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Breakfast: 9am
2 Scrambled Eggs (w/Salsa Verde)
32oz. Water
Mid-Morning: 11am
1 Hard-Boiled Egg (w/Black Pepper)
Lunch: 3pm
1 Strawberry-Phyto-Power Visalus Shake
Mid-Afternoon: 6pm
Chicken Club Sandwich (Grilled Chicken Breast, Swiss, Tomato, Romaine Lettuce & Mayo on Rye)
32oz. Water
Evening: 8pm
1 Butterfinger Visalus Shake (I know it seems repetitive at this point, but I just can’t help myself.)
No Work-Out Today
State of Being:
Yeah, so… I had to back off on the leg-blitz today.
I woke up this morning and my knees,
(yes, both knees) were absolutely killing me. The right felt like it might as well have never healed from last month’s injury and the left had a really sharp and throbbing pain along the inside
(likely from overcompensating for the right.)
I haven’t abandoned it completely. I’m just going to restrict myself to Calf Raises, starting tomorrow and I will resume Squats and Walks
(at a much slower and more even pace,) once my knees have recovered. I’m hoping I won’t have to wait more than a week or so as the clock is ticking away the last few weeks of this challenge.
I’m thinking, at this point that I am going to fall significantly short of my goal this time, (full-upright mobility). But, Challenge-Two will have served as a good learning experience in how I should set my goals, for the foreseeable future.
I’m not going to nix this Challenge, though. I have set the goal and I will not give up on it, even if it means I will have to accept failure. I’ll just be a little wiser and more informed in setting my goals for Challenge-Three.
I can see now that regaining full upright mobility was a goal that I ought to have waited to the other side of some more significant weight-loss before pursuing.
It makes sense, my weight is at least 90% of why it’s so hard for me to walk. So, going for that particular bit of “gold” so early as Challenge-Two was perhaps ill-advised. But, I
have gained a much more complete sense of things from the experience of trying anyway. Remember that, prior to getting started on the Challenge lifestyle, it had been two full years since I’d engaged in physical training or exercise of any kind. Finding my footing is a big part of the process of getting back into it.
It’s all part of the truth that failures are necessary steps on the road to success. No one achieves anything unless they fail at it a number of times.
If nothing else, Challenge-Two will have served as a great educator for me as I forge ahead.
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