FROM THE BACK BURNER

This is my check-in after 2 weeks of exercising daily.   

THE GOAL:  Per my "GOAL #1" document and video, I set out to do 30 minutes of exercise each day. My heart rate has to be in the aerobic range! I give myself one day off for rest or circumstances if needed.   

HOW IT WENT:  I am letting myself be proud of this last week! I did 6/7 days, one day off for rest because I was sore.   

HOW I FEEL:  Physically I feel lighter, faster, more comfortable, and my energy is increasing. After the 30 minutes I feel more energized than before.   Mentally I am very shocked I have done this. I have not lied to myself and justified failure to follow through. I have not slacked off or made excuses. I now feel a trust I have not felt before: I trust that I will do what I set out to do, if at least I make it a part of this system of goals I am building out.   

FROM THE BACK BURNER:  This is not for the purpose of sharing my journey, but to ensure that I keep marching down the path I have wanted to travel down for years. I love being comfortable and enjoy making crafty excuses to cut corners. It has cost me years of progress in basic things like being healthy and knowing things I want to know. Even being the dad and husband I want to be.   

This channel/platform is my accountability partner. I can justify slacking off if only to myself, but to a public place? I am very strict with myself. I have outsmarted myself by creating this channel and using it to hold myself accountable.   I hope that you tend to your own back burner and set out to do the things you know you want/need to do. If I am at all helpful in that journey, then my sharing has multiplied in value beyond the scope of my own life.   

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This is GOAL #3 FROM THE BACK BURNER. 

I have been exercising and intermittent fasting daily - now I will make sure I am drinking plenty of water.   I add a new goal every week and do follow up videos to keep me accountable. 

I am systematically implementing goals and tracking them while using YOU AS MY ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER.   Granted, you don't have to do anything... me having to report progress to this channel helps me tremendously.   

This is a record of me changing my life, one goal at a time, no biggie.   

I'll see you at the next checkpoint!   

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ONE WEEK AGO I set out exercise for 30 minutes everyday! This is the follow-up on how it went, as well as comments on how this channel is working out so far.   

IT WAS OKAY, but I did skip a day in addition to using my skip day. That means I did 5/7 days. This is OKAY BUT NOT GREAT.   I WILL FOLLOW UP AGAIN in one week to share improvements!   

You are my accountability partner, thank you for being here!   

See you at the next checkpoint!  

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INTERMITTENT FASTING  is Goal #2 from the back burner. I have always wanted to do intermittent fasting but never manage to do it for more than a few weeks at a time.   

For me, the end of dinner until breakfast the next day is about 12 - 16 hours. This is the perfect time for me to accomplish this daily. It also won’t be too invasive of a goal to take on.   

MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE will be NOT eating snack food at night! BEING CONSISTENTLY DISCIPLINED  for long stretches of time is also a big challenge. This channel is meant to serve as an extra boost for me to keep track of, and stay on top of all my goals.   

The next few goals will be related to staying healthy. After that there will be a few faith related goals (I’m a Christian). Then there will be dozens more to follow that cover many areas. SO STICK AROUND.   

Thank you for indirectly being my accountability partner!   

See you at the next checkpoint!  

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The first goal FROM THE BACK BURNER is daily exercise! 

I am creating this platform to give me a willpower boost to stay consistent with my goals. I have a history of putting things on the back burner, but now I am systematically sticking to them all. 

HERE IS MY OFFICIAL GOAL STATEMENT:  

DAILY EXERCISE GOAL #1   

Description:  Any physical activity that lasts 30 minutes or more and maintains at least an aerobic heart rate* for that duration.   

Exception:  ‘One day off per week’ can be used to cover unforeseen circumstances that prevent daily exercise.  The day off is NOT required and does NOT accumulate when not used.   

Trackability:  A chart will be used to track the completion of daily exercise. A guiding principle in creating this chart is ‘simplicity’. I only want to see that I am meeting the basic requirements of ‘daily exercise’ as presented in the description above.

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Thank you for being here! I'll see you at the next checkpoint. 

David