Today was test workout day. I had no idea what my limitations would be, but I wanted to figure that out before February 1st (tomorrow). I decided to split things up. It’s still cold out, but I wanted to do once around the loop (1 mile) before I tried the Fitness+ workout. After my walk, I had only a few minutes before Brook got off work so I thought I’d better do the 10 minute workout instead of the 20…what a joke....

One of my mentors (who also happens to be my brother) often reminds his students of Earl Nightingale’s definition of success: Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal or goal. With that definition in mind, today was a success. I did make progress. The scale finally showed that gravity’s grip on me had relaxed a bit, BUT…I ran into an issue. I knew it was cold, so I geared up before my walk: a sweater, work gloves, heavy coat, beanie over the ears…but with a wind chill of -32F, none of it mattered....

Brook. That’s who won. I would tell you how proud I am of her, how good she looks, and how she deserved that victory, but she wouldn’t want me to say any of that stuff, so I’ll just say… YOU GOT LUCKY WATSON! The victor’s dinner: Steak topped with crab and a (made from scratch) Béarnaise sauce, asparagus, and a cheesy cauliflower rice. February will be a different story. I’m currently working on my master plan to amp up my progress....

Today did not go as planned. I think I got most of my 2 mile walk in today, but I can’t be certain since I didn’t record it. Even though I don’t feel successful today, I at least did not screw up my eating (which I actually did very little of). Tomorrow is the weigh-in with Brook. Neither of us feel confident, but she’s looking a little thinner to me, so I think she secretly knows she’s won the contest....

Important Disclaimer: I am neither a doctor, a physicist, nor a mechanic…but I have something to say. There’s a grim reality I have to face soon, but I’ll get to that in a moment. First, I’d like to remind everyone that physics trumps everything. It governs everything that moves or sits still. It out ranks genetics. I say this because there are gravitationally challenged (trying to be less offensive as some are sensitive to the word “fat”) people who have beliefs such as:...

I’ve often thought about how easy it is for us to get food. I mean, I’m not that old, but I remember my grandmother telling me stories of growing and raising their own food. In 1920’s eastern Kentucky, that was the way. You had to burn a lot of calories just get calories to burn. Not so these days. I’m grateful for the access, but it’s not the best for my physique....

Greetings from Spokane! I decided to do a video update for today’s post, but I do have a quick preamble… Many exciting things happened today as far as the work conference goes, but the highlight was a quick dinner with my brother, Ray. He suffers from Parkinson’s disease and recently underwent a procedure called Deep Brain Stimulation, so now he suffers less…much less. It was wonderful to enjoy a walk with him to and from dinner, which would not have been possible earlier this month....

I snapped a potential cover photo through the window of the conference room, but opted not to use it due to the reflection in the glass. Instead I used Dall-e-2’s stable diffusion to generate some digital art of downtown Spokane. I’ll put my inferior photo below. That’s as close as I got to being outside today. I don’t have a vehicle and didn’t bring anything warm, so I didn’t set foot outside....

Typically, I’d be more likely to use a hotel’s wall-mounted hair dryer than their fitness center. Tonight that had to change. It was either jump on one of these machines, or break my daily exercise streak. I chose the machine called the Zero Runner (because that is precisely how much I like to run… Zero). This thing had me sweating in under five minutes. I lasted just over 20 minutes (1....

I’m currently in Salt Lake City waiting to board my flight for Spokane. My wonderful, new water bottle that Eliana bought me is back in Billings where I stupidly left it. 😠 I am able to use the app that came with it though, just manually adding whatever I consume. Obviously I couldn’t travel with my protein shakes, and didn’t want to try to bring 5 nights worth of keto stuff with me, so I’m dealing with airport food today....