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....

I know it’s a stupid milestone, but I’ve been stuck at 227 and change for weeks now. Today I clocked in at 225.6. Stupid…but motivating. The teens are not far away and I plan for those to go a little quicker. I mentioned that I thought I had some muscle gain, and yesterday I had evidence as I had to fight with my jeans to get them over my calves. Sadly, my legs are the only thing that have really gotten a workout, but that will be changing soon…I think....

Disclosure: I’m not the man in the picture. 1 I posted yesterday about joining a gym, but after researching 2 of the 3 available in my area (within a few miles from my house), I decided to take a pass. Planet Fitness requires you to provide them with a bank account number, not just a debit card. I worked for a large bank for a while and learned the difficulty of canceling an ACH transfer....

The dog in the cover photo does not exist. 1 It’s just something made to resemble a dog. The more you look at it, the more you realize its shortcomings. It’s a poor facsimile of the real thing…Which leads me to another poor facsimile; another thing that doesn’t exist: Keto bread that tastes like actual bread. At least, there is none that I’ve found. Here in Billings, shopping options are limited....

My daily walk has become routine. Routines are good for me (positive ones, anyway), so I’m trying to intentionally build some new ones. I’m not organized by nature, but these days that’s okay. There are simply too many tools available to make excuses. I know for some people, organization, strict schedules, and routines come naturally. Not so for me (and many like me). For me, I have to have a system in place....

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 promised, back on the daily supplements plus one men’s multi-vitamin. Tomorrow, I’ll not only be starting my day with a good amount of capsules filled with all natural things that I don’t understand the scientific benefits of, but I’ll also start with some sort of heart revving cardio workout from the Fitness+ app. I remember seeing a documentary on Nova a few years ago about these Australian (maybe?) doctors (I think) who claimed that a morning sprint (not run… sprint …as fast as you can) could be more beneficial than a gym membership....

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....

As predicted, the weather was good, but still to 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 did not go as planned, but I’ll spare you most of my complaining and just hit the highlights Due to technical issues, work tasks took longer than normal My walk was too short For some reason I chose to wear some sort of mesh fabric dress shoe on a winter walk in Montana I did not do my core exercises So, there’s the bad stuff…BUT - I didn’t screw up my eating....