Change in weight (6/30/20 – 7/6/20): -2.4 LBS Still trying to build those followers! Follow my blog and instagram @a_better_ben. This week is a testament to the routine of my betterment journey. It has been around seven months and the weeks are melting together. The best part of this melting together is that the effort …
Continue reading the power of routine and weekly reflections: 6/30 – 7/6
Post run sweat status Change in weight (6/23/20 –6/29/20): -1.4 LBS If you haven't yet, check out my instagram @a_better_ben. I'd love if you followed. I worked my butt of this week, I had some back sliding, and then I worked even harder to overcome those back slides and I am super pumped to have …
Continue reading exercise and weekly reflections: 6/23 – 6/29
Got on the water this weekend. It was a nice escape. Change in weight (6/16/20 –6/22/20): +0.8 LBS I experienced a pretty special thing after my last blog post, I got a lot of feedback. It was not online but through personal reach-outs and it was people checking to make sure I was okay. That …
Continue reading comfort and weekly reflections: 6/16 – 6/22
Still hitting those PRs! Change in weight (6/9/20 –6/15/20): -0.8 LBS My Monday weigh-in this morning brought a smile to my face. I have failed to reign in my eating the way I would like, so seeing that I lost almost a pound this week made me happy that my commitment to the process, even …
This morning's 'Leave me alone' look Starting with a serious note: I have been emotionally struggling with what is going on in the US right now. I grew up in a bubble of suburban and rural New England. The types of racial tensions that exist here can pale in comparison to what people experience in …
Continue reading a serious note on current events and weekly reflections: 6/2/20 – 6/8/20
Got to spend a little time on the water yesterday. That was good for the soul. My change from last week – Change in weight (5/18/20 –5/25/20): -1.0 LBS First of all, I received a tremendous response to my last post about how I have lost 30+ pounds so far. Thank you to everybody. That …
The First picture is a little older, but I was about the same weight as when I started this on December 1. I see weight loss stories of people who lose 50, 100, 150+ pounds and it can make 30+ pounds seem relatively insignificant. We need to remember that it is all relative and depending …
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My change from last week – Change in weight (5/12/20 –5/18/20): 0 LBS No change in weight. Zero, nada, nuthin', zilch. That must mean nothing happened this past week, right? Wrong. A lot happened this last week. A lot of good things and some things that I should work on. -I really am not upset …
Please note the quarantine hair, it is majestic. Please ignore the goober smile. In my first post, constantly inconsistent, I talked about running the Heady Trotter 4 mile road race a couple years ago. This was a really proud moment for me. I ran 2 straight miles, at 30, for the first time in my …
When the ride makes you yell... My change from last week – Change in weight (5/5/20 –5/11/20): -5.2 LBS Last week I talked about my check-in being a wake-up call. Well I answered it. I am super pumped this morning because I have been feeling really good the past couple of days and when I …
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