8pril 2019

COMMUTE 9.4 miles

In 2016 I did an 8pril challenge, I knew I did a challenge, but only just now looked back and saw that it had a name. So now I'm doing a 2019 8pril challenge too.

8 goals for 8pril:
1. Get back on track for cholesterol. End of March showed my total up to 185 (from 111 in Feb) and my HDL up to >100 (from 77 in Feb). I've been letting go on this and eating more saturated fat. I'm doing egg whites but not yolks. This also gets addressed below, but I want to be more mindful of the choices.
2. Start tracking more accurate. For goal #1, keep track of SF and cholesterol intake so as to be sure of what I'm eating. Not guessing.
3. Stop the processed. I relaxed my settings on this and it's getting away from me. I'm using pre-prepped foods a little more than I like to for meals. So instead of a real meal I'm just noming instant potatoes, for example.
4. Introduce new foods. In place of the lazy foods, find new good ones. Like the recent addition of canned salmon. More like that.  
5. Reduce reliance on D for protein. My protein sources this past few weeks has been cottage cheese, yogurt, milk, and pudding. Huh? Vary it, yo.
6. Less Blerch time - no news or Reddit. Blerch has been taking too much time, some days 3hours! WTF. Get it under two, and use the limits.
7. Fend of the pairing of M and the B. They been winning. They been winning lots this past 2 weeks. Once it started I couldn't stop. It stops now.
8. Get to RW. That's really what it's all about.