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I'm happy to report that I finally reached my 20% weight loss commitment for my team!  Actually, I'm at 20.5% or 57 pounds. I'm pretty excited about this milestone but I'm trying to stay focused for the rest of this 30 day challenge.  I'm hoping to reach the "normal" BMI range which is only 10 pounds away.  My personal goal is 20 more pounds, which will get me to 190.

At this point I've noticed it isn't too hard for me to stay on the primal food.  The hardest part is making time for the fitness.  I've only sprinted twice and maybe reached the low end of the 3-5 hour a week of "move slowly."  I haven't even tinkered with the essential primal movements.  That said, this will need to be the focus of challenge number 2: follow the Primal Blueprint fitness plan for 30 days.

Mark Sisson's belief is that 80% of your genetic potential for body composition comes from what you eat.  Feeling like I've been on a weight-loss plateau of sorts, this seems to make sense.  Assuming I've reached that 80% benefit already, that means 14 more pounds could be lost with fitness.  That seems fairly close to my personal goal so we'll see how that works out.  Honestly, that is bad math on my part because it is a big assumption to think i've met 80% of my genetic potential through dieting.  Also, who says "genetic potential for body composition" means the same as "weight."

A few problems I've had over the past 26 days:
- Breakfast Friday at work.  No more junk food!  I'm thinking about introducing my team to my "cult diet" and providing a luscious primal breakfast buffet, going all out.
- I tried taking walking breaks at work for 20-40 minutes and add them up at the end of the week in order to reach the 3-5 hours of "move slowly," which turns out 2 hours if that.  I think the better approach is to use Saturday morning to either hike, walk, swim, or cycle for 2-3 hours.  Then maybe pick another day to do the rest.  Being so hot outside makes during work walks cumbersome due to the sweat factor.
- Not enough play time.  While we made a few trips to the pool and played water basketball, it wasn't for very long.  I'd like to do at least one public fun sport once a week.  I'm thinking ultimate frisbee or basketball at the community center.