Progress!

Happy New Year everyone!  I know its just an arbitrary day, but I like the concept of a solid point to say "I'm going to change".  Although, I kinda do that too much already, the New year is a great point because its the most solid one, with a large period (365 days!).  In the direction of the progress I'm about to talk about, here are some of my New Year goals:

• Write in my blog at least twice a week
• To help give me more content, I'm going to start writing out random dreams I've had in my pursuit of lucid dreaming, or story ideas.
• Lower body fat percentage to 16%
• To help facilitate this, and get me into the habit of working out, I've got my 6-day workout plan, but I'm going to account for various times I won't do it during the week.
• Until March, I can miss 3 workouts a week
• Then, until June, I can miss 2 workouts
• Until August I can miss 1 workout
• After October, I'd like to be keeping up with all my workouts
• Reach Silver 1 in League of Legends
• Beat at least 10 of the games in my steam account that I haven't beaten yet

As for what the title of this actually means, I've been slowly changing habits and working in general to improve my life.  My first one was to start moving toward a paleo diet.  The main thing that this diet did was cut out grains and very processed or sugary foods.  This meant I cut back on desserts and soda pop quite a bit.  I've also replaced my lunches at work with a salad.  While I'm still working on implementing this more fully, it has acclimated me to vegetables quite a bit. 

My second change has been working out.  I've tried to follow my schedule, but I haven't been keeping up with it fully.  However, I have been doing random workouts.  Even with this rugged regiment, I've seen physical improvements as well.  I'd like to start getting more cardio, and will be more inclined to when it isn't freaking -20 degrees (F) outside.

My last notable change was starting to meditate more.  This one is very sporadic, and I will continue on making it more consistent.

Here's what I've noticed in the past month and a half:

• I can do more pushups and more squats before I get tired
• I can also do 100% more pullups!  (4)
• I've lost 7.5 pounds
• My Lumosity scores are slowly increasing again, after dropping for awhile

I'll keep at it, and start making these small habits into better changes!

I hope everyone is having a good year so far!  Until my next post!