Daily accountability and check in

We are heading out to Corpus Cristi for a family Easter gathering, should be fun. I booked a hotel with a gym and hope to get a workout in while visiting, and spend a little time on the beach. Food wise it's always a challenge with so much food around, but my family is very understanding and respects my efforts, they lived with me during the time I was vegetarian, so they get it.

another tick downward on the scale. bout time right? trying to kick stress eating to the curb.

Back into my normal routine after the Easter break. While I did eat a few rather unhealthy meals with family, including two slices of strawberry/rhubarb pie with ice cream, I was able to stay within my calorie goals, and get a good workout in to help mitigate some of the damage. I had a great cycling HIIT hill training yesterday and have brought my V02 max up to 41 ml/kg/min, bringing me into the top 15% for my age and gender. Today's weight training felt really good, and I am beginning to see noticeable physical changes. Although I am still not where I was pre COVID, I am making continual progress, and the improvements continue to motivate me to continue with both my nutritional and fitness goals.

thats great Interbeing! I have been working on bring up my vo2. mine has been very poor. Walking the canyon trail grade is helping it. I didn't have to stop this time coming up. I may need to do the trail more often. With regular walking I need to pic up the pace.

Way to go Mikey, getting those chores done. Having a workspace is important. U need to post a pic of your models when u get done.

back to work today. Just not feelin it. Got an Idgaf attitude about the place. so many workers missing (illness, vacation etc) very difficult to cover so many people. Pto =prepare the others.. ha that would b interesting

@mkksemail Although I had COVID in 2021, I was referring to my world prior to the COVID pandemic. When COVID hit, our department began working remotely from home, which changed my routine, and I slowly, but insidiously began to gain weight, eventually peaking at 218 lbs last September. Working out of the house, I started snacking a lot, and because I converted my exercise room into my office, I also, fell out of my strength training routine. I had planned to go the Y, but just had such a difficult time getting to the gym consistently and fell out of habit completely after sustaining an injury. Fast forward 4 years, and I was in the poorest shape I had been in over 25 years. It was my cholesterol levels that sparked my attention, and as I could not take statins. I started working with a Registered Dietitian on my nutrition, and rejoined the Y, and started working with a personal trainer to develop a sustainable fitness plan. That was in September, I have now lost all of the weight I had gained, brought my cholesterol levels back down into the normal range, and I am progressing nicely with my fitness goals, bringing my Biome down to 46 years. It has been a crazy rollercoaster ride, and I am so glad that I have been able to get back on track and I am feeling revived, and refreshed, with great energy levels, and able to fit into all my old clothes as a bonus, lol!

BTW, I do a 14/10 hour intermittent fast daily, and a 36 hour fast on the weekends I am at home, it has, I believe, made a very positive difference in my metabolism and energy levels, and, coupled with exercise, has helped to reduce my visceral fat level down to 9 cm2 from 12.

I had a standing desk when I was working out of an office and loved it. I have thought about buying one for my home office, but just haven't pulled the trigger on it.