Month: September 2013

So. Much. Water

So the lifestyle challenge for the next 2 weeks is to drink half your body weight of water in ounces.  Which for me is 3 refills (and a…

Day One of the Whole Life Challenge

…and I’m sick.  Miserably sick with some kind of throat infection. I woke up around 3am having trouble swallowing with a sore throat and couldn’t go back to…

An experiment in positivity

I want to try to give myself more credit as I do these kinds of things.  I tend to focus solely on where I fail, or where I…

Anticipation…

Tomorrow starts the Whole Life Challenge. I am ready. I can do this. Probably. I’m headed to Fit Lab up in Torrence for a Fu-Barbell seminar tomorrow.  I…

This is unfortunate.

Well, this is unfortunate.  Somehow, yesterday, I managed to overextend something on the bottom of my forearm.  I can grip things in my hand, but pushing or pulling…

Surviving Work

One of my biggest challenges with the WLC last time was lunch.  There are some days where my schedule changes rapidly.  Emergencies happen.  Sometimes, I get squeezed for…

Corn Syrup and Sugar Everywhere.

Trying to do some more pantry stocking today, and I had forgotten how many seemingly basic foods have sugar or HFCS.  I picked up some Johnsonville sausage, and the…

Pantry Stocking Extravaganza!

In preparation for the WLC, I’ve been stocking the pantry. It’s not always easy to find compliant staples – canned tomatoes, chicken stock, coconut milk, tomato paste, tuna,…

Preparing for the Whole Life Challenge 2013…

Aight. Let’s try this again. The Whole Life Challenge is coming back around, and I’mma hop on that crazy train one more time.  I tried this last year,…