Fatty Cake Make It Shake

My 'Birfday week' has essentially turned into two. I feel like I accidentally slipped into a rut last week and haven't climbed out. I am not eating nearly the way I was, and my gym attendance has tanked. To make matters worse, one of my accountability partners has been away on business/ preoccupied with familial responsibilities and the other lives with me and we can sway each other for bad just as easily as for good and this week we were equally swayed away from the gym. So what now? Is this it after only two months? Is this project over? Nope. This is just another challenge to overcome. This presents a new aspect of the lifestyle change: the rut or burnout, or Life Alert moment if you will. Like so many geriatric actors form the TV infomercials I have fallen and I can't seem to get up. Physically there are challenges present, but mostly, this change feels very mental/ emotional. So here's how I plan on addressing each of those issues: Physical Li

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