Another month, another challenge

I have not been great at keeping up. Oh well.  Now that we have that over with lets get to the last week.

I did a pretty good job with the Rocksmith.  The biggest thing I learned?  Guitar is really hard to play.  That coming from someone who has basically no musical experience, and whose left hand dexterity only really applies to a controller and aswd.  The hardest thing was moving around to the different chords.  I will continue to play because it was fun, and I would still like to know how to play something someday.

The January challenge was to finish the book I was working on.  I finished a day or two early, because it got to a point where the action would just not stop until the book was over.  I plan on continuing to read books because I really do enjoy it, although it is probably one of the easiest thing to make excuses for.

For the month of February it is a pretty big challenge for myself, only eat birds or fish.  No beef, no pork, on chicken, turkey and seafood.  I am a big meat person, and my second biggest food crux is burgers, first is mac and cheese. I am going to have to try making some new dishes to not get bored of chicken which is something I always struggle with.  Just telling myself it is better for me is not enough, it has to still taste good and be moist.  the reason for this challenge is mainly because I know I need to lose some weight, and especially with possibly an upcoming knee surgery, being lighter than I am right now will help with the recovery process after whatever the next treatment is for my knee.

The challenge for this week is no naps after work.  Sounds funny, but that is really it.  I have not had a lot of energy lately especially because I cannot be as active as I would like(see previous knee injury comment.)  I come home, make excuses to do nothing and go take a 20 minute nap, that turns into an hour or more.  I should not be wasting time like that, and really need to do more with that time.  Also I would like to incorporate the rest of my challenges and continue to not drink soda, do more hobby stuff, finish a model this week, not go out to eat, and make it to the gym to do what I can a couple more times this week.  It is a lot rolled into one, but it is time to put some of this leg work into practice.

The last thing that I am going to do this week is do a food log, which should help me stay more active with updates.  Today I had a bagel, two pieces of string cheese, a piece of pepper jack, and apple, a turkey and cheese sandwich, a V8, some sunflower seeds, a whole grain cracker, a blow pop, a beer, and a chicken breast.  That should be most of it, and it is around 1900 calories for the day, which is probably about right for now.

For tonight, that is enough, and I am gonna head to bed.  Some sort of update is forthcoming tomorrow.