Week 1 of 18 is done and on to Week 2! Week 2 is the exact replica of Week 1 so no need to re-iterate the routine. I will share that I’ve already gained a couple pounds of muscle weight and lowered my total body fat percentage by at least .5 depending on the type of measuring tool I use. Now I know I had promised a breakdown of what type of diet is helping me survive this training regiment, but this topic is going to intervene. Besides, it’s my blog and I’ll do what I want. (As should everyone else in their respective lives. If you want to do something…just do it! You don’t need anybody’s permission or approval…see my earlier blog about that exercise. 
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I think it was a culmination of events over the past weekend and something I heard on the radio on my way back from the swim workout of the training that prompted the desire to share this revelation. The Thanksgiving/ Christmas/ Hanukkah/ etc. time of the year is one of my favorite times of the year. I can tune into my local easy listening radio station and hear holiday music almost 24/7. In between the songs late at night, they sometimes take calls from listeners to share stories of holiday cheer. In these stories, one can hear stories of hope, accomplishment, optimism, and overall happiness and appreciation for all the things life has given to the callers over the year(s). [I know somebody out there is already thinking of examples of stories that people share which may not necessarily support my last sentence completely...PERFECT! ]
Tonight, there was a caller who had called in a couple years prior to the same radio DJ with a completely different story than that which she told this evening. Read more
