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....
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....
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....
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....
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....