Month: January 2019

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Bye Bye 2018

Sorry this is late guys….tried to post yesterday and it deleated everything when I hit the publish button. 🙁
TEMP: 57
GLOOM: Damp but no rain
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Yard Sale, Floppy Disk, Old Hickory, Razorback, Bagger Vance, Brother At Law
Mosey around short bus loop
DISCLAIMER
WOR:
Side straddle hop (31)
Imperial walkers (31)
Squats (31)
Good mornings (31 – yes 31 Good Mornings….it was a first)
THANG:
Indian run around neighborhood block
Grab coupons and meet at hand railings
Weighted Rows (two sets of 31 reps)
Mosey to pavilion:
4 corners of the pavilion:
1s round – 31 reps each, 2nd round – 18 reps each
WWIs
Thrusters
Burpees
Squats
Return coupons and mosey to bottom of bus loop
Back pedal to speed bumps
12 merkins at each bump
Mosey to parking lot for Mary:
Good mornings 18
Mountain climbers 31
Box cutters 18
Alt shoulder taps 18
Hill Billy’s 18
Burpees 18
Announcements and prayer:
1st Friday lunch this Friday at the Cookery. Prayer’s for Dupree’s fam as they welcome new baby.  Prayer’s for lady battling breast cancer… I appologize for the lapse in memory on her name… (thankfully God knows).

Was a pleasure working and sweating with you gents throughout last year. May we all remember to seek and derive our strength from the Lord as well as learn how to be vulnerable and humble where needed.

Strength and honor,

A_R
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New Slack Channel: Fuel

In preparing for 2019, this was the punch in the (too soft) gut I needed:  https://f3nation.com/2018/02/07/queen-q1-4/

And especially, this:

“The Queen is an integral Guardrail in the Q’s pursuit of proper personal alignment. As with chess, if the Queen is taken off the board, it is not long before the King finds himself checkmated. No matter how hard and consistently a man may exercise, if his diet is haphazard his Fitness kingdom will not long stand. The Queen cannot be ignored, even by the strongest of Kings.”

One of my goals for 2019 is to improve my health. And for me, that means making strides to improve my diet. Bottom line: Food is fuel. And I cannot expect better performance on a sub-par diet.

Choosing to do the right thing in this area is a struggle I’ve seen myself battle with decreasing success in the past few years. I need accountability, encouragement, and to know I’m not alone in working to improve this part of my life.

With PA’s blessing, I’m going to launch a Fuel channel on Slack and would invite anyone who also wants to improve in this area of their life to join. It’d be great to talk about diet, strategies, successes, failures, and work hold one another accountable.

To kick things off, here are some changes I’m making to my diet, in an effort to improve.

In 2019, for the first 10 days of each month, I will avoid the following:

  • Fried Food/Fast Food
  • Red Meat
  • Breads/White-Flour-Based Products
  • Cream-Based Sauces/Dressings
  • Chips/Pretzels/Etc.
  • Desserts
  • Soda
  • Sweet Tea
  • Alcohol

I’m expecting there will be a carryover effect through the rest of the month and will extend these guidelines if not.

I will also post my weight weekly in the designated Fuel channel on Slack.

A few understandings:

  1. Life happens. If I make a mistake, I’ll tell you about it in the Fuel channel and get back to it. 
  2. A weekly ‘cheat meal’ is okay. A ‘cheat day’ however, is not.
  3. What I’m trying may not work for you. That’s cool. Do your own thing. And tell us about it. 

Here’s to getting better in 2019. See you in the gloom, where hopefully you’ll eventually see less of me.

Viz