Year-End Summary

Well, I've reached it: New Year's Eve, the night I referenced in The "First" Post back on June 1. And once June 18th came around, I began keto and pretty much stayed on it when I wasn't flirting with a semi-starvation approach with the only exception being that ONE Sonic mixup of the LOADED WITH SUGAR sugar-free bomb!

Later, on November 23 the BIGGEST thing from 2020 for me came online: I became carnivore while also abandoning all those sugar-free crutches! I went from hitting a wall for 3 weeks to instant weightloss, all thanks to Kelly Hogan's YouTube channel. While I won't know exactly where I am on the scale until January 14th's weigh-in, I am confidant The 17th Expedition will crush the prior three Expeditions because of this pivotal move. Who knows, perhaps it'll beat out June-July's The 13th Expedition? At any rate, since June 18, I've lost somewhere around 70 lbs / 31 KG.

I've put myself in a good position for a strong showing in 2021. Usually this time of year is all about playing catchup; I'm already in rhythm.

Site News

Yes, I'm back on GitHub. While I like the extended functionality of Wordpress, my website was under attack from Ukraine for 3 minutes this morning (263 methods) as I was finishing up my workout. I don't mind the bots from Singapore, Prague, Russia, and France that stop by briefly to let me know they're malicious—I wave back—but Ukraine has GOT to SIMMA DOWN!

It's really hard to feel secure with Wordpress. As it is, I didn't trust my installation for I was running two abandoned plugins. AND since I already had my setup on GitHub ready to roll, after a few DNS changes, it was a seamless transition.

And honestly, for a site like this, I really don't need dynamic capability.

Will today be the first of the many days ahead?

I signed up for a Facebook account as I gear up to send friend requests to everyone tomorrow on New Year's Eve. I'm actually a little nervous...I guess it comes off like that first day of high school and finding some place to sit in the cafeteria—what a ridiculous thing looking back, especially when later in college, I was happy to sit by myself or when at 18, I had plenty of bravado to invite myself at a stranger's table.

Nevertheless, I do feel nervous because I want so much out of it. Oh, I'm not interested in it for its typical use as a place for people to emotionally vomit rhetoric. That's always disdainful. However, vomiting does make people feel better, even if the receivers are now covered in yesterday's filth!

No, I really hope that social media for 2021 will be a place of restoration and fitness—for me anyway. I mean, sure, I'd LOVE for that to be for everyone else, too, but that would be like to wish for world peace! But, I hope to influence those around me, that we would be on the same wavelength and aid one another so that 2021 becomes the best year of our lives!

Am I overreaching? I don't think so. Used tactically, social media can be used as a supplemental resource. But, you gotta retain your own voice and not just flow in the lowest common denominator sea.

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ANOTHER great day in the gym. I beat my alarm clock this morning so I made it a 3-something AM workout until after 6. What I'm hoping out of these sessions is that along with the increased cardio, that structurally, I'll be stronger to minimize any injury letdowns in 2021. I've heard that vegan diets tend to lead to more injuries and perhaps that's something I've dealt with in the past and something that will stay in the past now that I'm CARNIVORE!

(I really ought to rip my shirt off like The Hulk when I say that—or at least an '80s Hulk Hogan!)

I'm excited about my impending social media return after YEARS away. There are some folks that I really miss! Admittedly, things have been quiet out in the country.

I also look forward to bringing in helpful resources, whether it is the Zeroing in on Health FB group or motivating Instagram users. I might even find some accountability on FitBit. I know that 2020 was the year that I found the medias to be just a caustic space so I avoided them for most of the year, so I don't really know if I'd reintroduce Twitter. At some point, our resources get spread to thin to apply to our own projects. Can't always sit in the stands!

Yesterday, I did a little shopping with Sanabul. I'm going to be so stoked when these arrive:

• Long Sleeve Compression Rash Guard
• Mens Compression Workout Tights