2:45 A.M.

I am often asked why the second day of a long fast is always the most difficult for me. Well, it’s about 2:45 a.m. or so and my body has decided to throw the first of several fits it will perform today. LOL. Let me start off by saying that the side effects of fasting vary so I’m aware that not everyone has an issue sleeping when fasting. In fact, lots of people report sleeping more deeply and fully when fasting. After today I myself usually have a greater sleeping experience but today is day 2 so I know what time it is!

Today there’s a little tingling in my chest area and the first of back-to-back days of waking up feeling like I am a little dehydrated. It seems no matter how much I drink the first 2 or 3 days are like this and it’s like clockwork right now for real. My body is simply working some things out and performing the magical work that it does during a fast and the amount of water it takes for all of this work is substantial!

If your body has a large amount of fat then you may be experiencing the release of stored fat and the appearance of Ketone bodies is very much present. Now I won’t go into detail about Ketones but I will say that those of us with a great amount of stored fat will sometimes have an explosion of energy because the body is finally allowed to release the energy that it has been storing up for so long. It’s performing its happy dance if you will and whilst doing so has woken me the hell up and wants me in on the festivities! If this is happening to you please do not panic or stress you simply need to do a few things to help your body do what it does. 

The process of breaking down stored fat and using it as energy takes a ton of waste out of the body and with it the body loses a good amount of minerals and fluids. It is super important to put some of that back into your body so that it may perform at an optimal level. More importantly, so that you may get some damn sleep and feel a little better. There is sometimes a small yet annoying headache during this stage and the electrolyte drink you need will give your body some well-needed relief. You do not have to use what I do but if you would like then it goes as follows

I take a large 16 to 20 o.z cup and I add a cap full of apple cider vinegar, magnesium citrate, a few pinches of sea salt, and fill up with water and ice. Now for those of you who may have not used magnesium citrate, it is important that you don’t use more than a cap full and even then you need to stay close to a bathroom because some people find it makes them poop. lol. Now, this may sound like a lot but you have to understand that you are giving your body new information, a new code, and for that change to happen your body must go through a period of housekeeping it just is what it is. 

This 7 day fast is not easy especially the very first one that you do so it is important that you listen to your body and give the body what it really needs and that’s fluids and hydration and time to do its job! The liquids that you should be having on this fast should give you enough energy to get through the day. Please stay hydrated and aware of what your body is saying to you. If you feel sick and completely terrible then STOP, this is not a punishment! 

What you want to feel is uncomfortable and maybe a little sluggish because your body is figuring things out inside you. It should be difficult mentally but you should not be feeling any pain please understand that. The switch is taking place and your body is getting ready to bless you for the change in the next few days as it starts to get comfortable burning your stored fat for fuel!

So I’m up at this god-given amazingly early hour because of the process and the process takes time and effort and guts but it’s so very worth it in so many ways. Think about this, you have taken control of your body and decided today to work with your body and not against it. Today you are really doing something for yourself, not just saying you are! You are not just your feeling but you are also all of the organs and muscles, tissues, and joints that make up your amazing body!

My amazing body will be taking an amazing nap later today for sure because there’s nothing amazing about my personality when I’m sleep-deprived for real. lol.

I love you all and you have what it takes to do whatever it takes don’t forget that!

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You Did something

It’s very interesting that I woke up this morning hearing my mother say these words. Whenever me and my mom compare our step goals and the end of each night to hold each other accountable often times I find myself falling a little short of the goal of 16k I typically set out for. It seems that without fail my mother will always say to me “Hey you did something!” Listen, I have no idea why but every time she says this I realize that it’s going to be alright that I didn’t get to where I set out to be with that particular goal in fact I feel exactly her point in this statement which is we just need to do something!

In all areas of life if we just do something no matter how small at least we can move the needle forward on our hopes and dreams! It’s extremely simple and yet I find that being a deep thinker gets me so far away from this formula if you will because I tend to come up with these huge elaborate goals and schemes in an attempt to step into this great space I feel I should be in. When I make plans about the diet I am currently on I’m thinking it has to be very strict and cut and to the exact measurement and when there is the slightest hiccup lately, I feel like saying “Fuck it” and tossing the whole plan in the waste paper basket. In reality, just having an idea about what I am trying to accomplish by eating this way and setting up a dedicated shopping list is doing something to achieve my ultimate goal. The little things can add up to major wins but in my head, I only see wins as large celebrated swings of the scale or not making one single mistake with my eating plan.

Just recently I went to Texas to visit some family I hadn’t seen in many years and I was hoping for some huge answers to explain certain behaviors I have picked up over the years. The trip was a lot of fun and extremely inspiring but I left feeling as if in the area of mental approach to eating I hadn’t stumbled upon some grand point at which I started turning to food as a source of comfort. Now a ton of other things happened during the trip that was absolutely life-changing however I still have this feeling that I may never pinpoint the time when things started to go left in my mind. Or why for some reason that information is important to me but if I’m being honest it is important to me and that may be a subject for the next blog I write. lol.

In conclusion, just do something yall! Don’t always make it a huge grand gesture that requires you to spend so much energy and time that you don’t actually even enjoy what it is you are setting out to do. This is your life and the choices that you have to make are hard enough without holding yourself to a standard that requires an all or nothing mentality. The truth is every single thing a person does for the benefit of their well-being has a purpose and does count if it’s positive! The only thing that is required in this life is that we never ever give up and do nothing at all because this leads to feeling helpless and can cause the development of a victim mentality and that can be flat out fatal

 

Back to the Grind!

Hello everyone and welcome to the blog! I think it’s been 3 or 4 long months since I posted anything on here and while I read a lot of things I must admit I have been dealing with a great amount of change. One thing that has not changed is my absolute love for a great cup of coffee and while I sip my cup I pray that have all been well and happy the past few months

When I last wrote I was doing a great deal of work and trying to find something to do to supplement my income and I believe that DoorDash has really done that for me as of late! I never thought I could do this full-time but I have been pleasantly surprised at just how profitable it can be. I’m certainly not saying that it will make you rich by any means but if you want the flexibility of making your own schedule and doing something you really love I recommend giving it a try it’s very fun and rewarding!

It’s funny that while I’m more active now that ever my fat loss journey has really taken a hit and I’ve found myself not making any serious strides in this area. I haven’t gained back any major amount but I haven’t lost any as well and that’s not very hard to see honestly! My workout routine has been nonexistent the past 3 months and my weights are over there collecting cobb webs at the moment! My weight bench has started collecting clothes and other things because it hasn’t been used for a major workout in months.lol

If you all remember I was telling you about how you can get so distracted by life that you end up not having a purpose at all and you’re reacting to life instead of planning it? That’s been me lately, I have been consumed with trying to get back into a rhythm of being the major breadwinner in the family and balance has been hard to find.lol. This is the very first day I have had off of work in about 45 days and I really do need it to get back on my game and refresh my mindset! It feels amazing to be writing something, anything at this point and I’m thankful to have the space to do that here!

While today is for relaxing and catching up on some much-needed rest it is also about getting back to my grind of CHANGE!

I love you all very much and I wish you a fantastic week!

 

Focus

Good morning everybody and welcome back to the blog! Don’t pass out but this is my second time in as many days that I’m blogging and that’s very rare these days. It will be fairly short today I just wanted to jump on because I need to be more consistent as well as keep you informed as to what I am trying to get done this week! I hope you have your coffee ready because I have my cup over there ready to go and I’m in the mood to get shit done.

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Part of trying to stay focused is having a plan in place and this weeks plan is very ambitious! Tomorrow I will be back door dashing and doing Postmates and I plan on working at the bare minimum 12 hours a day. while I am working I will be doing a 3 day fast with just my delicious coffee and water and maybe some Organifi green juice if I just need a little something! I figure since I will be sitting in a vehicle on and off all day I need to keep well hydrated without getting too overwhelmed. I’ll start my shift at around 5:30 tomorrow and work well into the early morning hours and then get a few hours of quality sleep and get right back at it! I found that because I live so very close to Louisville there are zones that actually start dashing very early before my city opens up and I want to be ready to reap the benefits! My goal is to make between 150 and 200 dollars and while I’m aware that’s reaching a bit because I’m getting a later start I think that if I focus on what I’m doing and God is with it I can get close!

To help me focus I will be checking out a few of my favorite podcasts on health and nutrition plus the occasional reach over to ESPN to check out all the latest trades!

While I will not be working out for the next couple of days I will be doing my Chi and stretching exercises plus of course my meditation! Hopefully, I will get a nice batch of orders that will have me fairly busy but just in case I don’t I’ll get out and walk around to keep my legs and body fresh!

I’ll be calling a local dealership to see if I can maybe trade my Tahoe in on a Transit connect van I saw on their website! The milage was very low and the vehicle looks from the outside eye it was well maintained we will see of course! At the very least I can get the ball rolling that I am looking for something that will allow me to reach my goals in the field of Transportation! I’ve always loved driving and making my own hours and doing my own thing and with Gods help, I will make this business work of being an Independent Courier! I’ve learned that when you truly enjoy something and you have a passion for it you should go all out and do the very best you can because it’s your damn company.lol

I truly believe that driving can pay the bills and allow my family to have a great life but part of my overall plan is to do different things to help others who battle with obesity like myself! Writing is fun and Podcasting is even more fun and I believe that it will be the work I do in those two areas that will define my lives work! I will definitely find a charity that I am passionate about as well I’m just not as sure about which one yet!

I take my health very seriously and I feel like my head is clear now and I will continue to better myself so that I can better serve others! So tomorrow is a big day for me and everyday after because no matter what I will continue to focus my efforts on being the very best version of me possible! I believe in myself and I also believe in all of you and I wish you a wonderful day!

 

Change

Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! I feel like so much has happened in so little time I’m not sure just where to begin. You all know how blogging is in that you have times that are tuned in and always writing and then there are times you are just distracted by life and all that it throws at you! Recently I have been dealing with my share of life’s curve balls but I am learning a lot about myself and my strengths and weakness. Anyway today I thought I would catch up with everyone and let you all in on what’s been going on with me and the fam! Let’s get it!

I noticed that anytime I endure anything financial or personal I simply think about it so much that it consumes me to the point that it literally freezes everything else in its tracks and I am no good in all the other areas. Case in point we ahve been dealing with some financial things and then we hit a snag with my truck breaking down. Now truck and vehicle problems happen to all of us but when your ability to make money or generate a small sense of financial security is halted it puts a real strain on things! While we deal with the truck we realized that we have not been handling money like adults should but rather as kids handle it. Spending money on food we shouldn’t eat and things that are just not very important because they are easier than being financially responsible.

For me, dealing with obesity all roads lead back to eating in ways I no longer wish to eat but have long been established in my mind as tried and true was to deal with my issues. One of the reasons I struggle with obesity is that it was easier than facing or changing my behavior that directly affected the problem at hand. To take it a step further when you don’t even know how to deal with the problem you are twice defeated. I eat the foods that are slowly killing me while also skillfully dodging the tools that will help me solve the problems at hand. Learning those money problems are not always necessarily food problems is a big one for me. I have learned to eat the way in which makes my body feel free and happy and now that there is some troubled water it’s my nature to go back to what I have always done which is eat the stress away. We all know that it doesn’t really go away it’s just grown into stress with a growing gut to match.lol

I’m writing this today because I have recognized the signs of the beginning of a spiral and I am struggling to do differently that which I have previously done. This blog has always helped me stay focused on that which I have tried to accomplish. Which leads me to another thing if I don’t feel right I typically don’t blog regularly and that’s something I have recently discovered about myself. I’ve also noticed that meditation and strength training has also suffered anytime I’m dealing with a situation I find stressful. There’s something powerful about controlling your actions in a time of crisis that I have yet to master but I am truly working on it!

On the eating front, it hasn’t been really bad just not what I would like and I’m aware that my low carb lifestyle needs to continue because it makes me feel healthier and puts my body in a certain state of satisfaction I’ve never had. The money situation has gotten me eating cheap processed foods just to save money and using that as an excuse to eat crap. I have eaten more bad carbs the last 2 weeks then in the past year, I think.lol. That certainly has to end because I don’t want to go back to eating the way I did and dealing with the aches and the pains of starting from scratch! Knowing what to do is only the first step an even bigger step is using the knowledge of awareness plus that knowing and applying it to the current situation! That is what I have decided to do and until I find my way out if this situation I know I need a plan and a routine!

The plan is to work smarter and certainly work a little harder to stay focused and on track. First, I have decided to get back to meditation and cleansing my mind with the word of god and prayer. Getting back to listening to my favorite podcast and motivational speakers and also getting back to helping others! The worst thing about dealing with problems is they often make us feel like we can’t help other people because we need help ourselves and that’s just not the case and I believe that! The best way I have ever found to stay healthy and happy is by being of service to others and it truly does change the outline of my life and I vow to get back to that!

More rest! I’m not sure why but I tend to sleep horribly when I’m troubled but I don’t really have bad dreams I just can’t really get that sound sleep and I think it’s because I got away from my routine of going to bed and slowly unwinding and then falling off to a sound sleep. In short, the programming that I have designed has gone to shit.lol. Bad data and horrible programming will get me every single time! That I know for sure because I am a planner and without a plan, I am a wreck waiting to happen. So this week I will be getting my plan back together with diet, workout and mental exercises!

We all stumble and fall we just aren’t allowed to not get up and dust the sand from our garments and continue the Marathon! I pray that whatever you are going thru and whatever you are doing that you continue to be honest with yourself because self-love starts with self-honesty! Sometimes you have to call bullshit on your self, that’s just the way it is and If you are CHANGE like I am you have to fall forward because it’s all you have sometimes! I love you all so much and as always I am here for anyone who needs me! Have a wonderful day!

 

It’s been too damn long!

Hi everyone I have been the worst with my writing as of late and I feel like my whole routine is a bit off. I’m very happy to be back and writing this morning and hope you are all doing fine as well! Today is absolutely perfect day weather wise so far and I’m loving the cool breeze that is floating around the city this morning! I’ve been busy living and catching things up but I pray that I am back being more consistent with my blog than I am being now! Well, let’s begin……

On the workout front, I have really been slowing way down because I have been working a lot more and for some reason, I can’t seem to get back into a flow as of late! I’ve been doing Doordash and Postmates delivery and I have to say that it gets very addictive because I’m making money with something I love to do! One of only a few drawbacks to this type of work is you have to put in a good amount of time to make the same money as others who do it in a larger more populated area. What I find is that I’m kinda always watching for my phone to go off indicating I have a delivery offer. This is no excuse but the adjustment period has been a little difficult and I’m still trying to find a healthy balance to get my workouts in while still staying productive!

 

As I type this I am on my second day of a 5-day challenge of fasting while dashing and deliveries and yesterday was a very hard day! Like an idiot, I got a damn seatbelt ticket and I haven’t had a ticket since I was like 20 or so!  Seeing them lights behind you brings your focus back real quick, almost like you feel guilty and you just forgot to wear your safety belt.lol. 25 dollars later and off I went to deliver another order feeling really dumb, I’m a grown ass man with kids I know better and that shit is both stupid and hilarious because I would chastise my kids to death if they ever got a seatbelt infraction! Sorry, but because I got that ticket and it was the first day of the 5 day fast of course I was going to go eat something.lol. Thank goodness I didn’t give in because the truth is the ticket is going to cost if I eat or not! So to make a long story longer, I am still on my fasting game and I still struggle with it from time to time but it is and always will be apart of my fat loss toolbox!

These days I’ve been pretty much Carnivore and then few cheats here and there. Low carb is great but for me, a carb is a carb and I find that I crave them badly even if they come from healthy sources. For the strangest reason, they all trigger me to want to eat all type of other bad foods so I have been focusing on staying away from most carbs until I have a better understanding of why. With one way of eating I really don’t have to think about food all the damn time I just know if it’s not meat or dairy I probably don’t buy it! It won’t always be this way but for now, this is where I am!

The kids are gone for the summer so we have had time to hang out together and enjoy each other’s company even though we have been working a lot to get caught up! My fiance’ just had her 39th bday on the 24th and that was fun but we had a few things we don’t normally eat and I really needed this prolonged fast to get reset! Wish me luck as the second day is always hardest for me!

Well, that’s about it folks I have been very boring lately just waking up working and then repeating but I hope to get into more of a damn flow this week so that I get better! I pray that you are all smiling and happy and reaching for your goals!

Have a fantastic day!

 

It’s been too Long

Hi everyone and welcome back to the blog! I know I have been missing in action but like many of you, I have had a lot going on! Typically you all know that if anything gets pushed to the side it’s the blog and that’s unfortunate because I really love writing and staying up on all my friends on here! My consistency really does need to improve however and again I apologize for my absences! Now that I got that out of the way I have lots to share with you so let’s get it!

I’ve been doing Doordash and Postmates as a way to make a great income while I figure out my future business ideas and these platforms have been amazing! Not only are they fun and exciting but in my market, it’s relatively new to everyone, for the most part, is excited about the ability to have these options! We have all the delivery services here that most towns do but the scale of use has been relatively small until now so I’m blessed to be getting into it at the proper time! The awesome thing about it is I get to work outside and drive around which really helps with fat loss because I get very involved with my work and I look up and it’s almost time to be done. Another cool thing is because of my location in my city I can pretty much sit in my living room and field offers for deliveries and let’s face it that’s a huge perk! The only drawback for me as of now is my truck, I love my truck but it’s an S.U.V and I’m sure I could be getting much better gas mileage if I had a car.

On the fat loss front, I am pretty much in the same place as before, I keep wrestling with the same 10 pounds back and forth and while it’s frustrating I’m thankful that it’s trending downward! I’ve recently started lifting weights again and with all the work I’m doing I certainly have been fasting very successfully! This June I am determined to get under 450 pounds! It has been my goal for a while I keep getting close and then fall back and close and then back again so this month I’m just going to put my head down and get it done because I need to get out of the 400’s anyway.lol

My diet has been mostly Carnivore but I just introduced some green salads and smoothies back into my diet to help break up the boring routine! Sometimes I just need some color on my plate that only veggies can provide! The fasting system I am using is 20/4 and it seems to suit me because I can get a great amount of fasting and get all the food I need in that 4-hour window each day. The way the apps work for my job I have no real way of knowing when I’m going to get orders so sometimes it can be hard to be consistent with my times but I’ll just start eating in the afternoon or nighttime because the dinner rush is not that long here.

I recently found that I really love shopping at Aldi’s and the prices are absolutely amazing for eating low carb! Eggs are really low and with the new sales cycle are now just .49 cents this week! Again because I’m in the smaller market my store doesn’t get super busy and I can get in and get out in a breeze! Gotta love that and the staff is super nice and helpful! I’m actually going to be going by there today to grab those eggs and some chocolate almond milk and water for the week ahead!

Sadly I haven’t been able to really get to do my Youtube channel like I wanted to but hopefully, I can find time this summer since the kids are gone for a few months! The great thing is I have been reading about all of your blogs and I’m so impressed by how great everyone has been doing and reaching their goals you are all awesome and I love each and every one of you real talk!

 

Always On Time He Is!

Good morning homies and welcome to the blog today! It’s been way too long and it’s way too early in the morning here but I missed all my fellow bloggers and I had to get back to you all! It’s so early I don’t even have coffee yet! If you know me you know that’s already a problem for sure but hey hopefully you have your hot cup when you read this later. Some things have been happening lately so I wanted to get up to date so let’s get it!

So get this I got hired at this job and I was super happy because I had been looking so very long for something better. The guy called and said that my orientation will be Tuesday and I had a big smile about that! So I’m seating at home Monday and I get a call from the person that runs the office and she informs me that the position is no longer open for me, the person who was leaving has decided to stay with the company so your not going to be able to work here. Now she wasn’t rude about it at all but you know how it is when you get gut-punching news it really doesn’t matter how they say it you are just not happy! I was 80 degrees and I never get too pissed but I was that day. I just said thank you and I understand but inside, yeah I was heated. lol. The reason I’m telling you this is like you all know while I respect everyone’s choice on faith matters I AM a child of GOD and he always finds a way to make a way.

The week before I had been thinking about doing Doordash. For those of you that don’t know it’s an App based platform that allows you to pick up orders for people such as food and drinks and the like. It’s like Grubhub and other services however I live in a very small town that just started the service! So there are some kinks I have been making great money while driving around on my own schedule! The cool thing is because it’s so new here it’s getting busier and busier every day and that’s just GOD doing what he does when he does it for real, I mean always on time! Plus I really love the work and the places I have been because despite this being a small place there are some really cool Mom and Pop establishments that serve amazing cuisine her in Elizabethtown!

On the eating front I am all the way Carnivore now and while I certainly am not as strict as I should be this protocol is a game-changer for me! The shopping is so damn easy and I’m eating whole foods that are delicious and fairly inexpensive so that’s really a blessing! At the moment I am doing alternate day fasting and it’s so simple I just eating Carnivore one day and then I absolutely fast the entire next day and that’s it! Again I love the simplicity of the system so far and it seems to be working for me, Knowing I can have a big feast on the next day makes fasting all day seem fun as well as easier.

Still lifting weights and doing my cardio, as usual, my schedule has gotten simpler as well. On days that I feast I don’t work out and the days that I fast I hit the workout no matter what. I have been getting my steps in doing the Dashing so that helps but it’s every single day for now and there’s a good amount of downtime so I need to use that time more productively. Thinking about doing some stretching exercises or something between dashes to get more flexible I’m so not flexible.lol.

I will say that sadly I have been slacking on the Youtube channel and social media because of things that have happened recently in our lives but I need to refocus my efforts because I really do want to be a blessing to others! The one thing I have been doing is Podcasting and if you are interested in checking out the podcast I would love your feedback my latest episode is called Obesity is solved in the dark/ step into your greatness I hope you will find time to listen and that it helps in some way!

Have a day out there and make sure to treat each other with kindness today!

 

Trials and Tribulations

Hello everyone and welcome to the Koncept today, I am so very happy and thankful that you all stopped by to read. I have recently been going thru a few things and you all know how life can be sometimes so I won’t bore you with my little pity party because I believe these rough patches make us stronger! That’s what life is about anyway is getting better and stronger and blessing others. I am blessed this morning to have the pleasure of a warm cup of coffee and your company so let’s get into it!

Before I mentioned that I found a job and that’s true but it has taken so long for my orientation to start I’m still not sure if I actually have the damn job so I’ve decided to move on to other things! Recently I have discovered Door Dash and I really love doing it because I can work my own hours and get in some much-needed cardio when it’s super busy. For those of you who don’t know Door dash is an app based job that allows you to fill orders for people on demand. They place an order for food or at a store and you pick up the food for them or you shop for the items for them it all depends. The fact that I can do this whenever I want is really liberating and while it’s not enough to be a full-time thing for me because it’s new to my area, it gives me a way to provide for my family while I find something more steady! Plus I get to do it in my own car and I love to drive anyway so it fits!

Like I said before we have been going thru a few rough patches and while we all go thru this at some point it has really reminded me of how blessed I am. It’s so humbling to realize that there are tons of options for my life and that others don’t have the fortune I have been blessed with. I have a family that has my back, a girl who loves me and believes in me, best friend that holds me down and to top it all off I have God! He has given me so much strength and mercy with his grace, I realize that I am not as fly as I think I am and not as smooth as I would like to think sometimes but he loves me anyway! During times like these, it’s easy to go back to all the bad habits that I have always had because it’s easier! However the longer you love the more you understand that times of trial are necessary for all of us to step into our greatness!

Having said that I have been struggling to keep my head focused on eating properly and staying the course health-wise. What happens when I don’t feel right or when I am struggling is I turn to food for comfort. It’s what has gotten me to where I am now and I have been telling myself to stay the course and not get sidetracked by circumstances! I am changed so I can’t be the old me, I have to be the new me, the one that understands food has nothing to do with problems and trials unless your starving.lol. It’s been difficult but I have continued to eat the low carb way and to fast every single day!

This morning I had a hard strength training session and I have been focusing on that routine a lot lately! It puts my mind right when I lift and while I’m not sure why I am certainly grateful for it! My muscles are screaming as I write this and I love it! I can’t just be CHANGE when I feel like it, I must be CHANGE all the time until I am who I want to be where I want to be it! I’m not suggesting it’s easy because it certainly isn’t but nothing that I have ever accomplished was ever easy and simple! Sometimes it’s our own personal hell on earth but we have to FIGHT we have no choice because the cost is too great to give up and I will not allow that to happen to my family! They need me now more than ever and I will never stop fighting for them, EVER! By the way, if I don’t get to quit, You don’t get to quit!.lol

Have a great day and go be a blessing in someone’s life today! Thank you so much for reading!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A New Direction?

Today is Thursday, April 4th am I am happy to be alive! There have been loads going on around here so I apologize for not getting back sooner. This morning I have already finished lifting weights and I’m on my second cup of coffee as we speak.lol. I hope all of you had an amazing week so far and considering tomorrow is Friday I’m sure everyone is happy about that at least! Why don’t you all grab some coffee and join me while I get everyone updated!

It’s officially spring break here so the kids are away and it’s just me and the lady of the house! The break has been nice although I do miss my brats I must admit. We have been taking time to relax and chill but for me personally, I have been looking for a better job and I think I found one! I was offered a job working with seniors and I thought that would be really great while I continued to study and advance my business. My first day is supposed to be this week and I’m happy to get started because I have always wanted to do work that I felt really made a difference in someone’s life! Thank the lord that the pay is really good considering the type of work and that was a huge surprise because I figured it would be a lot less.

Carnivore/Omad is still going strong and at present, I am in the middle of my weekly extended fast of 24 hrs at the very least. I usually just see how I feel after 24 hours and if I’m good I extend it another day and if I’m struggling I typically have some broth or something to break my fast. The fam started off doing what I was doing but I think they have all gotten bored and are now slowly doing their own thing, which is fine. I made a promise to myself that I would do this way of eating and fasting at least till the 18th of this month and see how I feel and I’m sticking to it! We are planning to go shopping this week to stock the shelves and I bet they will be asking for the old foods they love. It’s all good!

Like I said at the beginning I have been super consistent with my workouts to the point that I keep meaning to take a day off but it’s kinda part of my routine now so I just end up doing it anyway.lol. I’m not doing super heavy workouts anyway just enough to keep my body healthy and still keep getting stronger and flexible. Chances are good that on the 18th I’ll probably switch my lifting routine up as well since I will be working a lot more and who knows what my schedule will look like!

I have been really slipping when it comes to doing the Youtube channel lately and I think it’s because I am struggling with editing and finding my place but I will get there eventually I suppose I just need to make it as routine as my workouts and I think I will be fine. I’m not having the same problem with the podcast and I’ve stayed fairly constant with those topics for the listening public! Balance is something that I really do need to improve on and I have focused so much on fat loss that I have been lacking in other areas which are certainly not o.k for my standards! I can and I will get better!

Well, that’s all I have for today, I’m off to get some errands ran, do laundry, clean the crib and do some research! Plus I still need to get my extra walking in that I do when the weather is nice out and I think today qualifies for sure! I love yall and I pray that you all have a wonderful day and rest of the work week!