Day 13/21 - Final Countdown: 8 days TO GO!
Congratulations on completing Day 13!
Continuing with the inspirational 1993 movie, Rudy.
Context for video: Now that Rudy has been accepted into the University of Notre Dame he can pursue his real dream which is to be on the football team. Getting in as a student was just the required hurdle he had to overcome.
Physically its a challenge as he’s “5 foot nothing and a 100lbs and nothing.” Yet here he is at tryouts…
Lesson: Rudy is the living embodiment of “No Retreat, No Excuses and No Surrender.”
Movie Fact: The actor, Sean Astin, who plays the role of Rudy, did all of his own stunts for the movie.
Personal story. I was the worst student in my Beginning Windsurfer class at the UCLA Sailing Club. I persisted. I would successfully pass the class, become a Certified Instructor and 6 years later earn a National Ranking by the then USBA (United States Boardsailing Association) now known as US Windsurfing.
No Retreat, No Excuses, No Surrender!
“Be a Warrior of your dreams, a Knight of your goal and a Soldier of your wishes”
- Anonymous
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My Daily Entry
Completed: 13 Days - 312 Hours
Weight Loss: 2lbs (0.907185 kilos) fat
Total Weight Loss: 25 pounds (11.3398 kilos) - (10 lbs water & 15lbs fat)
BGL: Normal
Exercise: 2 mile walk - DONE. AW - Cancelled
Energy: 
( 
In Pain, Tired, 
Ok, 
Strong)
Personal:
Yesterday was the first sign I was entering the detox phase of the fast with having to breathe through my mouth on the 1 mile walk. Well this morning woke up with Keto Breath. On the 2 mile walk had to breathe through the mouth and the last 1/2 mile had to take several breaks. When I reached home I was too tired to attempt the Abs Workout.
From my last 21-day, when I entered detox I dropped to 1lb/day loss as the body had to process the toxins. Happy to see, at least for today, I dropped another 2lbs. If I can do that a couple more times until the end, I’ll be happy.
Exercise:
Too exhausted to do Abs after the walk. From here on out, 1 mile daily walks.
Fri 3/20 - 2 mile walk
Sat 3/21 - 1 mile walk
Sun 3/22 - 1 mile walk & FBW (Full Body Workout)
Mon 3/23 - 1 mile walk, FW (Flexibility Workout) & AW (Abs Workout)
Tue 3/24 - 2 mile walk & AW
Wed 3/25 - 1 mile walk & NEW SW (Squat Workout)
Thu 3/26 - 1 mile walk & FBW
Fri 3/27 - 1 mile walk, FW & FE (Flexibility Exercises)
Sat 3/28 - 2 mile walk & AW
Sun 3/29 - 1 mile walk. SW (Cancelled)
Mon 3/30 - 1 mile walk & SW
Tue 3/31 - 1 mile walk & FBW
Wed 4/1 - FE. 1 mile walk & FW
Thu 4/2 - 2 mile walk
Fri 4/3 - 1 mile walk
Speaking:
Content practice: Did 2, 1 yesterday and 1 this morning before the mtg.
Camera practice: Did 2, 1 yesterday and another at the TM mtg.
We held our Toastmasters meeting virtually through Zoom. I had 2 members physically with me at the lawyer’s conference room. We all were on Zoom, myself on an iPad, another member on her phone and the remaining member on a laptop. We also had 2 members attending virtually through Zoom from their homes. The ones participating from their homes I was keen on hearing their feedback as they were replicating the experience the contest judges would have watching my performance. It was also a good test of the broadband Internet connection.
The speech went fairly well. I missed a couple of things but no one noticed. However, I got feedback that my conclusion wasn’t as smooth as the rest of my speech. Thought that might happen since its the newest part. Also told I was a little stiff, chalked up to the fact I was operating in a small physical space to ensure I stayed visible from my iPad camera. All in all, a good dry run. Now its just practice, practice, practice until the contest this upcoming Saturday morning.
Personal Trainer Re-certification:
Will resend my remaining questions to NASM as they might have missed them.
Stay safe and sane out there folks!
