Do you feel like you are up to your elbows in alligators all the time? Do you constantly feel like you’re chasing a deadline? Are you financially strapped, always afraid that the next catastrophic event will put you onto the street? These feeling s of constantly being under stress will have a negative impact on…

DISCLAIMER – not my feet, not my scale and not my weight. First…as promised, I said I would report my journey and Monday is the day I chose to do weigh in. Recall that last week, I lost over seven pounds…7.4 to be exact. Well this morning I weighed myself and gained back one of…

I made it three in a row this morning and I think I might be onto something. First, I have not made it to the gym at 5AM even once this week, but I did go a little later and it was actually quite fine. I ran into people I know two of the three…

I was able to string two days in a row together for the gym. I may be on a roll. And I think this intermittent fasting is working for me. I go to the gym in the morning before I eat breakfast so it forces my body to use stored energy (a.k.a. fat) to fuel…

Well, I did it. I got up this morning, went to the gym and worked out for a little over an hour. As I expected, once I was done I was very happy with myself. I of course wondered why I don’t just do that every morning. I was tired when the alarm went off…

Okay so again this morning, I turned the alarm off and went back to sleep. Even worse, I forgot to take the medicine I usually take at 5AM and I didn’t remember that until after 9. I actually woke again about 6:45 and probably could have gone to the gym then but I have it…

So this morning didn’t work out either. I still had a tough time getting to sleep but I did get more sleep than the night before. I think I might have to change a few things around. In my effort to stay hydrated and drink half my body weight in ounces of water (I may…