Fitness Blog

Friday, 8/29/25

I’m moving down in weight slower than I was previously. When I got paid, I wanted to eat things for lunch that were outside of my normal diet, like ground turkey burgers and on other days, spaghetti. On Saturday I got back to having three hard boiled eggs and one pouch of brown rice and quinoa. That is what I had for lunch during the days when I was losing the most weight.

I didn’t weigh myself on Wednesday because the trash gets picked up and I needed to get up at 5:45 am to make sure the trash bin didn’t get knocked over. On Thursday I was having a problem with my scale, so I didn’t weigh myself, but Friday morning I put new batteries in and it worked. I lost a total of 3 pounds this week.

We weren’t meant to sit around eating and not exercising, our ancestors moved around a lot more than we do, and we pay the price if we don’t follow their example. If someone let themselves get fat, they can’t fight or flee from danger if it arises. Walking for an hour daily and eating more vegetables is helping me get healthier.

Discipline is something that is strengthened. Just as I once could only curl a 20 pound dumbbell, then worked my way up to 40 pounds, strong discipline is something you’re not born with, you gradually build it up over time.