Hi, Mitch again, if there is still anyone reading this, please take a look at my blog as well. I post a WOD(workout of the day), at least 5 days out of the week. It is based off of kettlebells(I am CrossFit KB Level 1) certified. I am also running a Zone Challenge with a few other people, we are all first responders that let our physical fitness/health totally deteriorate. If you find anything that you like about the blog, let us know and we can try and incorporate that into this blog as well. I also have a lot of good articles from the CrossFit journak about nutrition(The Zone), if anyone is intersted. Some very wothwhile stuff. If I could reccomend two books about fitness right now they would be; Enter The Zone by Dr. Barry Sears, and The Purposeful Primitive by Marty Gallagher.

Walking group

Shannon,
I was talking to my Mom and we thought it would be nice to invite anyone interested to join us for our Saturday morning walks. Could you post the following on your blog?

If anyone is interested in walking about 5 miles on Saturday Mornings we meet at 8:00am at the Walgreens in Vancouver on Ward Road. The address is 8611 NE Ward Rd Vancouver, Wa 98686. We walk down Padden Pkwy until it meets 117th and then turn and go back. If it is raining or looks like rain we will not meet. You can look for me, Michele Graves, in the parking lot by the Walgreens reader board sign. I usually have a baseball hat on will have a stroller too.

Michele Graves

If Not Now, Then When?

Thank you Mitch for posting to the blog. I have been playing the ostrich game which means I have not been doing well with my eating and exercise and don't want to admit it. Which then in my mind means I am not perfect. There, I said it. I admit it. I am NOT perfect. The fear and then relief I feel saying that is incredible. I am not perfect! No one expects me to be, but me....

There was something on my mind today as I took a walk during lunch. I didn't really know what was on my mind, but wow did I have an epiphany! I was thinking about Michele and her post. How happy I was to see that she was truthful about her wanting to quit. How glad I was that she reconsidered. How could I possibly help her stay focused?

The question I was going to pose was; If not now, then when will you be ready? Then it was like someone hit me upside the head....... The same goes for me!

1. If not now, then WHEN will I be ready? I refuse to start another diet on a Monday.
2. If not now, then WHEN will there magically be enough time for me to exercise? Never.
3. If not now, then WHEN will I not struggle with my food choices? Never.
4. Most important: If not now, then WHEN will I keep my promise to myself..... Starts NOW!

What an emotional lunch hour.

My committment:

1. Post my food and exercise journals daily.
2. Not break my promise to myself.
3. Plan my meals and schedule my exercise.

So here goes it, definitely not paleo/zone...
Breakfast:
-Starbuck tall double shot whole milk mocha
-1 ham/ciabatta bread/egg sandwich

Lunch - I was starving and craving weird food.
-Sweet and sour chix and fried rice... Ate it all.. felt horrible.....

Dinner - Still really hungry..
- Turkey meatloaf (Mitch made)
- Green beans.

Mitch again, welcome Michele, it's good to hear from you. Thank you both Claire and Michele for reading our ramblings. I know this is Shannon's blog, but I've got one as well, Code Zero Kettlebells, and I've been posting there almost every day for a while now. Anyway, I am doing essentially the same thing there with some friends as Shannon is doing here. We are trying to lose fat, and regain our physical fitness. The big difference is we are posting our results for all to see. The reason I bring this up, is doing that really keeps me honest. I refuse to fudge numbers, what good does that really do for me anyway, and I post whether it's been a good Zone day, or bad. I've found this to very effective. Please check it out, and maybe it is something we could use here if you are interested.

Hi, this Mitch again, I think the blog is set up so anyone can leave comments. We would love to hear how you are doing. We would love to get some feedback, or suggestions.