Friday, October 13th 2023

It’s Friday the 13th, in October! Kinda cute, kinda quirky. I’m really feeling the whole fall thing. Historically, October has been my favorite month; lots of positive events in my life have happened in October. I really like the month, but I think February or May are my favorite month(s) nowadays. I really liked how I felt earlier this year. I mean I like how I feel today, in October, but it just doesn’t hold the same romantic place in my heart anymore.

I’ve been walking a ton this week. I was extremely sedentary upon coming home. I want to have a daily average step count of 15,000 this month. For context, same time last year, my daily average was 4,500. December 2022, I was at my all time lowest physically, monthly average was <2,500 steps per day… super lazy fat fuck lifestyle tbh. Jan, Feb, Mar of this year, when I started hiking and working out, my averages each month were >6,000 steps per day. May through August, being out in SD hiking frequently, my monthly average was >9,500 per day. 1st week of October 2023, my daily average step count was 5,000, so a significant decrease.

Alright, pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers in this racket.

10,000 steps a day is annoying. 15,000 steps a day is really fucking annoying. It’s entirely a discipline / mind thing, not a physical thing. It takes 2-3 hours of walking to get 15,000 steps. Setting aside the time to do nothing but walk feels bad before you do it, but pretty great when you’re done.

I did 15,000 steps Wednesday, 16,500 yesterday, and 18,500 today. Going for >20,000 tomorrow. My high score for one day is 33,000. I want to destroy that before the end of the year. I average ~6,500 steps/hour on flat terrain, which is ~3 mph for me. So, one a goal of mine is to cover marathon distance (26.2 miles) on a Saturday before the end of the year. First, let me hit an average of 15,000 for the month, and let my leg heal so I can run some of it.

Aside from the walking, I’m working on my diet. I’m really fucking frustrated that I still have love handles. I’m currently 185 lbs. I dropped from 240 lbs in December 22′ to 190 lbs in May 23′, or -10 lbs per month. Since May, I’ve dropped to 185 lbs, or -1 lb per month, over the same duration of time. Doesn’t feel good. My diet was strict, controlled, and disciplined at the start of the year, and it went to shit when I went out west. I pretty much stopped my cut for 2 months, and have half-assed it since. I’m 185 lbs, probably ~20% bodyfat. I can 100% be a healthy weight at 165 lbs. So, my current goal is 170 lbs. I’ve got to get back to the strict rules I had earlier this year, so my goal tonight is to write up some formal written rules to abide by. I really really want to have drastic 1 year weight loss transformation pics come Jan 24′.

I’m going to cut it short tonight. I have a project I’m working on and am excited to share it on here when it’s done, so look forward to that. Talk to you guys next week, have a good one 🙂