Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle — Day 81

2 min readMay 20, 2021

Today was my mental day off, but I woke up early out of habit. I had been feeling pretty good about my progress and wanted to treat myself, and luckily I had picked up some vegan bacon to cook with this morning’s breakfast. Veganism is great for your health and even better for the planet, but I think I’m too much of a meat lover ever to make that switch. Who knows where this journey will take me, though.

Lately, I’ve been spending a lot more time reading, meditating, and hanging out with my family–the things that really matter in life. I’ve only just now realized how much of what we cling to is actually inessential; watching T.V. and browsing social media can be a nice little distraction from time to time, but I would still be happy if I had to give them up for the rest of my days. I’m grateful that I’ve been able to figure out exactly what I do and don’t need to lead a healthy and fulfilling life.

Daily Image Year of Change Day 81 #YOC

Each day now I am see some progress, however the waist line still holds firm.

I was eager to really get after today’s workout, but I got a little too overzealous and ended up straining my elbow. I decided to call it quits for any heavy lifting after that, but I did do some cardio and lower body exercises. I could barely walk after, and I’d have to ice my elbow for a while, but I was still beaming over the hard work I put in.

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