S.O.S. Success challenge 2024

 Day Thirty-One: Where's the balance? What progress really looks like. I am currently on Day 3 of a 5 day intensive for an NLP certification. The information is great. The connections are lovely. The time it runs at...is during the day...in Australia! Which means it is wrapping up around 11pm each night, and starting at 2pm in the afternoon.  Also, I can't be off camera. I have to be in front of the device or camera for almost 10 hours a day. It made me realize that: - My sleep and sleep routine are so important to me. - My body highly dislikes being device-bound. - I do not hold info or function well past a certain point in learning or of the day. - I must at least nap at some point during 12 hour stretches. There is nothing balanced about this experience. And it's making me wish it was done already. PLUS, I don't know if I will be certified at the end of all this, as performance and being in face mode is highly valued during this process and I am sure I have nodded of...

 Day Twenty-Three: On the other side Well! That week of fasting was quite the journey. I had to just surrender to the process. I went from 175 to 162 on the scale and shifted a few inches. Now, what does that look like on the other side? Knowing that my glycogen stores in my muscles were depleted and I targeted inflammation, much of the "loss" in the numbers on the scale would reflect that. That's why it is not the only "measure" by which you would want to use for your progress. Water consumption has increased, workouts have regained, which means I will also be experiencing inflammation as a healing response to working out. Also, I have had a regular and smooth bowel movement yet, although stuff is still moving. Until the consistent flow of exercise is happening in a way that will move the needle, I am going to remain on track with how I am currently eating, which is in a 3 hour window mainly, and keeping things low carbs/keto.  It's good to be in this range...