12-15-2015, 07:27 AM
Today is technically the beginning of Day 6. I am playing the Ultrasonic's over night, every night, but am having a real hard time sleeping. It feels like I am waking up several times per hour and so I feel tired all day.
A few updates...while I don't necessarily feel different in my mindset day-to-day, yet, I have made some small progress on my goals.
Fatitude - So my starting weight was 200.2lbs. Not terribly fat, though I am short, at about 5'8" and the extra weight seems to be all in my belly so it looks bad. I am down about 4.5 lbs. These are likely the fast gains that many experience the first week or two. I am predominantly watching my portion sizes right now, no seconds or thirds, and being sensible regarding junk food. I went walking/jogging on Saturday (day 3) and will go again today. I jogged about five minutes and walked briskly the rest of the way which was 16 minutes and I also did 10 minutes on a Stationary bike. Today I wlll aim to up the jogging portion to a minimum of 6 minutes, and exceed that if I feel ok. In between I did an upper body workout on Friday, similar to the Body for Life plan in structure. Yesterday I was sore so I took the day off. Today, feeling kinda weak in the legs still but I don't want to miss two days in a row.
Writing - I'm still having resistance. One of the issues is that I check in with a couple writer's boards and reddits and the story is almost overwhelmingly how difficult it is now to get traction and make some money. Then I start the "why, bother?" talk in my mind. My quantifiable goal is to release two novels in the next six months. Quarterly is a decent pace, I think.
My Possessions - Oh how they possess me. I was lamenting this morning that I don't think I've been organized for more than a couple days at a time in my entire life. It's always been a battle. I setting an hour today to go through paper and stuff in my office. I have about a month to clean up as I scheduled a Vietnam Veterans Association donation pickup for January 13 (soonest I could get them out here).
Fappage - sigh...the bane of my existence. Unfortunately, the clock started over again, yesterday.
I will check in every few days. I think checking in every day to say "hey I lost 2 ounces and threw out my childhood underoos" does not make exciting reading.
A few updates...while I don't necessarily feel different in my mindset day-to-day, yet, I have made some small progress on my goals.
Fatitude - So my starting weight was 200.2lbs. Not terribly fat, though I am short, at about 5'8" and the extra weight seems to be all in my belly so it looks bad. I am down about 4.5 lbs. These are likely the fast gains that many experience the first week or two. I am predominantly watching my portion sizes right now, no seconds or thirds, and being sensible regarding junk food. I went walking/jogging on Saturday (day 3) and will go again today. I jogged about five minutes and walked briskly the rest of the way which was 16 minutes and I also did 10 minutes on a Stationary bike. Today I wlll aim to up the jogging portion to a minimum of 6 minutes, and exceed that if I feel ok. In between I did an upper body workout on Friday, similar to the Body for Life plan in structure. Yesterday I was sore so I took the day off. Today, feeling kinda weak in the legs still but I don't want to miss two days in a row.
Writing - I'm still having resistance. One of the issues is that I check in with a couple writer's boards and reddits and the story is almost overwhelmingly how difficult it is now to get traction and make some money. Then I start the "why, bother?" talk in my mind. My quantifiable goal is to release two novels in the next six months. Quarterly is a decent pace, I think.
My Possessions - Oh how they possess me. I was lamenting this morning that I don't think I've been organized for more than a couple days at a time in my entire life. It's always been a battle. I setting an hour today to go through paper and stuff in my office. I have about a month to clean up as I scheduled a Vietnam Veterans Association donation pickup for January 13 (soonest I could get them out here).
Fappage - sigh...the bane of my existence. Unfortunately, the clock started over again, yesterday.
I will check in every few days. I think checking in every day to say "hey I lost 2 ounces and threw out my childhood underoos" does not make exciting reading.
