At work on Friday, Cassens automobile salesman Steve Lane was simply shy of seven miles walked with three hours left to go in his shift.
On Thursday, he walked over 11 miles (slightly below 24,000 steps) all through the day.
This was nothing new for Lane, who has misplaced almost 100 kilos by altering his food regimen and strolling at work and residential.
It began in December of 2019 when Lane was instructed he was diabetic. On the time, he weighed 290 kilos.
Lane made the choice to go on a food regimen. He minimize out junk and quick meals totally, and went over a yr with out consuming bread, white rice or pasta. As a substitute, he switched to a low carbohydrate food regimen consisting of entire grains, quinoa and meat.
By doing that, he misplaced 25 kilos within the first couple of months.
His food regimen was so strict throughout the course of, that he remembers the primary time he ate a bun. It was a turkey burger and it broke a 14-month streak of no bread.
Then, COVID pressured Cassens to ship staff house for six weeks, so Lane began actively strolling.
“I acquired bored with sitting at house and searching on the canine,” Lane mentioned. “So, I began strolling. It grew to become an dependancy.”
When Cassens returned staff to the workplace after six weeks, his coworkers had been shocked by the progress Lane had made. Now, former clients of Lane don’t acknowledge him.
At work, Lane actively walks across the automobile lot throughout downtime in his shift. He says the lot, which is situated on Route 159 in Glen Carbon, is four-tenths of a mile.
Lane units a aim every day of 15,000 steps, which he mentioned he simply tops. On a median day, he actively walks over eight miles. The opposite few miles are his day-after-day steps at work or house.
“I’m lucky to work at Cassens and fortunate to have the help,” Lane mentioned.
The help is well-deserved, as Lane is Cassens longest tenured salesperson. September will mark 20 years with the corporate.
At 54 years previous, Lane not too long ago weighed in at slightly below 200 kilos.
“I didn’t anticipate to get so hooked on strolling,” Lane mentioned. “I’ve anxiousness on days I can’t stroll since I do every thing outdoors.”
When this final snowstorm hit Edwardsville, it pressured Lane to overlook his first day of strolling in almost a yr.
“I simply have a worry of getting heavy once more,” Lane mentioned. “I really feel responsible if I don’t get it achieved.”
Relying on his work schedule, Lane likes to stroll 5 miles as shortly as he can at Cassens. The times he’s working a later shift, he walks throughout the night time downtime. If he will get off early within the night, he goes house to proceed the strolling together with his canine.
Strolling is such part of Lane’s life that he goes by means of a brand new pair of tennis footwear each couple of months. There are stacks of brand-new trying footwear which are worn out on the within. At present, Lane and his spouse are attempting to determine a strategy to donate the used footwear.
Lane was a PGA golf assistant at Sundown Hills Nation Membership in Edwardsville and Arlington Greens Golf Course in Granite Metropolis from 1992-2002. Though he doesn’t keep energetic with golf anymore due to limitations from his shoulders, Lane is an avid fisherman.
In reality, Lane doesn’t wish to get shoulder surgical procedures achieved as a result of it’ll intervene together with his fishing.
As a routine-based particular person, Lane finds it straightforward to eat the identical factor day-after-day. At work, the one consuming out he does is from Qdoba or Loopy Bowls and Wraps in Edwardsville.
“Everyone knows what it takes to train and eat higher,” Lane mentioned. “To me, your thoughts is a strong factor. If making a decision to cease one thing, not less than for me, I can try this.”
