Day 5, Champion of Choice Challenge

Feeling much better today. Took medicine to 'stop me up', so to speak, and I've been doing great today. On to today's progress:

1. Actually had a scheduled doctor visit this morning, related to my cholesterol. I've had super high cholesterol numbers for a long time, and I've been battling it for a little while under doctor supervision. First, good news: down 5 lbs from last doctor visit, and numbers were down as well but not enough. Doc upped my dosage again (each up has helped so far). We'll see.

In addition to medication, he firmly informed me that 3x weekly exercise is a must. Then we discussed this challenge, and I told him 30lbs in 91 days. He thinks that's a bit much, and will REQUIRE a combination of better portions, better food, and more exercise. I agree, and hope that I'm up to it. I don't want to disappoint myself or my family or the Challenge group. So I will proceed.

Food intake today: Whataburger with cheese, with fries, Dr Pepper. I did this knowing that I had a hard afternoon ahead. We're remodeling our Kingdom Hall (for those that don't know, I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses), and we started demolition today. I had fairly constant exercise for about 4 hours. Yes, too much after being sick. Yes, too much after not lifting weights or exercising for many months. Now I'm sore all over (a bit, nothing major), but feel good for having gotten some blood flowing and muscles working. We continue demo this weekend thru Sunday, then pick up actual building and installing next Fri-Sat-Sun, finishing everything the following Fri-Sat-Sun. Busy weekends ahead.

Dinner was spaghetti with Dr Pepper. Water was consumed in large quantities throughout the day.

2A, 2B, 3A. On backburner because of remodel project. I should have more time to work on them the next few days though, as my part of the project is not intense like today was.

3B, done.

In conclusion, I'm optimistic about this challenge and how well I've kept up. Having Rich to follow and help remind me to blog is a serious help to me. That I've done the blog every day is a big thing for me. Yes, that sound you just heard was a small pat on my own back.

PS. Big DUH moment here. Update to 2A that I hadn't even mentioned on this blog: I'm speaking at a career day at a high school tomorrow. 3 sessions of 25 minutes. Funny thing is, I'll be telling them about a career in drafting/AutoCAD, and I haven't worked as a drafter since last August. Ironic thing is, I'm going to speak a career day on the day when even my current job is probably ending. Go figure. Anybody in Dallas/Ft. Worth need to hire a trainer? How about a drafter? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?