Half of Phil

We've stayed busy the last few weeks. I've stayed the course well with activity.  And did pretty well with my intake over turkey day. We went up to my moms, and had a good trip.  My son  and I saw a buck but he was running so we didn't get a good look at him.  We got to see Murphy win in the playoffs,it's kinda thanksgiving tradition.  I did miss the game when I was 16 and wrecked my grandpas truck getting to the game.  (By the way even if the guy is waving a flag for you to go watch for speeding Lincoln towncars) For our November step challenge st work I came in 2nd place, So far I'm in first for the December one.  I've made my step goal every day since I set it back in late August. I've been going to 9round for a few weeks now. Things there are getting easier in some aspects and harder in others because I can do more things there's less modifications for me to the routines.  Generally I leave wore slap out,  which is the point I rec...

Short update this week, but I wanted to get back to updating more often. Biggest update is that I've started doing 9Round with my son.  It is a challenge to say the least and I leave out sore most of the time.  The next morning is killer.  I'm sure that is why folks that do CrossFit, F3 and other programs on a regular basis talk about it non stop because the pain don't quit man.  I suppose it'll get better. The owner of the one I go to used to be big so he understands what I literally can't do and modifies the routines for me.  It's good to get back to working out, we've been 6 times now. With going out of town we'll miss most of this week but went Mon and Tue already. I'm hopeful it'll help my son with his soccer, it's something to keep him active during the down time between fall and spring season.  Hoping all the burpees and jumps and upper body workouts will pay off for him in the goal this spring. I've stayed the course with ...

I've neglected to update this blog in over a month!  Whoops. Life happened. I've stayed the course on my journey though.  I was 3rd in our October step challenge, but not from a lack of effort.  I finished the month with over 400k steps up 50k from Sept.  My competitors definitely stepped up their game.  For November I'm curently in 2nd place.  Weight wise I'm down 58 lbs for the year.  My monthly average loss is 3 lbs for the year, that is brought down by a 0 loss in August, not sure how that happened, but I do see that Sept and Oct increased, ironic that is when I got the tracker and started the step challenge.  Funny how that works right? Some key exciting things I can note over the last month would be: We had a luncheon at work and I was able to fit in the auditorium chairs.  It was nice to sit with coworkers enjoy the meal and talk.  Previous luncheons I've either skipped or had to go stand later for the presentation after ...

So turns out making my commited date on a Tuesday didn't help me not skip a week on this blog thing.  Gotta do better. I'll put a reminder in my phone, but here's what I've been up to. I annilated the competition on our Sept step challenge.  I hit 10k all 30 days, the closest anyone else came was 24 days.  The Oct challenge is toal steps.  Through 6 days I'm in 2nd place, one guy is torqued off about losing Sept and out to annilate everyone. I'm very pleased with the difference the tracking devices have made in our family.  We are all more active the last few weeks.  $ 80 bucks well spent. I met again with the health coach at work, she is very pleased with my progress and the addition of the tracker and step challenges.  Also got a goodish report at my annual physical, it was a good report, but if they don't let you know at my weight you got issues to deal with why even go?   It was nice to have positive talks with the Drs about progress and...

Monday morning I was down an even 50 pounds!!!! Today I wasn't but I always fluctuate a few pounds each day, so I'm claiming the milestone! Another milestone was this weekend while camping I was able to easily zip the sleeping bag and put both arms in!!!!  I can't ever remember being able to do that short of when I was a very young kid.  Granted it's a big and tall bag, but still. I've been looking for a bag for a couple years, finally got a double bag a couple years ago that wasn't great and was just way to big to manage. I'm still easily killing the skinny folks at work on our step challenge!  It's pretty funny because I'm in the worst shape of the bunch but I do walk walk walk. Next committed update is 9/27.

Couple of bad news items: I've definitely not done good at is keeping this blog up to date. I missed my goal of 30 minutes for my morning walk by Labor Day.  The best time I made was 35 minutes twice the week before labor day.  Once soley just walking and once running, ok jogging, ok well best I could do to immitate these.  I got the same result both ways The good news is I've stayed the course in walking monday to friday.  My food logging is still going strong and I crossed the 45 lbs lost mark last week.  The downward trend is starting to show through One of my co-workers started a step challenge at work for the month of Sept.  I figured it would be a fun thing so I signed up.  I bought a Jawbone UP cia bug and started using it 8/27.  The goal is to get 10k steps each day in Sept.  So far I haven't missed a day.  My morning walks get me 4200-4500 steps and then with a little effort I can pick up the rest througout the...

I was due to make a post on Tuesday, but didn't. This past week we came back from our last beach trip of the summer.  We got to see baby sea turtles hatch again for the 2nd year in a row.  It's a very cool thing. Both kids had open houses.  The boy starts middle school!  I was pretty nervous but then we lucked out his home room teacher is my buddy's wife.  I don't know her really well, but it put my mind at ease for sure. I met with the life coach at work again last week.  She's pleased with my progress and said I was on the right track.  I got back in a month or so.  The snacking is still a new thing and I will have to get better. One of the guys at work is starting a step challenge the first of September.  I didn't have any sort of tracking device, but I wanted to participate.  Another buddy told me about an Up Move device that was under $20 on Amazon.  So I ordered some and they showed up right as we were leaving for a so...