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!

 

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!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finish

This morning I woke up and took a shower and as soon as I hit the water I got this word Finish in my mind! For some reason, it was just stuck there but I knew right away that this was something divine and spiritual! I don’t talk about my faith much on this platform and I won’t go into great detail here but I am a child of God and I believe he has blessed my life beyond measure! So this morning the blog will be centered around this theme of finish! As always I truly thank you for taking time out of your life to read this and share in my journey and you are truly welcomed here!

Like a lot of us I have a ton of things that are half done and for whatever reason, they are in need of polishing off! The projects that I have been working on while I have been busy have not produced the actual result that they were meant to produce. I’m putting in the time but it’s almost like I’m getting ready for a party that I never arrive at! My schedule has been packed with meetings and ideas and certainly my job away from home and while I have been toiling away I feel like there is hardly anything that I can show for it! The job I have is a blessing in my life but I have been battling so many things there that I haven’t got the things done that I set out to do. I took this job to help me get into the best shape of my life, to push myself physically in a way I have not in years past! I’ve let my feelings get in the way of my progress, my frustration has brought me out of focus and not only can I not finish but I can’t even see the damn line! My job is to finish the work that I set out to do no matter what forces may be around me when I’m there and I receive that message loud and clear this morning! I will not allow my situation to dictate my focus and goal but instead, I will finish what I started and when it’s time to leave that job I can say that I did what I came to do! I finished!

I’ve been all about the whole youtube idea for some time now and I really have been putting in a ton of man hours coming up with ideas and learning different skills. My understanding of how things work on the platform is immensely better than it was just a short while ago. I’ve been getting the right tools and doing all the research and the like, trying my best to look a certain way and sound a certain way. The thing is all of those things that I have been doing haven’t produced a single episode on Youtube to date and it’s time to finish! All I can be is myself and all I ever wanted to do with my life is help others and I am being of no help unless I finish the channel and start trying to help! My job is not to worry about what I don’t know and what I can’t be but focus on how I can take who I am and help someone else on this planet, I need to finish!

Finally, as all of you know I have been fasting for several days now and my goal for this particular fast is 5 days! This fast has been very difficult for me and been filled with all type of hunger and panic.lol. Nothing dangerous of course or I would have shut it down for sure but it has been a struggle mentally because my will has certainly been tested! Funny thing is even this morning as I write this blog I can honestly say it’s been over 80 hours of this fast and I’m not really that hungry at all at the moment. My mind, however, keeps thinking about how I’m going to get thru this work day with all I deal with at work without food. My thoughts have been drifting in and out of not having anything to look forward to because I am not turning to food. This whole process has humbled me and I have realized I’m not as in control of my relationship with food as I previously thought before starting this fast. It’s not about just finishing this fast but it’s bigger than that, it’s about finishing this dream of my best life and getting in the best physical shape of my entire life! I have to finish, I can’t just leave my health up to chance and try my very best I have to FINISH this journey and accomplish the goal!

What is it that you need to complete? No matter how small or big that you know you could get done if you told yourself that you must finish? I would love to hear from all of you about this if you have the time because it is truly on my heart this morning!

Have an excellent day everyone and enjoy a fantastic week ahead!

 

488!

Thank goodness it’s Friday and the weekend is upon us once again! It has been a long week for me but an absolutely inspiring one! I hope you all have had a wonderful week and you only have a few hours and it will be the weekend, yay! This morning is super overcast sky’s and a slight chill in the air and we need it because it has been scorching hot the last 10 days or so! So I’m aware it’s Friday and you got things to do so let’s get it in!

 

Today is the 5th and final day of my water fast and I’m very happy to report I feel fine, in fact, I feel amazing because I never knew I could do this! There’s talk of extending the fast till tomorrow but I think I’m stopping at the 120-hour mark.lol. I’m o.k but I’m ready to eat some food for real! The biggest surprise has been at the gym because I figured that fasting for this long would affect my workouts negatively but it didn’t, in fact, I felt so light and refreshed at the gym that I was able to blow thru my lifts fairly easy! I’m not sure if some of it was I was anticipating the workout being hard that my focus was diverted but whatever the reason my workout felt great and now I know that even with extended fasting my workout routine should stay the same! Today I’m supposed to do back and biceps but I want to see how the food on my tummy feels first because I was told it may give me a little discomfort and encourage some trips to the bathroom. So I’m going to play it safe because I’m ahead of the game and only need one more lift and walk before Sunday to get all my workout goals for the week in! If I’m feeling good and comfortable I will hit the gym tonight and get my last lift in since it’s open all night anyway.

Well this happened this morning I am officially 488 and that means I’m well over the 100 pounds lost club! It’s been a long hard road and this is just the beginning but I honestly feel like I have the right tools now to get better and better and reach my health goals! Fasting has been so powerful along with eating a Ketogenic like diet(I do at least 50g of carbs instead of the rigid 20 or less). I still have another 238 pounds to go to reach my goal weight and that seems a lot closer now then when I first started. lol Still I have a long road ahead but I would like to thank every one of you who are so supportive and caring the help has been much needed and appreciated! I’m a smart dude and I realize that I could not have done this on my own otherwise I would have done it long ago so thank you all very much!

 

Finally, I would like to say that I understand If you have been struggling with your health and fitness goals but I am living proof that change can happen, I AM CHANGE and I know you can be too! If anyone out there needs any help please let me know I don’t have any programs to sell or any products but I am here to listen and support if anyone needs it! Have great weekend homies!

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I see it!

Today is Tuesday, June 5th and I am so very happy to be alive! This day has presented us with yet another chance, another start to the race and we are obligated to make today special! We have no idea what later days of the week will hold for us but what we do know is that we are here in the present and that alone is a gift! Waking up is a blessing and sometimes just acknowledging that fact can go a long way in kicking your day off right! Sleep is so very important to everything we do but once you’ve rested and gotten up to get started keep in mind that someone somewhere would love to have one more chance to rise and grind today! The win is already yours because you cared enough about yourself and the people around you to get up and try again today! I’m proud of you just for opening your eyes this morning!

These past few weeks I have had a wave of different emotions, some great and some not so wonderful but the amazing thing about my life is I always have the same blessing no matter if I choose to focus on other things or not! The same people love me on the horrible days just like the happy ones. Sometimes in life we get so wrapped in our emotions we forget that time has no rewind. We can certainly recall things in our minds but once the day is gone it’s in the books and is gone forever. What if you knew that today was your last day on this planet? If you had knowledge that your time was up and that today was it?! It’s crazy I know but I think lately I have been reminded just how lucky I am every day to walk in sunlight, to witness amazing beauty in the plants and the earth below them. Now before you ask I have not been smoking any of that west coast cush or riding abuzz this morning, but I have realized that the abundance in my life goes unappreciated sometimes! I have several people I can call and talk to until I get something off my chest, there are lots of folks that genuinely care about my well being that have no reason to other than they choose to. My children are all doing well in their lives and truly happy. My mother is a beautiful woman who kicked cancers ass several years ago and hasn’t looked back! I have a fiance’ that does everything a man could possibly ask and more for my good! All these things and all these blessings continue to be in my life because God has seen to it that I am blessed while undeserving!

 

This fat loss journey has been difficult and downright terrifying at times. My patience and nerves have been tested time and time again and the mental fatigue has been simply overwhelming at certain points. No matter what I have been battling, the blessing has always been there! The only thing that truly matters is that I choose to receive the blessing of the people around me and that I acknowledge that this type of love and support isn’t common. My struggle is not mine alone to bear and every now and again I am reminded by life that I am blessed beyond measure! That I have given and received love so vast and enormous that my heart is full and I am awake to the reality of my blessings! This morning I am feeling truly thankful and humbled!

 

Today I pray that all of you know that I love and appreciate all of you! That I am aware that you are not obligated to read anything that I write or follow anything I recommend but that I am lucky and blessed to be able to have a platform to help myself and others. All of you deserve a wonderful day and now that you have read about me being all in my feeling I hope you are all into yours.lol. Have a fantastic day and go crush those goals!

 

GOOD THURSDAY HOMIES!!!!!

Happy Thursday everyone and welcome to my favorite day of the week by far! Thursday always seems to be a welcomed sight to everyone in the world because it’s the gateway to Friday! Today has been a great day so far for me and now that I’ve gotten my coffee and all my meals in for the day I can sit back and break this down for all of you!

 

 

The gym was very heavy with traffic today, I think with summer around the corner everyone is trying to get it tight for the hot days ahead! I was still able to get a great workout with so many people around and I had great tunes playing in my ear so no problem. So today I only worked my chest but I went very heavy, no one rep max or anything but lowered my reps and added more weight and it was really great. My chest was a little confused with such heavy loads but since I lift all the time anyway it wasn’t very hard to adjust. Even though my chest was hurting pretty bad it’s not super sore now that I’m home and had dinner. I’m still trying to decide if I should do my triceps and some cardio later tonight when I go pick up my fiance’ or just wait and do it in the morning. I’ll probably just go in tonight but I’ve never really been to my gym at 9 p.m I wonder if it’s packed during those times. Oh well, can’t know what you don’t find out so I’ll at least go by and check, I’ll let the crowds tell me what’s the best idea because I really don’t like it when the gym is super crowded! The crazy thing is my workout is usually about 30 minutes or so when I do chest with triceps but because I did heavy lifting my chest workout alone today was 45 minutes! I did take a bit longer between reps so maybe that’s the reason. Change is good so here’s hoping this one produces results. It better!!!

 

 

I’m doing a sort of carnivore theme Keto this week to help stimulate my fat loss because I had a little setback as you all know.lol. This morning when I broke my fast I made ground beef with pearl cauliflower and combined it with ginger, sesame oil, teriyaki and other spices in an attempt at a ghetto Keto stir-fry that was delicious! You already know I had my customary cup of coffee with it which goes amazing with that sesame oil taste for some reason. I made a big batch so I decided to divide it up and have it for breakfast and dinner, so for my breakfast to get my calories up I had 2 leftover pieces of backed chicken! Everything was simple and delicious and I will certainly be putting pictures in this post. By the way, If any of you would like me to make a separate area for some quick, easy and low carb recipes let me know in the comments! My caloric goal is around 2500 calories but today I was nowhere near close because I was very full from all the protein I had. I don’t recommend doing carnivore as away lifestyle but for me, it works when I’m stalling or I am not feeling very energetic in the gym. If you, however, are doing the carnivore diet as a lifestyle please let me know how it’s working for you and share any tips you have!

 

This is just a quick note about my fasting. I have been playing around with fasting and I love the way it makes me feel. Recently I have decided to have my last meal at 3:30 pm daily and then just fast either 16 hours or 18 hours depending on what’s happening in our family. For myself, it’s easier to have a large meal early in the evening and it makes me fill empty when I go to bed which helped with my sleep last night! I’ll keep doing it and let you all know how it works for me.

I’ve been blessed with some great opportunities to do some writing jobs as of late so I may be doing my blog every other day until those projects are finished but I promise to keep coming back and being accountable to all of you! I’m very proud of all the wonderful accounts I have been reading lately! All of you inspire me daily and I appreciate it!

 

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I Got My Gear!

Happy day everyone we are finally back on Friday and I’m very blessed to have another chance to write to all of you! Today will be a wonderful day for everyone and plus it’s about to be the weekend and the return of the relaxing period! All of your hard work and perseverance this week has allowed you to set back and enjoy the relaxation of a job well done! I’m proud of you for making it this far and for those of you who work weekends, well you folks still got work to do what can I say? lol. Be thankful for today because today is unique and there will never be another chance like the chance you will get today!

 

Early workout yesterday, remember I told yall I was getting up early to do some of my workouts? Well, I was up at 3:30 a.m and went in to grab a nice relaxing Cardio session to get my day started. Early morning workouts really get the day off to a great start and yesterdays workout certainly did just that! Of course, later I went back to the gym at my normal afternoon time and did my lifting routine and boy did my body feel that whole double workout thing.lol. I was pouring sweat from head to toe and I definitely needed a long hot shower afterward! I haven’t had time to change my routine much because I’m just getting back into my rhythm in the gym but like the song says..change gon’ come! Plus, I’m not too sure I could have changed too much because my old workout proved to be harder to return to then I anticipated. The way I figure it a few more times back at it and I’ll be all ready to start afresh program. For whatever reason I have been listening to slow jams at the gym lately which is totally not like me, I mean I love the quiet storm but not usually in the gym. This week it’s just been my mood and I’ve been having zero problems getting in a solid workout. Today because of the house schedule I’m not doing an early morning workout just my afternoon lifting session but I will be resuming early cardio tomorrow for sure.

 

So yesterday I received my Samsung Gear Pro 2 from Amazon and wow! I really love this fitness watch so far! I’m not sponsored by them or anything but my opinion so far is that it blows my Fitbit blaze out of the water. The screen is the game changer, it has the most spectacular appearance I have ever seen in a fitness watch! All the features it has are fairly similar to most trackers, sleep monitoring, step counter, and heart rate sensors just like all the others but what I love about this tracker is that it stores my music right on the device so I don’t have to bring my phone in the gym! That alone made the 149.00 price tag worth it to me because I have plenty of watches so I don’t need everything in one but I like having the option to store music. Yet another feature I love is that it doesn’t make my wrist really uncomfortable. I’m not the type of person who can sleep with a watch on or anything on my wrist for that matter but last night I had no problem falling asleep with this thing on my wrist! I absolutely love the design and the feel and that it doesn’t make my wrist sweaty which is surprising because its made of silicon along the band. The last thing I love about it is since I love Samsung Phones and will probably always have one, the apps on my phone are so easily linked and that helps, I even got bumped up to a free year of premium myfitnesspal just for buying this device! It’s great!

 

 

Yesterday I broke my fast with some low carb chili dogs and a hot cup of coffee. Pretty basic I had leftover chili so I just threw a few dogs In the mix and the whole thing was extremely filling. I don’t do a complicated and long list of ingredients cooking on Keto, I strive for tasty and easy to make that way I will stay with it! My final meal was a create a sampler from Olive garden! I know not the best choice Keto wise but I had lunch with my girl and I figured I would take the carb hit with the breading. I had calamari and chicken fingers plus mozzarella which isn’t too bad but for the breading and the whole deep fried thing.lol. I’m not always perfect with my diet but I try hard not to deny myself times when I eat a little bit of junk as long as there’s not a ton of sugar because sugar is like crack to me and I would be in trouble! I would love to tell you I hit my macros last night but I didn’t because that sampler had over a thousand calories! I was like 50 calories over my daily amount so I’ll be o.k. I certainly won’t be making Olive garden part of my regular meal plan!

 

 

I pray you all have a marvelous weekend and remember to smile and enjoy your life! It really doesn’t get any more simple than that, you are obligated to enjoy every single moment that you can because when it’s over and done that’s it; you don’t get this life back! Find a reason to bless someone else around you today! I love you all!

 

Thank you for all of you who supported my book on Amazon Marcus London: Crime type 1 the support is both humbling and dear to my heart! You are appreciated! My youngest son Marcus is Type 1 and I am passionate about providing positive and uplifting characters for other’s who slay this dragon everyday!

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THA GET BACK!!

Well, Well, Wellllll! I’m finally back from my little journey and I must say I am happy to be back but super blessed to have had a chance to take this life-changing trip! Typically my blog is very basic, I start with an intro than my gym time, about how I ate and then I usually wrap up with something inspirational or motivating. I’m not sure how this will go but I have a feeling that it may change the whole scope of this post as well as future blog posts. The reason I say that is because this past 10 days I have truly been on a fantastic journey that I named the Get Back Tour pt 1. This tour took me on a road trip across the country to spend time and reestablish the strong bond that my children and I have. It also allowed me to get back to being with my mother who is by far one of the most amazing people in the world! So here goes nothing!

I’ll try not to get too personal but let’s just say that this trip was very emotional. I knew it would be because with my kids living on one coast and me on the other it is very difficult sometimes to keep our bond tight. It’s one thing to talk or text but the one thing kids need from their father is time! The time thing is so important because it shapes their young minds and expectations down the road. Time spent with dad is so very vital and if it is not applied properly than disaster can happen! Fortunate for me my youngest son Marcus is a damn gangster and he was so very instrumental in keeping the lines of communication open! Without him, I honestly don’t know how I would have ever been able to stay aware of every move and action on a daily bases. He is an amazing young man that will always be my superman because if anyone can handle every storm and come out the champion it’s Marcus! He was and is the glue that holds this weird and often disconnected family together for me. He is one of those kids that don’t talk often but when they do it’s usually some profound stuff! I have 6 kids in all, 4 that are my biological kids and the two that I have the honor to have thru my fiance but that’s another story for another time!

When I divorced my ex-wife I moved from Seattle to Owensboro, ky and started to put my life back together, A move that was supposed to be temporary has morphed to 8 years of residency in the Commonwealth. My oldest son Latrell still lives in Seattle while the rest of the kids moved to Anaheim, California. Their mother got her dream job of working at Disneyland so off they went. During my years in Kentucky, I didn’t get to see the kids as often as I would have liked and that started opening up a gap that still rests smack in the middle of my kids and I relationship! That gap became a boulder as the distance represented more than just miles apart but pain, anguish, and anger that started to ruin what has always been a close bond between my kids and me. I called and I visited but I was far from a father I was miserable with myself and while trying to figure myself out I wasn’t the father I was from the time they all were born till the night I moved. I went from changing all my kids first diapers and being their only source of well being to being a distant and absent sperm donor! I have always loved and cared very deeply for my kids but I was selfish in every sense of the word because my feeling became more important than their need for a father. The results of that painful truth only proved to hurt me millions of times more than it hurt them. Even though it was more devastating to them then I would only recently come to imagine.

I could go into the relationship I had with my old man and the things that I felt like I endured and certainly, some of it was pretty messed up. The truth is it would not excuse nor rightfully represent the cause and effects of my decision to leave. The truth is when I left my Ex in a way I left my kids and while I was trying to stop being miserable and disappointed with my life and do something about it I left my kids emotionally and physically in that attempt. My life hasn’t been perfect and I’ve been through a few things but it’s nobody’s fault but mine, I made the decisions I made. I made a choice and when I made it I didn’t do the most important thing a father should always do: Put your kids needs first! It wasn’t their fault I was miserable and I made the wrong choice in my marriage and it wasn’t their fault that I was miserable and unhappy. The pursuit of happiness does not exclude anyone from their responsibilities as a parent, no one! I made a decision to be happy because happiness is a decision but I went about it the wrong way and I paid the price. I lost the most precise thing that God has given any of us and that’s the precious gift of time at the moment! I will never get those years back and neither will my wonderful and amazing kids! That’s on me no matter what my reasons or how many attempts I made to stay close! Drifting isn’t an option for parenting and I was about to crash!

The get back, let’s just say that nothing in life is easy but when you have people around you who make you better and hold you to a higher standard you start to know better and when you know better then you should do better! My children have given me the one thing that everyone in this world needs and that’s a second chance! Not a chance to get back what I lost, it’s bigger than that, they gave me a chance to realize that their love is unconditional! It won’t fade and it lasts forever and ever! That type of love is so very rare but so very powerful because when something won’t break no matter it forces you to reexamine yourself and what’s really important in life. My unconditional love was broken not done away with and when it woke up it realized the error of its ways! My love started to manifest itself in the form of being a better man, a better father, and a better human being! Now, I am Change! I changed the way I see myself, I changed the way I represent myself and most important I changed the way I showed love to my family! I am nowhere near perfect but I know god and I believe that his work and his will are perfect and by his grace, I was given this GET BACK!

Back to fatherhood

Back to responsibility

Back to being of service in my kids lives the proper way and not just the monetary way

Back to unconditional love

Back to life, because my life truly means little to nothing without my family and friends

I know better and when you know better you should do better!

Now that I know better watch me do better!

Latrell 22

Nate 21

Destini 16, Big Marcus 18, Yours truly acting foolish at 44.

I had an amazing time on this trip but it’s only the beginning because my oldest wasn’t apart of this round but he is the first stop in a few months when I head back up to the Northwest and get back to our unconditional love! I am truly blessed to be able to have it all, a great woman, great parents and amazing children who motivate me more than anything on this planet! We got the band back together and this time we will never ever stop touring! This is a new day and I’m thankful for every sunrise!

So we kicked it hard on this Get Back Tour! I started off hanging out with mom and dad as they settle into retirement and I ended with fun in the sun with my young ones! How real is that?!!! I’m lucky and I’m blessed and I will never take another moment of time for granted again as long as I live. my kids have shown me the way and now I am humbled by their gift. The gift of access to their lives because no one could blame them for excluding me but they have shown the opposite and that trumps everything else! Don’t get me wrong I have always loved my kids and taken care of their needs and made my location known to them but that was half ass, not good enough. I don’t want to be a good father I want to be the best damn father to ever walk this earth’s surface! It’s what my children deserve and it’s what my Grandmother would have expected of me! Rest easy up there momma your grandson got his mind right and he misses you more and more every damn day!

 

Tripped Up

Happy Friday everyone! I must admit to being very tired this morning and I should have gone back to bed this morning but you know how it is, sometimes you have to drag yourself out of bed and just go! I’m up and at ’em now so no excuses right? If you are celebrating the holiday this weekend I wish you fun and safe travels and even if you aren’t I still wish you the same.lol

 

The gym was empty again yesterday and I got in a great workout pretty much by myself so no complaints here. My chest and shoulders are a little sore but I really pushed hard thru my workout and I added onto the volume of my reps so I feel great about that! Currently, I am also doing a 100 squats a day challenge so my legs are really feeling the burn because that along with my amped up cardio and stairs have put a ton more on my knees and legs. I’m not complaining I’m sure that it will pay off and I’ll be happy that I am getting more lower body work! My inner thighs are already feeling firmer and more flexible so I’m really happy about that! Today I’m back to doing back/biceps along with my squats and Fitbit step goal. If there is one thing I really need to work on it’s creating a pre-workout routine for warming up my muscles, I have really been slacking on that at my shoulders are starting to pay the price.lol.

 

My diet is going great but I certainly hit a snag of my own doing! I tell you guys everything so I have to tell you that Monday night I had a mini binge with a box of donuts and I had a few pieces of bread and of course I never eat bread anymore and it didn’t turn out too good. I didn’t get sick but when I stepped on the scale this past Wednesday it said I gained like 7 pounds! Now while I know I didn’t gain that much and that it’s probably water it sucks because I know that I made the decision to eat like that and it’s just not worth gaining weight! I’ve been doing so well and it’s not a big deal other than it’s not how I want to do things anymore. I’m o.k with having a treat every now and again but right now I’m on an aggressive stretch of my fat loss journey! I set a few unrealistic goals and I have been crushing them so far so when my results come down to earth I get a little disappointed. It happens to everyone and I haven’t missed a workout or eaten bad since Monday. In fact, I have been in a caloric deficit even lower than normal because now that I’m back to my routine I’m just not as hungry, probably because of all the water from those damn donuts! Life happens and I am not down on myself but I really am pissed that my goal and the timetable I set may not happen because I went a little backward ya know?

 

Although I am a little disappointed I am still changed! I am not the person I used to be and I won’t stop doing what I have been doing to this point! I will keep making healthy choices and taking control of my eating and habits! Having a cheat here and it isn’t bad but it is for me because of the goals I set for myself. My goals are so high that I really don’t like any setbacks at all!.lol. I’ve become obsessed yall.lol. For me, it’s a good thing because I really want to be better than I was the day before and it’s just a personal thing between me and my old self!

 

I love you all very much and I know that life can get hard sometimes but keep your head up and remember that storms will come but you can overcome anything! Have an extraordinary day and weekend!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family Matters

Well, good morning homies! It’s hump day and I apologize for the delay I have been doing a lot of family stuff and I got caught up in that arena! The family had a scare because my girl’s aunt had to be rushed to the hospital but it looks like for now at least she is getting better! Loretta is one of my favorite people on this planet so I had to make sure my girl got a chance to be there for the fam, that’s what all this stuff is about! Family first, second to god in my book! I’m here this morning and your reading this so let’s get on with the get down!

 

Monday and Tuesday I actually got to work out before all of the family issues happened and they were quality workouts!(I love you aunt Loretta stay up in there!). my gym squad at the gym was completely absent and that’s weird for me to be in the gym by myself especially at like 1 p.m. in the day! I’m sure the crew will be back to it tomorrow, they are just people that workout at the same time I do but I don’t really know them personally but hey it feels weird when I don’t see my familiar gym folks. lol. Today is my all day cardio day and I started it off this morning with 30 flights of stairs! I have to do 35 today because I have to go up every week so I still got 5 more I owe, then I have my 100 squats to do and then my steps for the Fitbit and then swimming: so hopefully I will be able to get everything in! That’s the plan, what y’all got going on today, I’d love to hear what everyone is working on!

 

So if you follow me on Instagram you know I had a big carb day on Monday night and I mean it was a big one! Honestly, I don’t regret it one bit because I know I’m an addict and I know that means I have to get right back to me and that’s what I did. Tuesday I had a hard fasted workout and I ate really light and all keto! As a sugar addict, I have to be very careful when I eat a few because like a true feen it could compound and turn into a week or a month and several months, I got issues.lol. Having a cheat meal or day is something you just have to play around with and see how it works for you. Just remember it’s the exception, not the rule and you must get back to doing you as soon as possible because fat loss is slow and steady but fat gain is damn near instant in my book. lmao! O.k. that’s not completely true but it feels like it for me. Today I will break my fast with my Keto coffee and some bacon and shredded chicken! Then for my last meal, I will probably have a green smoothie and bowl of Shirataki noodles and chicken! The plan is to make a keto friendly lime cheesecake tonight for dessert but I’ll definitely keep it low to no carbs and have just 1 piece, I’ll let ya’ll know how it turns out as normal! We should be getting my keto granola and that grass-fed meat order tomorrow so I’ll be showing that off as well because I can’t wait to try both! We right back at it!

 

 

Do me a favor ya’ll, make a decision to be happy today! We all go through trials and tribulations but making a decision to be happy will help you to get thru anything. Don’t walk over all these blessings in your life and focus on what’s wrong today. Today keep in mind that you got a gift of fresh air and life today and that should carry you far today! No one is promised anything in this life but happiness is something we can have every single day and I wish that for all of you today! Let everyone know you’re happy too, that joy will help others get thru their day as well! Trust me it’s hard to have a rough day with a person who is positive and happy! I love you all and I appreciate your place in this world and in my life! Have a fabulous day!

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