Half of Phil

We had Spring in late winter and we've had winter in early spring!!  Go figure, the weather has been absolutely crazy the last few weeks. I've stuck with my exercise program well except for this week.  9round 4 times a week with at least 15k in steps and then the other 3 days running 2 miles and at least 17k steps.  Weight loss is definitely plateaued, but I'm feeling better and clothes are fitting better.  I bought a pair of size 44 jeans a few weeks ago! The running is getting better and I've stretched my distance to keep running, ok jogging, longer and now it's definitely 3/4 running and 1/4 walking time wise.  I've got it routinely down to right at 30 minutes. My initial up tracker finally died, so I've had to go to a backup I ordered a few months ago.  I was able to get it to calibrate so my times and distances are more accurate now, I admit I liked the old one told me I was going faster and further than reality!  Ha. I took my son down to the U

We head to my son's spring Soccer Tourney today.  So it kinda feels like the 2 year anniversary of this new journey, even though it's about 6 weeks away.  They are going to a different tourney this year in Charleston. I'm back on track with 9Round and have been running some the last 2 weeks.  I'm averaging about 13 min per mile when I run my 2 mile loop.  I'd estimate I'm running at least 2/3rds of the distance now. My son made the soccer team last week so that is very exciting.  He's worked hard to get into better shape and be in the position to make it.  It'll be an exciting but hectic couple months. I need to do some more pics, but I think  I'll save that for my 2 year anniversary post. I'm excited to be headed to Arizona in a few weeks.  It's been a interesting first few months of 2018.  About forgot that we are reviving our CAD-Que bbq comp team, to compete in the first annual Harrisburg BBQ contest.  It should be a fun event.

I've not really kept up with my blogging well, but I've stayed on track with my workouts for the most part. Taking a week for my back to heal was definitely the right call with 9Round.  I went back the next week and the first few times were tough after missing the time I did. Just as I was getting back on track I had to miss another chunk when I went to Murphy to clean out Mom's house.  It was several long days of hard work.  I am confident that I'd never have been able to do what I did a couple years ago before beginning this journey.  I may be in better shape than I was in my teens and early 20s but I'm definitely not nearly as strong as I was back then!!! I had hit a plateau with weight loss at the end of the year and in January, but it started to come off the last few weeks.  I'm really not doing anything different, it's just started to come off.  I'm down 146 lbs overall.  I now weigh less than I did in the 8th grade.  For Christmas I'