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Not the type of week that I wanted to finish this first phase on. In regards to the many days of indulgence I had this week, one friend said 'It's your Birfday week, those things happen' and happen they did. After a few days of eating what I wanted and more cake and Ice cream than I care to admit I feel like garbage physically. The difference between eating freely and eating properly is stark and I am feeling it in almost every aspect of my life. I am absolutely ready to get back to my greens-heavy, protein laden meals with healthy complex carbs and minimal sugars. I am also ready to get back to they gym and sweat out some of the past week. So this week marks the end of my first 6 week goal phase and I think I will be switching things up a bit going forward. I am still not sure exactly how, but I feel like changes will be coming in my posts and tracking. I do have a couple new goals that I want to focus on for the next little while and one has a hard deadline of almost ex

Hey everyone! Another week in the books and one more to go for my initial goals I set for myself. Next week I will be changing up my goals and providing one last update on the process and discoveries and hopefully changes I have noticed. Next week I will also do a quick recap of the points I have shared as well as another progress picture. Today as I have been pondering what I have wanted to share it occurred to me that these changes can be stressful and tough and not so much fun when you constantly see advertisements for sweets, juicy hamburgers, and all sorts of other delicious looking things that might try to get in the way of your goals. So how do you keep from getting down and giving up? I have noticed that the days or weeks that I am not doing so well or feeling as dedicated I am not trying to make the process fun. So let's look at that: 1. Have fun Whether you are just getting active or trying to improve your run time a little bit or just trying to eat better there are

This was a doozy of a week. I post about being persistent, then I have almost a whole week of under-performing and overindulging. I was not nearly as diligent as I have been in weeks past. I ate fast food, I had sweets, I became lackadaisical about tracking my caloric intake, and I think worst of all I only made it to the gym two (2) times this week. To me that felt like the biggest let down or failure. On the days I did make it I found myself devoid of energy and with non-existent endurance. Overall I would say that this week was humbling and eye-opening; it was SO easy to let good efforts fall apart. Thank goodness for the people in my life who are acting as my accountability partners, and thank goodness for this blog, which acts as an additional partner. Just knowing I was going to have to write this week and talk about all of the shortcomings I had this week was weighing on me. Fortunately, despite all of the negativity I am feeling about myself and my performance, I also found it

One month complete! This feels like a major accomplishment for me. I have drastically changed some of my biggest challenge areas: Eating and being active. Over the past couple years my activity levels had diminished and the amount of food I was eating (or at least retaining) was rising. I feel like I have become much more aware of how my habits have been affecting my body and overall health, and also more subtle areas of my life like my energy levels, sleep quality, etc... I still have a long way to go, but I feel like I have hit a solid milestone on my journey. that begin said, here are two more things I have learned or am learning since beginning this project of change: 1.Manage Your Expectations . This one I am still learning and just got another dose of this medicine today when I took my one month measurements and my biceps hadn't grown by four inches. When making changes in life it will seem like you are making big strides, and you probably are. Sometimes the scale and the

Week three is in the books. Lots of changes have begun to take shape. I am noticing differences physically and emotionally. I feel full much faster than I did before beginning this lifestyle change and I feel lighter, meaning I don't feel weighed down by what I've eaten. I believe a lot of that is due to quantities, but also nutrient content of the foods I consume. I also am getting over the changing pains emotionally and I find myself less crabby (most of the time) and in a better mood overall. I did give myself two small breaks this week; once early in the week, and the other today. I allowed myself to have a kiss-shaped rice crispy treat which is coated in chocolate (my mother in-law makes them every year around Valentine's Day) and I had a small Turtle this afternoon. I say break and not mistakes because they were intentional and not me simply giving into the craving. Everything I have read goes over the need for small indulgences here and there for sanity (and some s

Oh. My. Goodness. This week was HARD! I definitely had some walls that I hit. I think it was right around Tuesday or Wednesday (10 days in) All the sweets and breaded goods sounded SO good. Doughnuts, Cake, Waffles, Cookies. My brain would think of nothing else. Fortunately I am fairly stubborn and refused to give in, even when my wife told me to have just one cookie, just to satiate the craving. I think her telling me to cave just a little, even though I know she meant well, gave me enough of a boost of stubbornness and spite to push through. Other than the cravings I hit some other walls. I was tired, ALL THE TIME. I felt like no matter what sleep I got, I couldn't get refreshed. But there wasn't much I could do for that so I kept on normally for the rest of the week and by the end of it the fatigue had mostly passed as my body adapted. I was also an emotional monster. I was fine one minute then a cranky animal the next, then I would get super sad for no recognizable r