Challenge Part V - Day 16 & 17 - Ups & Downs

Assessment - Days 16 & 17 of 27 (Fri-Sat)
All my joy from reaching 207 on Thurs/Friday was stolen from me on Saturday, as the scale screamed 211 at me. I hadn't been bad - no sugar, just a few more chips than I should have had, perhaps. Sent me into a spiral - and yesterday was just a bad, bad day, even though I didn't give in to major eating behaviors (just a pork chop, a butterfingers, and some popcorn).

Neither Friday or Saturday were all that productive for me outside of the normal things such as coaching and parenting. The only major achievement was finishing the last 100 pages of Nelson Mandela's biography, when I decided that might be the only outcome I could control for the day yesterday.

I need to be honest with myself. The sugar cheat on Thursday killed me, particularly in combination with the overload on chips on Friday. Combine that with the certainty that I'm building muscle, my water intake, and my body probably hanging on to some fat since I'm not eating enough overall, and getting back to 211 is a reasonable result.

My weight goals for August, and possibly for my trip to New Mexico in October, may be out of reach. I'm letting it get in the way of other goals, too, by allowing my mental state to suffer. Items like my book aren't getting done.

Closing Comments

Life is just a roller coaster. Pretty sure I started the week feeling optimistic and powerful, and yesterday I was just depressed. Starting this morning, I'm feeling a bit angry, and primed for a comeback. And the knowledge I'm seeing Jurassic World tonight with Kristi (it's back in IMAX for the weekend at her theatre), and that I'm going to have one of her fantastic shakes (she is the barista babe for a reason), and some popcorn. Meanwhile, I have things to get done today, in a major way.

27 Days 'on Fire' Goals Review: 

Goal - 195 lbs
Day 1 - 211 
Start of Day 2 - 213 Went off diet, as outlined above. Steak, two KFC Chicken Breasts, M&M's, Snickers, stuffed potato burrito & some other one dollar spicy burrito from Taco Bell. I know - just horrible, especially after the good start, and the workout.

Days 2-6 - Got up to 218, down to 216.4 today....Day two is outlined above. Day three was chinese, with popcorn and a shake at the movies. Day four was pizza, ice cream & Twizzlers, Day five was bratwurst and chicken, today has been steak and chicken and three chocolate chip cookies.
Day 7 - 214.2 - Two Bratwurst, Two KFC chicken breasts, and then a major fail with 3 chocolate chip cookies, some popcorn. Which effected pretty bad this morning
Day 8 - 216.0 - beef strips and eggs, 1/2 Costco chicken, a handful of chips.
Day 9 - morning - 212.0 - which means the weight gain was a bit of a red herring. 2 pork chops, 2 KFC Fried Chicken Breasts, plus an hour of Cross Fit
Day 10 - 212 - 1/2 steak, pork chop, both grilled, chips (too many) and salsa
Day 11 - 211.4 - 1 1/4 bratwurst, 1/2 piece of pepperoni pizza, 1 double size Butterfingers Bar
Day 12 - (Today, Morning) - 209.4, probably due to basketball yesterday and Crossfit this morning. Steak & Eggs, 2 KFC Fried Chicken Breasts, Cool Whip
Day 13 - 209.8 - Steak Shish-ka-bob, 2 porkchops, Cool Whip
Day 14 - 209.0 - Steak & Eggs, 2 KFC Fried Chicken Breasts, Cool Whip. Crossfit again today
Day 15 - (Today, Morning) - 207.8 Finally a breakthrough. Lowest since October, 2014. Small flat steak with 2 eggs, Cool Whip, one King Soopers Fried Chicken Breast, 3 chocolate chip cookies, 3 Dark Chocolate Hershey Mini's, one handful of popcorn, one healthy version of a cheddar cheese cracker. (it was snack night at Toastmasters)
Day 16 - Friday - 207.2 - two King Soopers Fried Chicken Breasts, chips with cheese, Cool Whip. Cross-Fit.
Day 17 - Saturday - 211.0 - one pork chop, one large Butterfingers, about 6 handfuls of popcorn, Cool Whip.
Day 18 - This morning - 211.4

Goal - Website Revised - NP

Goal - Podcast Restarted - Sept. 1 start date looming
Goal - Speak & Deliver book ready for printing - it's this week or never. I have most of it written via blog posts over the last six years. Must compile, edit, add some content, and mock it up for Create Space. 

Goal - Schedule 25 speeches - Must create call list

Goal - Blog 3x week - No blogs this week at all. Have a couple ideas to follow up on, though
Goal - Periscope - Nada

Ancillary activities -  took Riker to Barnes & Noble to buy a book for school, handled some coaching on both days. Did my Morning Miracle Friday, but not Saturday.

Podcasts - I'm going to list what I listen to, both to provide you with some listening material, and to track how much time I'm spending on podcasts.

Day 8 - Garrett J White- Daily Fuel 31 Sam Crowley- Every Day is Saturday
Day 9 - Garrett J White - Daily Fuel 32
Days 10 & 11 - None
Day 12-14 - More Garrett J White, a little Hal Elrod, and Entrepreneur on Fire, and Sam Crowley as well. Still, not as much as I have been in the past
Day 15 - Garrett J. White, and a good Side Hustle Nation Podcast.
Day 16 & 17 - more Garrett J. White, and Entrepreneur on Fire - 4 podcasts for both days