This past covid year has been a right solid kick in the nuts for me health wise. While my working lifestyle has made some serious improvements, my physical health took a bit of a nosedive and I gained back a good 30 lbs of the weight I spent the last couple of years working to lose, and before it gets completely out of control, I decided that at the beginning of this year I wanted to challenge myself to go 100% straight edge for the entire month of January, and while I held back on posting just in case I failed miserably, 8 days in I am doing great!
As a nod to my punk rock roots and Ian Mackaye (if you know, you know) I ain't even jerking off! That part is totally unnecessary really (sex and straight edge is more about not fucking just to fuck outside of a relationship) but I want to see how much will power I have in me and if I come out on the other side feeling good or wanting to die. Yeah, I am that weird... lol! It may not sound like a big deal but I don't think I have gone an entire month without any form of booze, weed or wanking since I was 12.
I have gotten myself back on the IF too and am back to eating whole foods and avoiding processed as much as possible. Being 50 now I gotta get my head right and get myself back on track. I guess this is kind of a New Years resolution which is something I have never done, but I didn't even think of it as that. It just was coincidence that I came to this the night before my 24th wedding anniversary and I was thinking it would be pretty great to last quite a while longer for my bride and kids, and as we were married on New Years day, it is just how it all fell.
Anyhow, I thought I might post this and see if any of you out there are attacking your health in something of a similar way (minus the lack of pud pulling I am sure!
) and if so, how is it going for you?
Cheers!