fitness

You read that right. I’m officially seeking a fellow fat guy for a long-distance relationship (romance unwanted and unnecessary). Here’s the thing…The Apple Watch has a nifty feature which I know little of. I’m essentially only aware of its existence: Sharing Rings. It’s just another form of accountability and I believe the goal is to add people you know so you’ll have a whole new way to judge your friends. I intend to look into this tomorrow and see if there’s a way to be matched with a similar human walking a similar path....

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a video update, but it seemed appropriate for today. I wanted you to get a look at my red face and sweat soaked hair so you know I put in some work. I haven’t yet watched the video, but I’m pretty sure I didn’t give an explanation of what the 9 round workout is all about; so real quick: There are 9 stations....

Prior to starting this journey, I had quite the Diet Mt. Dew addiction. I gave it up because of all of the horrible things people had told me about the artificial sweetner it uses, Aspartame. There is a lot of misinformation surrounding this substance and plenty of articles (such as this one) that debunk most of it. Still, I can’t help but think that if one must have a fizzy beverage, one sweetened with Stevia is a better choice....

Another week with no dietary screw-ups, and officially hitting 225 makes this week a win. I’m a fan of micro-goals. Even though I have built a taunting progress meter below, my one-step-at-a-time goal always ends in a 5 or a 0. I’m at 225, so my next goal is 220. That’s only 5 micro-goals away from being under 200 lbs for the first time since…Actually, I can’t remember - which means it’s been way too long....

My scale seems to be stuck. I fluctuate between 227 and 228. I’ve been out of the 230’s for long enough that I don’t think I’ll be seeing them again, but I’m really ready to get on the other side of 225. I do think that I’m gaining muscle. After Covid, my lungs were not great. In fact, they weren’t great for months. The slightest bit of exertion (like walking from the bedroom to the kitchen) would have me breathing hard....

As predicted, the weather was good, but still too cold for my daughter to be outdoors, so I settled for a solo walk around the neighborhood. Full disclosure: I’m feeling pretty run down, and I think I know why. I started this journey taking supplements, but I didn’t want to take them on my trip to Spokane and have not yet resumed taking them. I’ll fix that tomorrow. A Note About Keto I feel like I’m setting a bad example....

Today is day one of physical therapy to thaw my frozen shoulder. I’ve never had any sort of PT, so I’m still undecided as to whether or not I need professional guidance, or if this is a problem solved by repeatedly doing some exercises I can see demonstrated on YouTube. I also kept my promise and did a core workout this morning, plus a 2 mile walk (all before 1 p....

Today is February 1st and I’m feeling good about some things: I’m 10lbs down I’ve eat a ketogenic diet since 1/1 I’ve missed ONE day of exercising I have updated this blog daily So what’s next? The same thing, but more of it. I’m calling January “The Stretch”. It was the warm up before the exercise - me trying to get my body accustomed to movement again. I consumed roughly 1,200 calories today....

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....