, this is the #1 cause of an out to in swing path which is a major contributor resulting in the dreaded slice. Forget open club face, forget angle of attack, forget reverse weight shift, it all boils down to an improper approach to the ball (out to in) and a big belly will cause it every time. It forces the club outside because you can clear your hips but you can't clear your fat gut. The flight of the ball tells all. I am just as guilty as anyone (by the way that's not me in the picture but it could have been just six short months ago). I decided I wanted to be a better player and my golf coach told me point blank I might as well learn to play the slice if I wasn't going to do anything about my weight. Well, my wife and doctor have been telling me this for years but hearing it from my golf pro is a wake up call if I ever heard one!

I asked my doctor if I could try the low carb approach since I read that I could still eat steak, bacon, butter, mayo and some other stuff I could not imagine life without and he said, fine, as long as you can give up alcohol (temporarily, then only in moderation), bread, pasta and keep your fat intake moderate. In other words go ahead but don't think you can eat a pound of bacon for breakfast and three steaks for dinner! Thankfully my doctor is a fan of low carb and knows enough about it (he read the books!) so that he doesn't go off like the low fat crowd does, making people think that what Dr. Atkins advocates during the induction phase of his program is what he advocates eating forever. Of course he wants you to eat vegetables, of course he wants you to eat fruit, what moron would say otherwise? Just NOT in the induction phase of his plan which is the first two weeks to get you jump-started on the program. Dr. Atkins was a respected heart surgeon and he developed this program to get his overweight patients ready for heart surgery and the faster he could get the weight off the better their chances were of coming out of the surgery in good shape. (more…)

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