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Another month goes by.  To be honest this was a pretty tough month.  Lots of work and lots of…well work.  As the month played out I didn’t expect it to be a progress month and I was more or less right.  I also swapped to a single sport schedule and a taper for The Relay event.  I’ll be going back to multi sport for May.

Diet:
Let’s just get this out.  During The Relay I was not Paleo at all carbs and stuff galore.  I think my average caloric intake has gone up.  Part of that is due to some beer consumption.  I also slipped and had desserts a few times.  I want to experiment with the quality of the food I eat a bit more rather than just controlling the kind of food I eat.  I’m also interested in trying out raw milk, but have to look into it some more.

Sleep:
Average Sleep for April: 5.81 hours.  So it’s the first time I’ve dipped below my quota.

Workout:
Worked out 22 times in 30 days. Not bad considering the taper at the end of the month.  Biked a few times and even gave Old La Honda another crack.  Made it up a bit faster, but still not where I want to be.    I’m starting to consider that I need to up the quality of the workouts I do.  I’ve been pretty good at being consistent in doing them, but based on my performance at The Relay something is still missing.

Body:
As I thought, no change here.  Still in the 12%-13% range.  Might try consuming more water?

Stretch:
Stretched 19 days.  Feels like I’m still not getting enough in.  Chiro suggested possibly booking massages to work out tension in muscles.

Social:
Social 15 times.  Basically no Halo play, but I’ve been trying to get out more.

Image:
Total fail.  Didn’t have time or energy to spend on groomage.

March is gone and now it’s time for an update.  I also officially turned 30 which made my body fat meter add a percent for me =)

Diet:
Still not quite as strict as I should be, but overall being conscious of it has been helping.  Only downside has been a couple days of gluttony with food and beer.  Strangely this has correlated with a certain roommate being back from his trip.

Sleep:
Average Sleep for March: 6.15 hours.  Still within limits, but it feels like I’ve been sleeping less the past month.

Workout:
Worked out 24 times in 31 days. Still excellent.  I’ve been concentrating more on runs vs other cardio due to the The Relay at the end of next month.

Body:
A stall here this month.  Basically still in the 12%-13% range.

Stretch:
Stretched 20 days. Doing much better.

Social:
Considered social 18 times.  Had a wedding to go to, but Halo play has been down the past month due to copious amounts of work.

Image:
I won’t lie.  I slacked.  At least I got a haircut.

I wasn’t tracking a lot of these stats until almost mid January, so think of these numbers as a half month’s update/starting point (though that’s a bit unfair to me because I was technically way worse before Jan).

Diet:
I’ve maintained a decent diet the past month only cheating about once a week. I’m not sure I feel suddenly way better like many proponents of Paleo diet say they do. No sudden increase in energy or lack thereof, but I have read that the body takes about 3 weeks to adjust so we’ll see.  Also note that I am not strict Paleo as I will have soy milk on occasion or eat things with butter or dairy in them (though I do try to avoid it).

Sleep:
Average Sleep for Jan: 6.39 hours W00t!

Workout:
Worked out 17 times in 22 days. Looking good.

Body:
I only got the BI meter on the 17th, so this is about half a month’s worth of data. They’re pretty spastic as far as numbers go, but the trend is down from mid 15% to mid 13%-14%.

Stretch:
Stretched 14 days. I’ll consider this to be something to work on.

Social:
Still no meals upstairs this month. That said there are other ways to be social and it happened 6 times. Another area to work on.

Image:
Have been pretty good, my hair may still look wild sometimes, but it’s by choice…kinda

Physical Exam:
So I did it, but I need to sign up for some online thing to get my actual numbers. That being said the doc said everything looked good.