As I’ve stated a bunch of times since my most recent restart, I’m putting a much larger focus on mental health and overall wellness this time around. One of the things I’ve done is to start going to therapy. When I started, the COVID-19 pandemic was slowing down but still around. So I decided to find some non in-person options, which led me to Talkspace.
Author: David
Recap: June 2021
Out of all the months that I’ve been on this health and wellness journey, June 2021 was definitely one of them.
There was some flashes of motivation and heading in the right direction, but overall was kind of a lot of nothing. Here’s my recap of June 2021.
Testing the Challenges of Being On The Road
For those that haven’t followed my journey, one of my largest sticking points is my job. Many people also struggle from this, but thought I would share my experience since this restart. Most of my job is film/video editing, meaning I sit at my desk 10-12 hours a day and barely move. However, I also occasionally work as part of the crew for films and television shows, which presents a different set of challenges.
I recently came across my first couple tests being on the road in 2021.
Getting In Shape Post COVID-19
We’ve all heard the “gaining the Covid 19 lbs” joke, and in my case, it wasn’t too far off. At the least it sure felt that way! It seems like people either severely struggled or absolutely thrived throughout the ever-changing conditions during the Covid pandemic. Unfortunately I feel most people, myself very much included, fell into that former category.
Re-Introduction: 2021 Edition
Oh, hello! Nice to see you again! For those that don’t remember, I’m David. This page is a journal of my wellness journey, an accountability tool, and a way to keep things fresh for me on this long and grueling journey.
I first posted here way back in December of 2014, and I don’t think that I would have guessed that 6.5 years later I would be starting again for the umpteenth time. I know everyone always says weight loss isn’t a linear path, and one would always expect to have bad days, weeks, maybe even a month. But having a bad year, multiple bad years? I honestly wasn’t ready for that.
But here I am to attempt to rise from the ashes once again and see what can come of all of this.
Florida Vacation
Just got back from my Disney Florida vacation, and I’ll tell you that it was a fantastic time! Just being able to get away mentally for a week did wonders for my stress levels.
I may have mentioned here before, but I haven’t gone on a non work related, non wedding related vacation (longer than a ‘long weekend’) since Spring Break in college 15 years ago!
Needless to say, I was due!
Continue reading “Florida Vacation”Baby Alpacas, Coldplay, and Mindset
Since the Stan’s Donut 5k, I’ve really just been chugging along, nothing all too drastic from the grind. My knee still is bothering me a bit, especially on step-ups, lunges, and sprints. So I’ve been taking the frequency back down to every other day until my vacation, better to error on the side of caution because I don’t want to be hurting on the trip.
Continue reading “Baby Alpacas, Coldplay, and Mindset”Stan’s Donut 5k 2019
Just like that, the 2nd 5k of this “getting back into running/fitness” journey has come. This morning was the Stan’s Donut 5k, and it went surprisingly well!
Waveforms & Forfeiting Donuts
As I move forward on this journey, I was tracking my weight and realized the past 3 months I essentially lost and gained the same 6 or so pounds over and over again.
Check it out, it looks just like an audio waveform!
I bet if you listened to the audio of that waveform, it would say, “AAAHHHHH!”
Continue reading “Waveforms & Forfeiting Donuts”Rolling Along and Looking Forward to Donuts
Since my last post, things have been rolling along. In that 8 day period I went to Orange Theory 3 times and ran outside today. Progress is coming quickly and since this is the maybe 3rd or 4th time I’ve gone through this process of a mini break, I’m learning some interesting things.
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