Week Fifty-Six of REAL...

Reminders: REAL - Reduce stress Exercise Adequate sleep Lower caloric intake

What Navy SEALs are required to do to make it into BUD/S: http://navyseal.s5.com/requirements.html

RIght up front: Never in a million years could I do what is required. However, I needed to start somewhere. Considering how fit the SEALs are, I figured it was a good place to start. So my SEAL puppy reps consist of girls' pushups, crunches, and flutter kicks, a SEAL training basic. I started with doing one of each. I've worked up to 33 and working at slowing it down.

The 13th: weigh in: 238.4 lb. SEAL puppy rep. One-mile walk. SEAL puppy rep.

The 14th: weigh in: 235.6 lb. One-mile walk and physical therapy. That's a pretty big drop in weight. I'm wondering if someone is fiddling with the scale. Don't know. Maybe making the recent changes really does make that big of a difference.

The 15th: weigh in: 234.4 lb. Four pounds in two days...really? Or is someone messing with the scale? Also a possibility. Sigh.

The 16th: weigh in: 234.4 lb. SEAL puppy rep. One-mile walk. SEAL puppy rep. Yes, I only walked one mile, today. I woke up with a cough, allergy related.

The 17th: weigh in: 235.2 lb. Physical therapy. Feeling out of sorts. I'll settle soon.

The 18th: weigh in: 235 lb. SEAL puppy rep. One-mile walk. SEAL puppy rep. Yes, I've cut back my outside stuff because of all the rain. I'm allergic to mold, and it's having a field day with all the rain and then irrigation.

The 19th: weigh in: 236.6 lb. Waist circumference: 39". Not surprised. Finished a major project, yesterday. Physical therapy. I'll do better, today.

The first picture was taken in February 2012. The second picture was taken in June 2012. Inspiration, at least to me: