Phishy’s Blog

Well, here we are starting another 52DC. I hadn’t formaly participated in the last few with the 6 Month Challenge doing basically the same thing and keeping me accountable. With less interest in the 6MC however I started to waver, and I think a  smaller more focused challenge is exactly what I need.

I have been clean eating all along although I am tightening it up a bit and focusing more on Clean Eats for the challenge. I also just started running, doing the Couch to 5k program, which is great. I am in Week 3 now and enjoying it very much. I look forward to running my first 5k nonstop before the end of the 52DC!!!! In addition to the running, I just started the BreakIn phase of NROL, and I plan on Fat Loss 1 when I am finished break in. Hopefully this will all help break my plateau. I was steadily losing for months and got down to 249 from a high of 287, but have been stuck for a while. Here’s hoping my new weight and running programs will kick things along again!

Here is the first post to my new 52DC blog. I have been in a number of 52 day challenges in the past, some successful, some not successful. In the Fall, I signed up for the longer 6 month challenge with the longer term goal of following the 52DC principles but for a longer timeframe to achieve my goals. In the past I would do well for 1 challenge and then fall off the rails before the next started and end up discouraged.

I am enjoying the longer term challenge and doing well, with good weight loss, significant muscle definition gains, and better cardiovascular endurance. I have learned how to live a consistently healthy lifestyle eating clean, and also learned how to lift weights properly.

 I am not taking part formally in the Winter 2008 52DC, however I continue to plug away with my longer term 6 month challenge along with some other hardy Mens Health Forum members who are sticking with their committment.