Day 32 Thursday

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 Day 32 and I am feeling tired. Milestones this week: 33 (halfway to the 66, which is required for habit formation), 35 is 5 weeks (it feels like I have been doing this for much longer), then there is 37=at noon it will be halfway, I wonder if the second half goes by faster since I am already into the habit of water, workout, read, repeat. 

Exhausted from a poor night of sleep. For some reason, I could not fall asleep last night. Could it be my coffee and Keto mug cake with cocoa? Yes! I got into bed at 9:30 but didn't sleep until 10:30ish. I only got 6 hours and 43 minutes. My stomach hurt last night, and I had bad gas. I really need to use the bathroom regularly. I did get back to my IM8 this morning at least. 

Breakfast ezek cc/jelly, 2 eggs, coffee (9:30 yogurt 90/15)                     365 calories/32g protein              Lunch was odd mandarin, wings, chicken salad cranberries, steak, ezek with cc =667 calories/56g protein

Yesterday I started chapter 1 of Blue zones. It is an interesting read. Simultaneously I am reading Atomic Habits again. This entire first (almost) I felt like I was not fully doing the challenge. Yes, my 10k at school is a stretch of the rules but I am also getting in more on top of the 10k. For instance today after school I will get a few miles with the dogs and do my lifting at home. I would really like to get into a good routine. I like doing my speed in the morning and leaving the afternoon for lazy time and reading. 

Today-I still have to finish water #2 and #3, both workouts, eat dinner, read gosh it is like I have done nothing today

I know what I wanted to write about...it is the way my body is responding to this round of 75 Hard. My belly fat does not seem to be moving very quickly. Over the past year, I lost muscle mass and dieting is not helping. These next few weeks I have to make lifting heavy shit a priority. This week Thursday and Saturday for lifting. Today it will be at home with kettle bells and plyo. It might take me a little time to find exercises but that is what I need to do. First walk 3 miles with the dogs. Then lift or mix it up. 

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