I seek flavor these days. I don’t like bland foods. Trashy pizza, even shitty indian food. Bland sandwiches. They all feel like empty calories.

On the other hand, I really enjoy well seasoned chicken, seasoned vegetables, fruits, etc.

Distefano seems to have lost a lot of weight. He works out and is doing intermittent fasting. Likely calorie control. Seems to run too.

Current

Nine months ago

10 Signs You’re Afraid to Lead

• You are afraid of calling the shot. So you be wishy washy
• Took the side of the vendor of fuck i do this. Don’t spin the story
• Too concerned about pleasing people. Ruins feedback
• Conflict: resolve it immediately, dont spread the concern.
• You want to take credit for other people. NO – give them credit. You are confident and humble
• Deflecting blame
• Fear of conflict – dont delay it. Have conversation in the right way. Art. Work on this together.
• Conversation can be ugly?
• Me first mentality – decisions have to be made to benefit the organization

I avoided it for 3 years. But, close to the third anniversary of this god forsaken pandemic, I have gotten covid. Fuck this.

Two months have gone by in this year; since I started my running journey. And already, I have had to deal with so much fucking stress. Work, relationship(!) and now fucking covid. I am pissed.

But you know what? I’m not going to descend into the pits of hell like I have in the past. Fuck no.

I will get back to running. Get back to losing weight. Get back to the things that are making me happy.

I was planning on doing a 5k on saturday or 10k on sunday. I will try to keep that commitment. Next week is the biggest race distance wise in my life so I have to be ready for it.

Let’s go bro.

Simple Tool to Make Better Food Choices | Jeff Cavaliere & Dr. Andrew Huberman

• Portion control. Get the plate right
• View the plate as a clock
• You need protein in every meal, especially.
• Starchy carbs are a GODSEND. Don’t fight your body. Eat the carbs.
• Watch the carbs, but dont exclude them. They are easy to over eat.
• But protein is not easy to overeat.
• What can you do consistently
• Calorie manipulation. Even intermittent fasting is just calorie manipulation.
• Dont have too much variety. Keep things simple.
• This is what it should look like

5 Reasons WALKING is the King of Fat Loss (Changed My Life)

• Walking preserves muscle. You keep it at zone 2, you don’t over stress the body so it can use the right fuel.
• Muscles are sucking glucose
• Walking low intensity burns more fat. Low intensity actually burns fats. Interesting.
• Rarely you get injured.

Feel like crap.

I just want to watch my food and run and add some more workouts. It’s slowly working.

As soon as I get better, I am going to get back on.

I had a good January. In some ways, a better February.

I have to sustain this for another 21 months. That is daunting and don’t think about it.

Think one day at a time, one week at a time and one month at a time. Make continuous progress on weight.

This time, I will continue this pace.

On a diet, I get into a state where I have a neutral flavor in the mouth. Pretty plain.

But when I am in a craving mode, I crave more flavor.

Not sure what this is or if anything at all.

I don’t want to make a big deal about this but I would be remiss if I don’t at least mention it a bit.

I have largely abstained for more than a month. I find virtually no reason to consume it. Even in the social settings, I have found a great alternative in Heineken 0. I was able to go “out”, even watched the Superbowl with the usual crew, without the booze. Most people don’t even care or comment. I haven’t even needed to substitute it for a “light beer”.

I have take a sip here or there. And I – at this moment – deteste it. I hate the taste and the mental fogginess that I start to get. At this moment, I have zero desire for it.

I have gone through a lot of stress in the last 2 months. The blackout was the crescendo of that stress. And that was the last day I truly drank that stuff.

So, part of me is confident that I can keep it at bay. The running in particular really pushes me to remain sober. But another part of me says that because it was a reaction to the blackout, it might be temporary. I hope I can come back to this blog in the future – perhaps even expand it (so that it becomes a running log of sorts).

Anyway, don’t want to make it into a big deal. The ultimate goal is still Marathon 2024. I know that my body will have to transform in ways never done before to be able to accomplish that goal. No matter what happens (except for some crazy event), I have to be at that Marathon in 2024 and finish it.