A blog about quitting drinking and acheiving peak health.
Do you know when you get knocked out of your flow in life and you find it so hard to get going again. Well I've had a lot of that going on recently. I was flying! I was up at 0500 every morning, insanity training, eating healthy, motivated at work, focussing on bigger goals etc. … Continue reading Resting guiltily….
Well that's 1 down 7 to go! The first week of insanity is over and I'm proud to report that I have done huffed and puffed my way through every session. Today was the Plyo session, a repeat of day 2. In fact the remainder of the first four weeks are all repeats now, apart from … Continue reading Insanity week 1 complete! 🙂 Sobriety rocks!!
'Sean T starting to Sweat!' Me too Sean, me too! Today was Insanity pure cardio... Today epitomised the meaning of the word - Insanity! Again, surprised at the lack of achingness in my limbs but very tired as I woke, I dragged my sorry arse downstairs and flicked open the laptop. I was happy that … Continue reading Insanity Day 5 – Pure Cardio review!
In the hazy moments of transition from horizontal to a sleepy vertical this morning, one word was ringing around in my head. Insanity. Its the 4th day of the insanity workout and today was cardio recovery. 0500 in the conservatory/makeshift gym floor, trainers on, t-shirt on inside out and ready to go. I've been surprised … Continue reading Insanity day 4! Cardio Recovery.. ..
For two days in a row, I've been up at 0500 and hitting the insanity workout. Today I am feeling it already. Yesterday was the fit test. It was a sign of things to come. It's amazing the range of different body weight exercises that can be done to push your heart rate through the … Continue reading Insanity day 2 done. Ouch.
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Ding ding, round 2! Today is the '2nd round' of the year. I've had a good rest in between jobs, I've had a great family holiday to Crete (alcohol free of course). And now I'm on my 2nd day of the new job. And I feel very very good. I feel like I'm starting afresh. … Continue reading Refreshed, renewed and ready to go 🙂
I've been thinking about this question for a while recently, often whilst aimlessly scrolling through my facebook feed for the 40th time in the day. About 2 years ago I had had enough. I plucked up the 'courage' and deleted Facebook. I survived. I found other things to fill my spare, lazy attention. I became … Continue reading Does Facebook kill human motivation?
So far in the alcohol free year, I've stayed away from alcohol free substitutes. I thought it would be too tempting to have a bottle of the thing I'm trying to avoid. It'll be like teasing myself. A bit like having a lap dance. Pointless. But lately I was thinking about what I used to … Continue reading Can wine taste good alcohol free?
12 weeks sober! It feels great to say that! Its been a bumpy ride but i'm happy I've lasted the distance and am more an more confident every day that the year will be completed. As I've done every two weeks of the year so far here is the latest body stat update.. And I'm … Continue reading 12 weeks alcohol free – The stats and lessons learned.
