5 days to go

Five days until I join the shreddersphere! Mission 1 goal will be to follow the Nillson program. Max loss to get this mission moving quickly in the right direction.

The Countdown Begins

Six days remain to get ready for the big trip to the shredder sphere. I have already received some comments of support. This is great to know.
I feel like I am packing for a journey that will be a whole new place for me, sort of like moving to a new home. I am mentally preparing myself for a trip that will have a distinctly different view of my environment and how I approach everyone and everything and myself. It is scaring, yet exiting at the same time.
With tomorrow being thanksgiving day - everyone focused on our feast, I will have in the back of my mind that the road to my health is starting soon - and that will be my daily focus.
Thank you fellow shredders and followers for joining in and allowing me to join you.
I will be ready on Dec. 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Working out the Bugs

Pictures are working, video not. still more work to do. WIll try the you tube method of video today. Feeling some lethargy and lack of energy.

click for my video update:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLSo9VwQSlk

Day 2 Laying the Groundwork

So I'm busy reading myriad of info on how to get off to a flying start in the first Mission. I am not even halfway through the first book. Will be reading several. The training guides and eating schedule looks daunting. I will no doubt be consumed with this for the first couple weeks until I get into a routine. Learning this whole blog thing is challenging also. Got it up and running yesterday. Need to learn how to feed in other info and do pics and video next.

Getting Started - The Journey Begins

The goal for this blog is to create a public accountability for my approach to my own health. My first thought was to approach this entirely as a weight loss program. As I continue to research what healthy living is, I have realized that those who really make a change to have better bodies are in it for the long haul. Like most everyone I have gone through phases of high and low weight during my life. And of course it is during those healthier times of lower weight and greater activity that I look back with a certain envy of my health at that point.

Like everyone has felt at some point, I reflect back at more energy and stamina, better sleep, attitude toward life, confidence in my self, and an all around feeling of being in control of my world and myself.

This has lead me to challenge myself in what may be my best effort at self discipline than at any point of my life. For a man approaching fifty by next year, and a self diagnosed tendency of adult ADHD this will be somewhat of an accomplishment.

Because of this I will be breaking down my lifetime goals into stages, missions, and phases to allow myself to celebrate every opportunity for success. It is those little individual victories that make life a journey that is meaningful.

For those who know me - I hope that you will comment and encourage me. You all know the number of challenges I have been through. It has been extraordinary to say the least. I have been blessed with some outstanding family and friends that have always been accepting and loving. I am looking forward to meeting and hearing from new friends. Ultimately, I am hoping to be an encouragement to others as well.

Healthy living can mean many different things. My philosophy is centered around a spiritual core that will will guide me and serves as a basis to all of my values. With this in mind, my vision of health is one that includes body, mind, and soul. This blog will be mainly an account of a journey of attaining a healthy body. It will serve as a place to record the progress that I will make and give an account of "getting there". Although I do have a certain picture of what I believe that will look like, I also wish to give a full account of what I learn to do with my health beyond that picture.

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