DECA/Welcome

Welcome!!

The Deca Century Club is about noticing the amazing improvements a person enjoys as he/she sticks with a massive commitment.  Perhaps one doesn't have to walk 1000 miles (10 x 100 miles... Deca Century), but that is certainly one way to enter the club.  

The DECA part is fundamentally different from the rest of the FRED Super-acronym for 2 reasons: 

1) Whereas the other acronyms are about identifying the best strategies, the DECA acronym is about identifying the best benefits.  

2) Whereas each letter of the other acronym is a unique concept, the DECA acronym is essentially the same idea viewed from different perspectives.  Just as the terms love, honor, and cherish are used together even though they have similar meanings, the DECA acronym is 4 words that have similar meanings.  The idea is to highlight the benefits and make it easier to remember why we are committed to our resolutions. 

DECA = Deity, Education, Communication, & Alchemy

Results will certainly vary, but many people experience the following benefits as they stick with similar resolutions: 

Deity

                We often feel closer to what we think of as "the creator" and the entire world as we stick with our worthwhile resolutions. 

 

Education / Enlightenment

                Before enlightenment carry water, cut wood.  After enlightenment carry water, cut wood.           

                To educe, to draw out, to develop from within. 

Communication

                We feel like we can understand, tolerate, appreciate, and even love others more.  We can look past their errors, and we ignore them attacking ours.  In many cases when we feel as if we are achieving worthy objectives we feel as if we are immune to negativity.  We inherently understand what it means to "never mind what haters say, ignore them until they fade away".  

Alchemy

                We feel like we can create.  It’s like a synergy where 1 + 1 = more than 2.  It’s like we get more energy, more resources, more time, more quality of life, and somehow even more time.  

The DECA Contest is about identifying the best benefits of bodybuilding contest.  

Again, the DECA acronym is essentially about exploring the same concept from different perspectives.  The Deity is connected to Education and Enlightenment, just as it is connected to Communication and Alchemy.  When we say that following through on our resolutions makes us feel better our words often get in the way of our meanings.  We may talk about things like losing weight, gaining muscle, becoming more productive, etc. but we are really talking about a form of magic.         

DECA/Communication, Caring, Coping

 DECA/Communication, Caring, Coping

DECA/Deity

 DECA/Deity

DECA Century Club Contest

The DECA Century Contest is perhaps the most simple yet effective contest in the history of the civilization.  

        Have you ever felt like you wanted to improve the quality of your life?  Have you ever felt like you wanted to lose weight, feel better about yourself, be more productive, be healthier, think more clearly, etc.?  Well, the DECA Century Club gives you all of that and much more.  

      Something seemingly magical happens when we join the DECA Century Club.  It's like we tap into a natural spring of energy and the universe somehow opens up to us.  We find ourselves losing weight, gaining strength, endurance, flexibility, etc.  We feel better about ourselves.  We become more productive at work.  We make fewer errors.  We either spend less money, and or we get more value out of the money that we spend.  Our relationships work better.  We feel more popular.  We like ourselves more...   

   From Forest Gump to religious texts, people have alluded to the magic of the DECA Century Club throughout history.  There is just something magical that happens when we walk and or run 1000 miles.  

    Magic?  Let’s start by considering the math with regards to losing weight.  In many cases we start an exercise routine and then simply ignore the caloric equation.  We "do a bunch of exercising" and then we go and "reward ourselves with a big meal".  Well, if we workout for an hour we might burn as much as 600 calories.  Unfortunately, many "binge-out-reward-meals" can be much higher than 2000 calories.  

    Walking 1 mile burns about 100 calories.  One pound of fat is 3500 calories.  So, if we keep our calories constant when we join the DECA Century Club, we will lose a bunch of fat.  

100 (calories) x 1000 (miles) = 100,000 / 3500 (calories per pound) = about 30 pounds.  

    Losing 30 pounds is magical.  This starts to cause many other benefits.

  

 

 

 

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