90 days left

I was looking at the information on my work's weight loss challenge and I see there are 90 days left until the final weigh in.  I can't help but to think of this as three separate 30-day challenges.  I've been thinking about the 21/28/30 days challenges a lot lately so I figured this would be a great time to start one.  I've previously attempted these challenges but never went longer than a week because I either didn't tell anyone or I didn't have an accountability partner.  So this will be my first step, tell someone.  That means you.  Run now or read on.

The first and most important (I feel more motivated already) habit I need to get back into is the Primal Blueprint lifestyle.  I've been doing the diet portion since around November 2010.  I've had fairy great success; started at 277 and am now at 230 since March. When I first started the Primal Blueprint I did the exercises like the book for the first couple of weeks but it faded away quickly after that.  I've remained roughly 80/20 on the food part but I'm going to need to incorporate more of the exercises and movements.

So, my 30 day commitment will include trying to follow the Primal Blueprint as closely as possible 100%.  For me, that doesn't always mean 100% organic, free range, etc but I stay with the meat, vegetables, fruit, and nuts plan.  Here are a few tactics I plan to use to help me with this challenge.

- Include intermittent fasting at least once a week for at least one meal.  I did this a little bit from the start but I need to continue in order to gain the health benefits from it.  I find it is easier to skip dinner.  Breakfast is important and it can make me crazy at work to skip lunch.  Maybe after I take control of my carbs and insulin production I can better handle a lunch + dinner fast.

- Use my Fitbit device to log my "move slowly" activity.  I had a hard time keeping track of how much time I spent in a week walking and the plan suggests 2-5 hours a week.  Using my Fitbit I can start and stop activities to record the steps and most importantly the duration.  I can go back and flag these as "move slowly" or "sprint" activities.  I don't categorize all my activities.

- Use this blog as a way to check in to show that I haven't wimped out.   I would only hope for comments of encouragement but I understand how easy it is to lurk.

I won't initially define my second and third 30-day challenges as I want to stay focused on my first one.  I believe the need will become more and more apparent over the next 30 days.