“Hey
I wanted everything I never had
Like the love that comes with light
I wore envy and I hated that
But I survived
I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
Where the wind don’t change
And nothing in the ground can ever grow
No hope, just lies
And you’re taught to cry into your pillow
But I survived”
Quick Stats
Total steps: 343,004
Average daily steps: 11,065
Highest daily steps: 27,649 (May 11)
Lowest daily steps: 4,366 (May 18)
Total miles walked/ran/hiked: 70.14
Total miles hiked: ~13.5
Sleep stats: 2 days of 7+ hours, 3 days of 6-7 hours, 26 days under 6 hours
Average daily sleep: 5 hours 18 minutes
Hiking in the Tonto National Forest - Superstition Wilderness area w/ Scott Jones.
The Good
Stayed active all but four days
Total activity was higher than May 2018
I closed my Apple Watch rings 27/31 days
I kayaked for the first time and fell instantly in love with the activity
I hiked in a different state (Arizona)
I’ve been adding in more running to my daily exercises
I bought a kayak so I’ll be doing more of that on weekend mornings before it gets gross outside
I signed up for the Little Backyard Adventure trail run in Olympia, WA on August 10. I can’t wait to see how it goes - my only goal is to avoid being dead fucking last.
The Not-So-Good
I got a bad sinus infection that took me down for 3-4 days. I tried, but it just sucked. Eventually, I pushed through the snot and got back out there.
I did not sleep for shit in May
While I may have a few extra miles on April, it was still a flop for hiking
It’s getting hot and the dog is even slower, so I will just have to increase everything by adding a second exercise to the day
I ate fast food WAY too often
I bored eat WAY too much
Full moon pontoon cruise!
Mental Health
I probably had 91% good days in May
Overcame big obstacles in the “I can’t do that” mindset - and I fucking did the thing.
I’ve stepped back from phone use quite a bit and I’ve noticed a difference
I don’t believe there was a single day I didn’t want to get out of bed - probably because I didn’t sleep much anyway.
I’ve stopped the daily tracking of everything except my fitness and it’s helped greatly. My desire for statistics and order had been causing me anxiety. I have developed a better way for me to handle daily and weekly goals.
Thoughts, Notes, Conclusions
When I stay busy, I don’t bored eat. Duh, right? Well, I guess I don’t stay busy enough so I plan to start attending local environmental meetings, exercising more, and kayaking as often as possible.
The majority of why I’m lazy AF is that I don’t want to drive through this metro area to do things. Once on the road, I’m fine, but it’s the getting through that internal battle that takes the most energy.
Summer is just the worst in Texas. Here’s to hoping my new State Park and NPS Quests keep pushing me to see new things and beat the heat.
I’m going to exercise more in June. No doubt about it.
I want to continue to get better, stronger, more experienced. It has always been my goal, and I know I’m better than I was a year ago or even more than that. I may not have lost the fat, but my legs are stronger than before and my endurance and will to keep trying are higher too.
Goals for June
Photo Credit: Adam Nutting
Read/Listen to at least 2 books
(A constant goal is 8, I’m always coming up short… so I’m making it more realistic. I think I had 1.5 in May?)Working on eating better food, drinking less booze, and more water. (I really just need to eat less, and stop the eating out)
Take a weekend off of social media (I’ve been taking an hour a day of no phone, which is cool)
Add more jogging and more trails (like, actually hitting a trail on my way home from work or something)
Working on a 5+ mile daily average for activity (May was under 3, which is less than April which is annoying)
More adventurous hikes - I have a few spots in mind.
(My state park quest and two weeks in Michigan should help)Continued daily mindful breaks and reading The Awakening (also, maybe yoga?)
Read and write daily. (Focus on working shit out)
Dog walks daily, and a second walk just for me that includes jogging. (No more blaming the dog and his slow ass pace for my lack of running)
There’s no reason I can’t hit 100+ miles for June. (Daily walks and jogs + hikes = c’mon man)
