Rozey Thorn Trees

 In January, I asked my health coach to give me a one month extension to my quarterly goal of losing 25 lbs because suffering through a bilateral inguinal hernia in November/December then recovering from surgery in January really held me back from my physical fitness routine. We moved my date back 1 month from February 1st to March 1st to make my weight goal of 180 lbs. Well, I did it! At 10:29 pm, I sent Gregg a video clip of me stepping on my scale, and followed up with a call explaining that the last 90 minutes was taken up with time on the treadmill with a weight vest and then a snowsuit to sweat out my last few ounces of water weight holding me back! 25 lbs by June 1st, here I come!

A friend reached out asking for information about the diet I’m on: My standard for what to eat is called Whole Foods Plant Based or WFPB The Engine 2 Diet is a recognized standard for a good WFPB based diet.  WebMD has a helpful summary of The Engine 2 Diet . The Engine 2 Diet YouTube page has a series of short instructional videos for how to gradually start the diet, especially for people who struggle with this diet’s meat, dairy, salt, sugar, and oil restrictions.

 My family has been struggling with flu symptoms the past couple of weeks. Coughing, sore throat, achy all over, fatigue, moody… All of them have taken at least a couple of days from school to try to get over it. I have had it since Friday. The past few days, I’ve been stuck in bed much of the day. Today I finally felt much better. I’m glad to be back to getting productive work done.  My diet and exercise regime has been seriously aside as a result. Sigh. I am to exercise and get my steps back up to standard by the weekend!  My goal is to reach 189 lbs by Monday, February 10 and 180 lbs by March 1st!