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Keeping things SUPER simple right now while I juggle work, studies, parenting, spousing, sleeping... etc... I just want to keep losing fat while gaining what I can in strength and mobility. Here are the simple challenge goals, then will copy-paste in my long-term goal stuff... Lose fat while growing a little strength - drop belly below 43" and scale below 218 * FOOD: Carb Nite Solution stuff - ultra-low-carb most days - carb-load 1 day per week while tracking in MyFitnessPal * Prep 90% or more of my food (save money, eat less junk) * Lunch workouts - lift 3x per week, walk 3x per week (plus evening walks with family) * Mobility work 15 min per evening * CAIA - go through Level 1 material 3 times - learn it - and pass September exam Time to kick fear in the teeth... acknowledge it and move forward. That's all I got time for (no gifs, no pretty, no prose... but thanks for the love anyway nerds). I gotta get through these things (fitness, studies, etc) to take care of this family I've been given. Here is the big-goal-life stuff... THE BIG QUEST by summer 2016: LEAN, JACKED and LEARN-ed and vocationally settled in a long-term city * Year 1: Lean out - down to 36" waist (is 32 possible? not sure what’s is under all this fat) while getting my first financial certification and learn Python * Year 2: Get jacked - bulk up while honing outdoor/survival skills, second financial certification and skilled enough in coding to be at decent freelance developer * At the end of year 2 - have the skills and knowledge that would be envied by integrity-based hedge funds and/or leading software/tech shop (or a combination of both - maybe work my own niche in finance and coding/tech). More simply put... MAIN QUEST: By summery 2016, get lean and jacked, be on a strong career path, and move to a long-term city with strong coding skills My WHY remains - husband and dad trying to provide while also trying to not-die (of poor health)... and live fully! STUFF TO ADD (for future): * Fear - freedom from fear - I fear some people and interactions (I'm a nerd, right? this is how we are)... I want to be free of it - of boss - of a couple co-workers - of rejection - of failure