To run a lot, I need to reduce the cost of starting

Running

• Keep clothes READY TO GO
  • Shorts
  • Jacket
  • Shoes
• Audible queued up
• Make sure you have slept well.
• Enough food
• Go, even if you feel like shit

Cross Training on the bike

• Movies to watch, TV in front of me

It is a regular metric.

make sure you wear tight clothes often man. It’s easy to lose it.

I am lazy. I hate cooking food. I like to have some booze to take the edge off.

I won’t be able to do a radical shift in my personality. So, lets work within what I am to maximize chance of success.

Keep it low carb even with the booze. Use non alcoholic stuff to simulate it as much as possible.

Make it easier for yourself by eliminating most sweets.

And, dont worry. It will workout. Running is a recent proof. So many other proofs over time.

Daily / Weekly

• Weight
• Calorie intake
• Calorie expenditure
• Running miles
• Sleep

Monthly

6 monthly / Yearly

• ApoB
• Choelsterol
• Ldl

Shoulder

	External Rotator = 10% bodyweight x 12
	Powell Raise = 10% bodyweight x 10
	Trap 3 Raise = 10% bodyweight EACH hand x 5

Knee

Core

Trying something new.

Will listen to Harry Potter audio books while running. Lets see how that goes.

I started C to 5k five years ago! I did it for like 1 week and gave up.

This is amazing and motivational.

It’s an example of something I started years ago and failed, but then restarted it (this year) with a better mindset and it is sticking. This makes me optimistic.

What is different this time?

• I didn’t overthink it this time
• I left enough time for failure, focussed more on consistency
• I gamified it using Strava
• And I had a friend who kept pushing me.
• Had a blog (this one), which kept me focussed

okay, this is great.

Next up — weight loss. We will restart it and it will stick this time.

Something amazing just happened. It’s time to get super serious.

I was getting drunk, wallowing in depression for some reason. Sitting at the bar alone, eating junk food. Demotivated to run, demotivated for work. Life just being so stressful.

Then something amazing arrived in my inbox:

Holy shit bro. I am SO FUCKING PSYCHED.

This has energized me. It has refocused me. Nothing else matters. This is a sign from above.

LETS GO HAVE FUN RUNNING!!!!!

• Konjac noodles, rice
• Sugar free sauces
• Konjac rice with peas and momfuku chili oil and protein
• Low carb tortilla, turkey pepperonni, tomato basil and oregano, mozzarella cheese (maybe better to get real slice of pizza)
• Coffee staple
• Diet coke
• Yerba Mate
• High hydration fruits
• White meats and fish. High protein stuff. Really helps to fill me up.
• Dry fruit, but apricots maybe. Be careful. High in calorie
• Nuts, but be careful. High in calories.
• Cheese, cheddar. But high in calories.
• Popcorn skinny

Running 7 to 14 miles a week has positive impact on the ldl numbers

Another paper says 7 to 10 miles.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10593643/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7848025/