Half of Phil

It's been awhile since I've walked a 5k, so my son and I have signed up for a 5k 12/15.  I've been trying to run the last couple weeks at least twice a week. I have a loop that is just over 5k long, so my goal is to be able to complete that in under 45 minutes before the 5k.  Then hopefully I can definitely come in under 45 min on race day.  This morning I was under 45 min at the 3 mile marker so I'm fairly confident I can make the goal. I don't like the running but I always see the results on the scales when I am faithful to do it more often.  I've noticed with my new tracker that I don't see the drop in steps I was seeing with the Zip in my pocket so that helps keep me motivated. I did a 5 mile walk on Turkey day so that I could be done with steps an do whatever I wanted the rest of the day.  Next committed update: 12/11

So I fell at 9Round on Friday Morning.  Not a stumbled and caught myself on the wall or equipment fell, but a got tripped up trying to a box jump sprawled my fat ass all over the ground fell.  Trainer runs over as sure that I'm near dead from the fall as I thought I was in the back of my mind. But guess what, I was A-Ok and resumed box jumps and finished the work out.  I took some ibuprofen when I got home sure that I'd be sore and hurting by days end. But guess what I wasn't sore at all from the fall.  It's a huge milestone for me, I've lived in fear falling for several years since the last time I fell and could barely walk for a week.  I'm not saying that I could take any fall any time and be A Ok, but it is nice to know I went through one and came out alright.  All the training and exercise I'm sure had a lot to do with it. I've been on a weight loss stall, but with my birthday and halloween in the last few weeks that's no surprise I haven...

Well the kiddos are out of school again today due to a hurricane.  This one came up from the gulf and sprung up over just a couple days.  Unlike the last one that took a week to get here from africa this one will be done by the afternoon. So far we all we've seen is rain and some wind, hoping that holds out. I did my morning walk on the treadmill and probably will do some later unless the rain quits. I don't have much of an update, other than that I'm staying on track.  I've met with my nutrionist and she says I'm doing all the right things.  I keep working to keep up with the plan of walking and 9round. I know the next few weeks will be tough.  I've missed my Mom more lately and I know with the holidays looming it's likely not going to get better.  Nothing to do about it but to keep moving forward though. Next committed update is 10/30.

I dunno but maybe my weight loss stall is over.  I'm now down 152 lbs overall!!!  I've started going to Nomad Aquatics with my son and lifting weights a couple days a week.  She is not he competitive swim team there and they now offer a free family general membership if your child is on the team.  So we've been doing that for a couple weeks, he's hitting it really hard.  I'm generally beat by the 6 pm when we are there, but I've been doing enough I guess to jump start the weight loss again.  Or it could just be a natural cycle and the weight loss is coming down again. I ran today before we left for my son's soccer game and was excited to be back down around the 12 minute mark over 3 miles.  It's the fastest I've ever run in my life.  Its a turtle pace compared to competitive runners but considering I could barely walk 2 miles in under an hour when I first started this journey I'd say it's a huge accomplishment. One thing that irks me a...

I've been staying with the program and some weight has started to slowly creep off again.  I am claiming the 150 mark as of the 8th.   We are preparing for a 'hurricane' here it hit the coast this morning around 8 am, should meander through SC and hit us Sat night late or Sunday.  They are forecasting for us to get 10" or so of rain here.  Hopefully the rain won't be to bad and the coast won't get hit too much. I'm taking a couple days off of work next week to hopefully get some work done in the garage and prep for a yard sale next weekend.  I'd like to get to turning again soon and share some time in the shop with the kids this winter. Next committed update is 9/27

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