So I didn't do as good as I had hoped in January, but there was progress. I'm going to wind up adding some additional metrics for body fat and weight. I did do a pretty good job of consistently sticking with the body weight program, and consistently riding into work. I logged over 300 miles in January on the bike. I feel a bit stronger, although in the pat week, my problems getting to sleep started coming back, which sucks. I did not keep off the liquor like I planned, and therefore I dropped 5lbs (now sitting at 198), but not much else. I really need to quit all of the drinking. I'm thinking about doing a super strict habit month in February. It's like an extreme version of Mustachianism and Primal, where I don't do a single thing unless it benefits me in the long term. No being lazy and grabbing food, no beer, no non-educational reading, no non-education TV (mostly), etc.
Also, due to some circumstances at work, I will not be able to ride in for the next couple of weeks because I have to commute to Denver (140 miles round trip) every weekday for a little while. So my big challenge will be maintaining my habit of working out without the bike ride, and without my usual place to do it. I suppose that means that I am going to have to get my ass out of bed and do something productive right away, as opposed to sneaking up on the day like I prefer. Not stoked about that, but if I could manage to make this a habit, it might even be something that I continue once I can bike commute again. How crazy would that be? Wake up, work out, use the 10 mile bike ride as both a cool down, and a warm up, body weight at work, work, ride home, work out with the GF...man, I would be really be working out a lot.
If I do wind up going this route, I will start tomorrow. As those of you in the US know, today is a very special day. Some teams are playing sportsball to celebrate the fact that the Walking Dead is one week from coming back (that's my exception to the TV rule), and I'll be going to a party today. My GF is looking a bit closer at doing a Whole30, so that could be cool too. For me, the booze is the biggest thing, so I might try doing a celebratory day like Red Wine Fridays (although with something else...single malt saturdays?). I still need to work out my added goals. I'll have to look through some of the historical data on my scale, but I believe that with proper diet and sticking to primal without working out, I dropped easily to 170lbs with 18% body fat. I might do something like 165/13% to start with and modify them.
Loving everyone's progress so far! For those of you who have hit your goals, I will get them crossed out in the tracking post so we can all join in your success!! Keep up the great work. I'll check in once I get my goals dialed in.