Hi Kevin! Great to see you around these parts

Amy, Thanks for sharing that pride for your family. Wonderful! My dad was a Marine in the late 50s, stationed in Hawaii. Most of his stories revolve around recon training and being dropped into the ocean for days or his spending far too much time in the brig for getting into bar fights. Seems you couldn't take the Detroit streets out of him. haha I was really close to joining after high school, but at the last minute picked up and moved to Texas. My heart still wishes I had joined Thanks for the support. It does make a huge difference letting go of the fear and stress of it all. Still haven't set up my CT scan. Gulp! Planning to do it after this weeks business trip. Things will be more settled. It is beautiful that you are being kinder and more accepting of yourself. That is huge!!!

John, Love that yoga gal. I need to do her routine. The mix of giggles and a workout is perfect! Great job going strong with the workouts and spirit. Inspiring!

Kelly, Surviving is a major accomplishment in my book! Woohoo! It means you are still in the game. It is pretty much what I have been doing and proud of it. The groove is waiting for me!

Heron, Thanks a bunch for all of the support. I read of two diets. One is a high fat one and the other is somewhat the opposite. Totally believe in the chi center. Applies to many things. Was fascinated by it when I was doing Tai Chi and Kung Fu. On a side note, I was thinking of joining a local Falun Dafa group for practice in the park. I used to practice it years ago. Way to go listening to your body. Just like I said to Amy, it is huge! Learning from you ladies. The weight could just be a temporary ebb and flow thing. I noticed that my body has felt different the last couple days because the diet was slipping. I notice it in my gut. Big time bloat. Following your lead and readjusting, rather than stressing. I was checking out that AltShift diet and may give it a go. I saw that they had a Facebook group, although me and FB have yet to jive. I have pretty much just kept up with a few of you guys and posts from groups I follow. Call me a lurker!

As for me, I did a very short, old school Fitness Blender core routine and then did nothing Sat, Sun, and Mon. Not giving up. I was simply too exhausted. I have been falling asleep at around 8 every night. Feel bad because I am leaving for my business trip on Thursday and should be soaking up boyfriend time. I miss him like mad when I am away. The sweetie baked an apple pie and last night I woke up to get some cold water from the fridge and he had a piece of pie cut up and plated for me. Guess what I will indulge in tonight? YUM!

Not sure if this will post here since it came from Facebook, but check this little one out. Her burpees outshine mine:
https://www.facebook.com/nick.nuzzolo/videos/912342551715/

John, nice on the weights. And love mitts and bag work. If I ever have a home gym, a bag is definitely gonna be in it.

My workout was pretty fun today and not once was I thinking "arghhh how much longer!" http://youtu.be/Ol-jqCmpfr8

Yay did my workout even though it was a stressful day! https://youtu.be/EgMttbIO3-s

Amy, yeah, I should start a YouTube workout series. He is a handful, it has been a stressful week trying to get him acclimated, intense trainings, intercepting potential fights. He couldn't be left alone unattended. Good news is that I think we turned a corner yesterday and he's finally starting to calm down where I can go to the bathroom without having to crate him.

I was all ready to work out today and I woke up and I can't turn my neck, arggggh! I think I slept wrong the pain got worse as the day went on, doing more leash training/long walks didn't help especially since all the small animals want to try "suicide by dog" by darting in front of the Foster. I thought my shoulder was going to pop when a squirrel landed in front of us then ran off, oh oh and I stepped on a rock, rolled my ankle and fell down. When I got home, I just laughed when I was trying to tell Arturo what happened. It's just one of those mornings.

High five on the self compassion thinking, most of us can be so hard on ourself! It's great to strive to improvement but I feel that true happiness is being content, having gratitude because we are breathing in a first world country.

I'm on my last day of the first round of the altshift. I'm not sure about it, I'm having a hard time not going over the fat, I guess I've been on LCHF for so long that eating low fat is going to take some re learning adjusting. Things just don't taste as good without little fat!

I gained 2lbs on the altshift lol