Hey mates...

It's David here. it's the evening of February 6th, as this daily accountability podcast definitely has missed some days I took some more time off for myself. Plus, we were hecka busy these past couple days. So much so that there's been not really time to meal prep. Our weekend went fast. Now here I am on a Monday night, getting this episode out to you!

I feel like January was a learning curve. I wanted to try to do a lot. Maybe a lot more than I should have. Maybe I should have focused one one thing, like meal prepping, and added more stuff in. Regardless, it's February now. And this month, I'll be working on keeping myself accountable.

My goal for the rest of this month are:

Meal prep. Or in the absence of meal prep, make the right decisions when eating. No pizzas, no pastas, no crackers and snacks and things like that. I have the right things at the house. I just have to choose them. I think sometimes that's the hardest thing, right? It's easy to just grab some crackers or chips. It's harder to take 5-10 minutes to make something that will be 10x better and healthier. It's that whole convenience/fast food thing. I want it now.

I've been making wrong decisions. Now, it's time to make right decisions. Better decisions. And I hope you'll join me in this goal, mates. Let me know what you're struggling with. Share some of those easy, go to snacks that actually are healthy/better than those chips and crackers.

Thanks for listening, and sticking with me, mates. You can find me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/weightmatepodcast/ or you can email me at weightmatepodcast at gmail dot com

Hey mates, it's David. Today is Friday, January 27th. 

It's been a few days. The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Or in this case, the lack of podcast episodes.

I'll be honest and up front. I got burned out. Especially trying to say the same thing every day, but in different ways. It's tough. 

Especially when, at times, I just don't have the energy to do things. I want to meal prep, but I also want to relax and just have downtime. I want to walk, but I've got homework to review with the kids, or doing things around the house. I know, I know...  some of these things are excuses. I'm good at excuses and making reasons as to why I couldn't do things.

It's been 27 days since I started this with well meaning intentions and a goal, and with a positive mindset. I tried to keep that positivty, but sometimes, I just can't hold it. A lot of times it's easier to keep doing the things I've always done rather than do the hard things to change.

However, I made a commitment to myself. While I may miss days here and there... I will come back. I will continue to hold myself accountable and also try not to beat myself up too badly. There's 365 days in the year, and we're only 27 days in. Baby steps are still steps, and we... I.... will make progress towards my weight loss goals.

Thank you for still listening to me, and being here. I appreciate you all. 

You can find me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/weightmatepodcast/or you can email me at weightmatepodcast at gmail dot com

Hey mates, it's David. It's January 23rd and I'm re-recording this episode and releasing it on the 24th. So, a time skip, if you will.

I needed sleep, and apparently, that meant that my brain was like "Nope, not going to do anything right now." So I went to bed about an hour earlier than normal. I scrapped the episode that was supposed to have been released.

I'll be honest with everyone. I was tired. I've been running on 4 hours of sleep for several days, or weeks. Something like that. And I know how sleep is very important with you know... everything. Even weight loss. Mental health. Everything. So, I got some extra sleep.

Yesterday, the 23rd was weigh in day. And what I expected to happen, happened. I stayed the same. With the amount of running around we've been doing, eating out at restaurants, not eating until late, not having meal prepped and generally just being caught up in life, nothing progressed downward. On the plus side, I didn't gain anything either. Unless you count be tired, somewhat cranky at times, and in need of sleep.

This week is looking like it'll be a lite version of last week. A few appointments, but in all honestly, I should be able to prep and plan today and tomorrow. We have stuff in the house and I'm going to make sure to use as much as I can and knock things out.

So, the goals for this week are as follows: Meal prep, check grocery store prices, eat better, and start walking to build up to a mile.

What are some of your goals that you have? How was your past week? Let me know. You can find me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/weightmatepodcast/ or you can email me at weightmatepodcast at gmail dot com.

Thanks for listening mates.