Half of Phil

This has been a tough season for me.  The 5k was a good success.  I finished under 41 minutes my mile time was right at the 13 min mark by their clock. I've kept up my step goals and going to 9Round as often as I can this year.  Overall weight loss for 2018 is 20 lbs.   It's a far cry from the 62 lost ins 2017 or the 71 lost in 2016 but given all I've been through the last year I'll take it as a win. Today last year I got the call mom died.  I do my best not to think about it, but it's not far from my mind. I'm hopeful that 2019 will be a good year, I'm looking forward to vesting at work in March, the boy has expressed interest in doing more 5ks so I'll try to find one to sign up for in the next month or so.  I'm sure soccer will kick back up in a few weeks and swim never let up so we'll stay busy.  My goals for 2019:   Continue 9Round Complete a 5k in under 35 minutes Keep logging food and steps Set up my garage...

Not too much to update this week.  The 5k is Saturday, I've done a couple practice run/walks my latest one was 12/4.  Since then it's either been brutal cold or ice on the ground.  I feel confident I can finish in my goal of 45 minutes.  Depending on the course perhaps maybe a bit better. The next month will be a tough one.  Lots of holidays and memories as well as the year anniversary of losing Mom.  I'm hopeful it'll all go ok, but it will definitely be a tough month. Next committed update 12/27

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