Wow, where have I been? My last visit here was on Day 151. There's math involved in figuring out how many days I've been MIA, but luckily it's easy math, so I can hang. 33 days. Usually with a hiatus like that, one would assume I'd gone off the reservation big time, maybe sitting on my couch with a gallon of Blue Bell, had nothing good to report and was actually hiding from you.
This time, though, I have nothing but good stuff to share. It's just that there have been a lot of things keeping me from jumping on here and blathering on about my journey to Mudder Bad A$$ness.
I hit a plateau in my eating--was being careful, still no booze, working out--but the scale was not moving. I was getting pretty frustrated. Then about 3 weeks ago, I started on an all-protein diet. No, it's not Adkins. I'm not eating bacon and big hunks of cheese all day every day. It's just lean protein with a scant amount of carbs, and it was tough for about the first 4 days. I swear I thought I'd never be able to eat chicken again on that 4th day in. But 3 weeks and 17 lbs later, I feel really good. Tons of energy. Zero cravings for carbs. I have been in very dangerous food situations and have not even felt tempted to cheat. It doesn't even take willpower anymore. You get the chemistry right, and your body does what it needs to do.
In the first couple weeks on the plan, I wasn't working out too much, just trying to get used to the new diet. Now I'm back in the groove with my spin classes, cardio at home, P90x and a specially designed Bad A$$ workout plan complete with Burpees and Manmakers which sucks eggs big time but I'm managing. And the knee is behaving itself.
Things are going so well, in fact, that I'm convinced I'll get hit by a bus soon. So if I don't check in for another 33 days, I might be in the hospital in a body cast. Please come looking for me.
