Fitness Safari

A handful of you who have been following me since the beginning may recall the article I wrote called " Surprising but welcome news from my doctor " about how, after only a few short months of IF, my thyroid medication needed to be reduced. Well, that's what we thought anyway. In the article I mentioned my severely depressed TSH and rising T4 and antibodies. According to my former endocrinologist, I was becoming clinically hyperactive and my meds needed to be reduced. Thinking that less medicine is always better, I saw this as good news. Boy was I wrong! After this visit, my doses were reduced two more times over the next 18 months after finding my TSH still hovering near zero and my T4 and antibodies were increasing. There was never a discussion on what could be causing this. My doctor knew I was practicing daily intermittent fasting (no food for 14-16 hours a day) as I asked him on multiple occasions whether that could be causing this - for better or for worse. He ...

Goals. Why do we need them? Well, for one thing, without goals we'd likely never accomplish ANYTHING. Goals can be short- or long-term; both are important. Pass a test. Score a date with that hottie you've had your eye on; land your dream job; c ompete in 5k, mud run, CrossFit challenge, or figure competition;  finally get the body you've been dreaming of... It's great to have big goals and even bigger dreams - but without an action plan, they will remain eternally out of reach. Whether you're trying to get a job or a date or trying to increase your bench press, the one step that is absolutely critical to your success is...well,  to take many smaller steps. For example, trying to get a date with that woman you've been watching?  What do you know about her?  Does she even know your name?  If you want to catch a woman's eye, you need to know what she likes; where she spends some of her time; even who she hangs with. Just be careful when you do your r...