Today is day 50 of 100 Days of Healthy! We’re half way through!

If you’re just joining us here at TWD, 100 Days of Healthy is my challenge to eat and live healthier. Starting back on my birthday I made this challenge to go 100 days without soda, carbs, grains or sugar. That means no more eating junk food, which has been my lifestyle for who knows how long. For the past 50 days (and for the next 50) I am only eating proteins, fruits, and lots of veggies, and its been awesome. Hard. Really really hard. But awesome.

In the first 50 days I’ve lost 16 lbs. Add that to when I started to start eating healthier, Jan 1, and my total goes up to 20 lbs.

Clothes fit better, and exercise has become slightly easier and more enjoyable (I’ve been exercising 6 days/week since the start of the challenge). Now I feel like I’m becoming slightly obsessed, or maybe more “aware” is a better, about my health. If I miss a workout, I feel awful. If I feel like I over eat, even if just on protein and vegetables, I feel awful and want to do more pushups. But really its because I want to keep losing weight and staying active. Feeling healthy only drives me to actually BE more healthy. Its pretty awesome.

Julia has also been a rock star along with me on this challenge, and she has lost basically the same amount of weight as I have. This would be 100 times harder if I didn’t have my amazing wife doing this right along with me. Here’s to the next 50 days, and then a new life style of eating and being healthy for the rest of my life.