Hamenopi

What a year! If you said last January I'd be cartwheeling and performing pull ups, I'd of looked at you crazy. Why would anyone even do that? At the beginning of 2015, I couldn't scale 3 flights of stairs without stopping for breath. I couldn't perform 5 consecutive push ups without dropping to my knees. Sure, I was down to 250 but obesity wasn't the only thing 35 years of laziness caused. I was out of shape and fitness wasn't even on my radar. Backstory It started with 2015. I was juggling excuses like a circus clown. I was so fixated in trying to control everything, I payed no mind to the talents I possessed. What's more, I wasn't even in control. My first step on the path toward success was becoming aware of where I was. So like how a gamer builds a hero from a peasant in a RPG, I began auditing where I was so I could get to where I wanted to go. I was the level 1 unlikely hero. Now in D&D, you audit abilities and rank skills to measure suc...

You don't have to deprive yourself to lose weight. A diet of deprivation is starvation! Stop defining goals on can't. Good things don't grow from seeds of negativity. Instead, work on switching worse habits with better habits. It's not about perfection, it's about progression. Make a discipline of continual improvement. You can't solve problems with the same level of thinking that caused them. Switch up a few variables and discover a new solution. Take the wheel and explore until you find something that works, then worry about upgrading your autopilot. Though we be products of our environment, we have the ability to create our own environment. We have the ability to change. Try immersing yourself where you want to be. At least try to immerse yourself at the halfway point.

"We are what we repeatedly do" - Aristotle But what do you repeatedly do? What are your habits? And... How are those habits working out for you? Do you have a habit of eating junk food? I did! Reese's Peanut Butter Cups were my willpower's cryptonite. I would see them lying about my mother in law's house and I could tell myself no... But with each hour there... My head would keep turning toward them. And she wonders why I never want to bring the kids over. Woman has chocolate everywhere! Out Of Gas! Well, Eventually the fuel that powered my willpower would run out and the gravity of my addictions would draw me closer and closer. I'd feel the urges. Taste it on my tongue from across the room. Feel my skin warm in anticipation of the sugar rush. Can anyone testify on this with me? It's painful repeatedly resisting the temptations of treats! Of course, it doesn't help having your kid plop down next to you with a handful of Andes mints. But each week,...

I'm noticing I'm getting a lot of health, nutrition, and exercise questions at work. People are noticing how much my body, mind, and attitude is changing. They say it's like I'm a whole new person! I am.