The Great Fifty Days

It's been a while but I have things to say in way of an update. I lost about 20 pounds doing the primal thing. Here's a link . It was really good for a couple of months and then I got kind of depressed and slacked, still doing about 50% primal but little exercise. During Lent I tried going 100% and doubling down and all that, but it just didn't take. I think that I resist drama like that, especially when it is tied to spirituality like the Lenten disciplines: if we make it spiritual then the stakes are super high, because if we fail then we have failed God in some way. Just a great way to make shame happen. I think I'll try a different tack. Why not celebrate our bodies? As I write this the Easter Vigil is one hour away. We will celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. It s a game changer because in part we now learn that God loves bodies enough to resurrect them. So for the Great Fifty Days I will celebrate my body, be kind to it, take measures so it can heal itself, and move it alot. 1.) Walk around, play, and move 2-5 hours a week. 2.) Lift heavy things twice each week, be pretty sore the next day. 3.) Run real fast once a week. 4.) Progressive burpees adding one a day for the great Fifty Days, doing 50 burpess at once on Pentecost 5.) Adequate sleep 6.) Stress reduction, mediation and stretching at night before bed. 7.) Really limit alcohol to very occasional red wine. 8.) Aim for 100% primal