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For four seasons with the the University of Houston Cougars and eight seasons in the NFL with the New England Patriots, Sebastian Vollmer weighed in at well-over 300 pounds. It was just something he had to do to be the kind of offensive lineman that made him a member of the New England Patriots’ All-Dynasty Team.
However, after retiring from the NFL at the age of 32, it was no longer necessary for Sebastian Vollmer to be that heavy. In fact, it was becoming a significant detriment to his health. Gone were the days of force-feeding himself breakfast sandwiches, shakes, olive oil and whatever else would help him reach his team-mandated target weight.
According to The Athletic, all that weight put pressure on his hips and knees. He even struggled to make it up and down the stairs in his home.
With a child on the way, Vollmer decided it was time to drop some of that excess weight. So, utilizing the same discipline that helped him keep on all of those pounds during his playing days, he created a plan to lose it.
Using the same mindset and type of structure that he had as a player, he set a goal and came up with ways to keep up his motivation. “Working on something and having a goal, it’s about just trying to keep that momentum. Having the goals, but then doing it right away,” he said.
When he started, he weighed 320 pounds. His goal was to lose 10 pounds in five weeks. Rather than focusing on losing dozens of pounds, Vollmer said setting several smaller goals – two pounds per week – made it easier. He also utilized sticky notes that he would post on his mirror and laid out his clothes each night for the next morning before going to bed.
“There’s literally no excuses, so it becomes easier,” he said. “I find if I don’t do that, if I let it slide, then my kids wake up, then I get an email, or a phone call, and then it’s just this or that. All the well-intentioned plans, I notice I don’t follow through most of the time, then. Or it becomes a quick workout, and not as intense.”
Today, Sebastian Vollmer, who works as a TV analyst for the German broadcaster RTL (he was born and raised in Germany, so he is much better at speaking German than his former teammate Tom Brady), uses the Notes app on his phone instead of sticky notes to help him stay on track. That way, he says it makes him feel like he has “to cross things off” the list and nothing will slip his mind.
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