Part III - Day XVIII

Assessment

Day 18 - I thought the day went pretty well, even if it lost some steam towards the end, productivity-wise. I'm being more dedicated on the diet (not that today's weight reflects it), working out, and finished The Morning Miracle, which I'll be addressing more in my blog later today.

Part of yesterday's frustrations come from a mindset that doesn't allow me to focus 'in the moment' - all morning I was thinking about taking Bailey to babysitting, then taking Riker to the doctor for his foot, which he hurt on the Fourth of July, and didn't seem to be improving. Then, upon dropping Bailey off, we decide Riker is actually much better - so half the day has been spent thinking about something that didn't happen. And now I'm focused on picking Bailey up in a few hours. Ugh.

So - in the moment thinking needs to improve. I need to use the '15 minute method' I've talked about before. Just focus on one thing at a time every 15 minutes, and see how much I get done.

Goals for Part III

Weight 
Day Zero starting weight - 225.4
Day Eight - 218.4
Day Nine - 220.2
Day Ten - 221.8
Day Eleven - 222.8
Day Thirteen - 223.0. Seriously.
Day Fourteen - 221.0
Day Fifteen - 220.6
Day Sixteen - 219.2
Day Seventeen - 220.2
Day Eighteen - 218.8
Today's weight, morning of Day 19 - 219.8

Day 27 Goal weight - 212.0 (half a pound a day. This approach over the next 3 1/2 months will get me to my ultimate goal of 170 by Oct. 10, and is attainable)

Food  
Day Eight - Steak & Eggs, 2 KFC Breasts, 2 pudding cups, 3 cookies, a little popcorn.

Day Nine - ate out at a buffet, and had sherbet at home. Didn't overdo, though I am up a couple of pounds.
Days Ten & Eleven - not a lot of food, but all bad stuff - popcorn, candy, cookies, ice cream - the usual suspects. And a great bacon cheeseburger yesterday
Days Twelve & Thirteen - not terrible, actually - mostly on the diet. Some donuts yesterday, that was bad. Today, some spiced, diced chicken, brisket....and two cookies. So close to being perfect.
Day Fourteen - spiced, diced chicken, brisket, 2 KFC chicken breasts
Day Fifteen - spiced, diced chicken, 2 King Soopers chicken breasts, popcorn
Day Sixteen - was so good all day, until I went to the theatre. steak, a few chips for lunch, then gave in and had a shake & popcorn.
Day Seventeen - 2 KFC Chicken Breasts, a chocolate chip cookie, a little popcorn
Day Eighteen - spiced, diced chicken, 2 KFC chicken breasts, a small handful of chocolate chips.

Workout 
Going to stick to light workouts until I get into the 190's, mostly cardio.

Day Eight - 30 min. workout.
Day Nine - 30 min. workout
Day Ten - None
Day Eleven - None
Day Twelve and Thirteen - None
Day Fourteen - 30 min, workout - and now that I'm using Swarm, I'm officially the mayor for Planet Fitness - for whatever it's worth :)
Day Fifteen - 30 min. workout
Day Sixteen - None
Day Seventeen - 30 min workout
Day Eighteen - 30 min workout

Day 27 Workouts Goal - 14 Actual - 9

Work Actions
Day Eight - Professional Presenters Officer meeting
Day Nine - Put the proposals together for two potential clients.
Day Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen - enough to keep me going, not enough to satisfy my needs. I did get some emails put together for clients, coaching and speaking.
Day Fourteen - communication with clients, speech at Solar Speak Toastmasters, applied for TEDx Mile Hi
Day Fifteen - Speak & Deliver Blog, coaching, moving forward with Professional Presenters, rescheduling radio appearances for July
Day Sixteen - None
Day Seventeen - Listened to half a Udemy course on publishing children's books
Day Eighteen - Hmm. A few communications, a little coaching, but not as much, in retrospect, as it felt like.

GOALS:

These goals are some of the same ones I've had for awhile, and are reasonable, if I actually, y'know, work.
- Podcast restarted
- Newsletter restarted
- keynote written
- Speak & Deliver Book 1/3 done
- Sizzle Reel developed
- Website Revamped
- 20 speaking opportunities booked through end of year 4
- 2 more keynote coaching clients
- 14 blog posts in Speak & Deliver/Win Anyway (these don't count) 2

Dad Actions
Day Eight - kids reading, riding, cleaning - went out with daughter Riley, brought food home for Braden. Still feels like just not enough interaction, however.
Day Nine - took family out to Country Buffet - just to get some time together. Payed Riker 2 bucks to eat chicken livers, which ended up making him sick. Sigh.
Days Ten & Eleven - Time with all of the kids in various ways
Days Twelve & Thirteen - continued great daddiness - period.
Day Fourteen - Lots of conversation, but didn't really DO much.
Day Fifteen - driving, encouragement, watching MasterChef as a family
Day Sixteen - all day with family - a great day.
Day Seventeen - church with two of the kids, lunch with Kris and youngest daughter Brooklyn, took Riley to Starbucks.
Day Eighteen - dropped/picked up Bailey, took Riley to 7-11, bought Riker a book at Barnes & Noble that he's earned by finishing his last book.

Self Actions
Day Eight - a couple podcasts, started new audiobook
Day Nine - a couple podcasts, including one of my new favorites, Side Hustle Nation, which is all about creating multiple streams of income, and continued in audiobook, Monday Morning Miracle.
Days Ten & Eleven - big thing, and this is a family thing too, was getting back to church on Sunday
Days Twelve & Thirteen - Meh
Day Fourteen - Side Hustle Podcast, Entrepreneur on Fire podcast, listened to audiobook while working out, paid bills
Day Fifteen - EoF podcast, audiobook
Day Sixteen - none
Day Seventeen - Everyday is Saturday Podcast, Bible, audiobook
Day Eighteen - Everyday is Saturday Podcast (interview with James Ray - interesting to hear how he's rebooting his career after his prison sentence in the sweat lodge deaths), finished audiobook

GOALS:
- journal
- read in Bible 2
- Finish Mandela autobiography
- Finish two more audio books 2
- Continue consuming motivational/educational podcasts 15

#WinAnyway #Perflexativity