Fitness

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:...

Cover photo taken while walking back from dinner with Ray. Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA 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 1 disease and recently underwent a procedure called Deep Brain Stimulation, soe now he suffers less…much less....

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....

To my knowledge, I have about 4 regular readers of my daily ramblings: Brook Lynn My daughter, Eliana Grace My mom, Molinda Brook’s mom, Tina It’s been encouraging to get some feedback and interest in what I’m doing, especially from my kiddo. It’s not always easy for dads and daughters to maintain a good relationship in the teen years. We live in different worlds, but we’ve managed to stay close (even though I’m sure she doesn’t tell me everything that she has going on....

I’m getting settled into somewhat of an eating routine, so I thought I’d give you some examples of the things I’m consuming on a regular basis. I’ve been starting the day with a low-carb protein shake within the first two hours of waking up. After that, a small afternoon snack (e.g. a couple of pieces of celery with some low-carb dip). If I’m hungry before dinner I’ll have a second shake, but that’s usually not the case....

I’ve been lamenting the inevitable Montana winter weather and the fact that it will require a new plan for exercise. I decided to try Apple Fitness+ for a month and see if I get any benefit from it. I had planned to try it today, but the weather was nice and my daughter was willing to take a walk with me - no need for more time indoors. Work and family have me traveling to Spokane next week (Sunday - Saturday) and I have to be sure to get my daily exercise and stick to my diet....