I don’t need an excuse to get on my bike, but sometimes a little motivation helps to keep a regular routine going. This was my thought when I decided to kick off June with a challenge. Sure, I could just plan to randomly ride more often, but that makes the excuses way too easy. So …
Hey y’all, I made it through the four week challenge. And when I say “I made it”, I mean that the Earth rotated on its axis 28 full times, while I continued to be aware that I was on some sort of plan. If any of that had failed to happen, I would have …
I was prepared for the bad news this morning. Nevertheless, after I tapped the scale with my foot and watched the readout calibrate back to 0.0, I bravely stepped forward and watched the number appear between my feet. I’ll take you back to how I arrived at this point. At the beginning of May, …
As I approached the halfway point in the May Healthy Living challenge, I encountered my most daunting obstacle yet – the beautiful spring weekend full of activities. From the moment that my next-door neighbor fired up his homemade outdoor grill on Friday evening, I knew the formidable challenge that lay before me. The charcoal …
My first week on the 30 Days to Healthy Living plan is over! I do consider it a success so far, but I am looking forward to tweaking some things in this next week to try to make it more effective. The positives: I lost 4.2 lbs! I’m sure it will be tough to …
It wasn’t easy watching my son and his little friend eat their pasta last night. I served them ahead of me and Lauren, so not only did I get to see the ravenous varmints inhale the angel hair as if it contained life sustaining oxygen inside each slender strand, but I also was forced …
Today, my wife Lauren and I kick off a health and lifestyle plan based on the Arbonne 30 Days to Healthy Living Detox. We’ll be eliminating dairy, gluten, caffeine, alcohol, and pretty much everything else that makes life worth living. I kid! I kid! But I’m excited to make some changes and work to …
I write this post from Wisconsin. However, I was not supposed to be in Wisconsin this weekend. In what is turning out to be an unfortunate annual event, I once again missed out on running in the Run the Bluegrass Half Marathon. Let me take you back a couple of years. After completing a half marathon …