One of the goals in my 90-day plan is to develop a healthier lifestyle through nutrition and exercise. The steps to achieve this goal are to get into the habit of exercising regularly and also to focus on proper nutrition. This will help me lose the 15 lbs I'd like to lose in 90 days. That averages out to losing a little over a pound a week. So far I'm on track as I'm 3 weeks into the plan and I've lost 3 lbs.
Proper nutrition is a key aspect of my plan. A couple of weeks ago, one of my goals was to finish reading the book Ultrametabolism by Dr. Mark Hyman. This book is important to my plan as it serves as the foundation for the nutritional lifestyle I'm looking to attain. It's a great book because Dr. Hyman spends the first half explaining how nutrition, both good and bad, affects our bodies down to a chemical and cellular level. He goes into a lot of detail about the myths of dieting and how the different "diets" out there are not the best things for us nutritionally. Our bodies need fats, carbohydrates and calories, but we need the right kinds. The 2nd part of the book focuses on a plan to get off of foods that are harmful to us and start eating whole foods that provide the right kind of nutrients and to jump start our metabolism. The end result is not a diet, but a lifestyle of eating good foods with weight loss down to the optimum weight for our frames.
Not only am I exercising during the 90 days, I'm also making serious changes to the foods that I eat. No longer am I eating out for lunch at work on a regular basis. I bring breakfast, healthy snacks, and lunch to work. I try to eat 5 times daily to keep my metabolism working. Lifting weights is also a good way to speed up the metabolism. Does all this mean that I won't indulge in the mocha chocolate cheesecake my wife is making for my birthday this week? Seeing that it takes her about 9 hours to make, I can't just let all her hard work go to waste.
This week, my goals are to workout 6 days, have a devotion all 7 days, finish our tax return and trim some of the trees in the yard. I've gotten my strength back after being sick and so it's time to get serious about exercise. Below I've posted the Daily Director pages for this week. Since I have a long commute to work, I've been catching up in the car on all the sermons from church that I've missed since my 4 month old daughter was born. I've got a lot of projects from work listed out that need to get taken care of. If anyone wonders what I mean by Review 3/15 items, that is all of the extensions and estimated tax payments my staff have prepared that I need to review that are due by March 15.
Proper nutrition is a key aspect of my plan. A couple of weeks ago, one of my goals was to finish reading the book Ultrametabolism by Dr. Mark Hyman. This book is important to my plan as it serves as the foundation for the nutritional lifestyle I'm looking to attain. It's a great book because Dr. Hyman spends the first half explaining how nutrition, both good and bad, affects our bodies down to a chemical and cellular level. He goes into a lot of detail about the myths of dieting and how the different "diets" out there are not the best things for us nutritionally. Our bodies need fats, carbohydrates and calories, but we need the right kinds. The 2nd part of the book focuses on a plan to get off of foods that are harmful to us and start eating whole foods that provide the right kind of nutrients and to jump start our metabolism. The end result is not a diet, but a lifestyle of eating good foods with weight loss down to the optimum weight for our frames.
Not only am I exercising during the 90 days, I'm also making serious changes to the foods that I eat. No longer am I eating out for lunch at work on a regular basis. I bring breakfast, healthy snacks, and lunch to work. I try to eat 5 times daily to keep my metabolism working. Lifting weights is also a good way to speed up the metabolism. Does all this mean that I won't indulge in the mocha chocolate cheesecake my wife is making for my birthday this week? Seeing that it takes her about 9 hours to make, I can't just let all her hard work go to waste.
This week, my goals are to workout 6 days, have a devotion all 7 days, finish our tax return and trim some of the trees in the yard. I've gotten my strength back after being sick and so it's time to get serious about exercise. Below I've posted the Daily Director pages for this week. Since I have a long commute to work, I've been catching up in the car on all the sermons from church that I've missed since my 4 month old daughter was born. I've got a lot of projects from work listed out that need to get taken care of. If anyone wonders what I mean by Review 3/15 items, that is all of the extensions and estimated tax payments my staff have prepared that I need to review that are due by March 15.
Keith
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