Challenge V - Days 12, 13, 14 - Stalling?

Assessment - Day 12-14 of 27 (Mon-Wed)

Busy week, and a week, until this morning (YAY!), of stalling on my weight loss, despite being good on my eating plan.

Stalling on my goals has been the norm, usually because my engine of goal activity has been clogged up by activity of necessity. Major paperwork yesterday in regards to health benefits pretty much blew out the day.

I've noticed that even though I'm successfully getting up early, doing Cross-Fit ever other day, and going through my Miracle Mornings (Silence, Affirmations, Visualizations, Journaling, Exercise, and Reading), that I get pretty tired by late afternoon and early evening. Part of it is I'm still going to bed late, usually, as Kristi isn't on my schedule, and often gets off work at 11:30 or after, and we have decompression time. Part of it is also that my eating plan usually involves me not eating after 2 or 3 in the afternoon. I need to remedy this - I need fuel, and my body might be hanging on to fat as a result, as well as pooping out so early.

I made an effort to address the stall on my speaking career this week, contacting Felicia Slattery, a friend and fellow speaking expert, and asking for some guidance. I've long been juggling 'Win Anyway' & 'Speak & Deliver' - that is speaking vs. coaching, unwilling to give up either, but unsure if I can effectively do both. I've hung on tighter to the coaching, as that's my primary form of income. She encouraged me to take steps forward on Win Anyway, and suggested that I CAN do both, and they can even feed into each other if presented correctly.

Now, this is probably the same advice I would have given myself. But I don't always listen to myself. And we all need outside advice and validation once in awhile, even if we're living a Win Anyway Life.

In combination with that conversation, I watched Lisa Braithwaite's (another friend and speaking expert) Periscope where she talked about taking action - and walked her talk by actually taking action (doing a Periscope) as she talked about it.

My biggest obstacle remains a combination of my own doubts and the crazy life of being the parent of six kids, half with major medical issues. But really, shouldn't that be my greatest driver PAST my obstacles, as well? Maybe I'll address that tomorrow.

Closing Comments

I'm still feeling optimistic. Stalls will happen. With the weight, I just I just needed to keep pushing and be patient. With my speaking, I think bringing in some other opinions was a great spark.

Win Anyway.

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.

Goal - Website Revised - I've been hesitant to go at it this week, as well as tasked in other areas

Goal - Podcast Restarted - This one is driving me crazy - I really want this to happen.
Goal - Speak & Deliver book ready for printing - I'm running out of time on this one.

Goal - Schedule 25 speeches - See thoughts above.

Goal - Blog 3x week - No blogs yet this week.
Goal - Periscope - still haven't gone back to it, despite stating I would last post.

Ancillary activities -  Toastmasters - both meetings and management within a few of my clubs, particularly with contests coming up. Also working hard to reboot my Advanced Club. Not much else, beyond being a school shuttle every day, twice a day.

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 Garret 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.