Half of Phil

I want to update this blog twice a month but have not been very consistent with that. Today I met with my health coach at work. I also updated my weight tracker spread sheet today for the first time since May with Jawbone went off line. I can't download FitBit data on my work network so I had to get it off last night at home. Weight loss has definitely plateaued some this year, but I'm still down 15 lbs for the year. So given all the shit I've had to deal with this year I'll count that as a WIN!!! I am staying on track with walking and going to 9Round. Soccer season is back in full swing so I'm going in the mornings before work again. I've been running on Tue & Thur mornings when I don't go to 9Round. I can do my 2 mile loop in 30ish minutes. My goal is to get to where I run the whole 2 miles, so far I'd say I definitely run more than 1/2 the distance but my periods of walk are getting less each week. Slow and stead progress is my mantra

The story at work for our health page resulted in another story at work for our 'difference makers' cafe.  They asked me for some better photos so I thought I'd share those here.  I've also added the story below, they did a short interview and I thought the story turned out pretty well.  They did leave out that a big part of my illness in Feb 2016 was that my asthma meds weren't covered anymore and would have been $ 800 per month!!!  The pictures below do show a huge change and some days that gets lost to me in my daily grind to make my steps, hit the gym and still not see much weight loss lately. April 2016 July 2018