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Two Year Fitness Update (2016-2018)

June 3, 2018 by Paris 4 Comments

Photo by Alex Howell on Unsplash

Recently I have crossed the 2-year mark in my fitness update transformation (from May 2016 to May 2018). The purpose of this slow fitness journey is not only to be in better shape but to make better decisions about dieting, my reactions to food and my health overall. My philosophy is to make gradual changes to enforce discipline and to create lasting, life changing habits.

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Listen to Me – The Development of Listening to Yourself

January 17, 2018 by Paris Leave a Comment

Listen To Me Twitter Ed LatimoreI figured out what is the missing piece: I am on a path chasing things I don’t care about.

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Annual Personal Accountability Letter

September 24, 2017 by Paris 2 Comments

There are roughly 2,290,000 results for the words “annual performance review” on Google at the time of this writing. Personally, I never cared for annual performance reviews in most jobs that I had. Previous managers would say it is to make sure the company goals and my goals aligned, but I found that to be true in only certain circumstances.

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Lessons Learned: Do Not Mess with the Functions.php file

February 21, 2017 by Paris Leave a Comment

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Lessons Learned – Experiences distilled from a project that should be actively taken into account in future projects. Lessons Learned is where I document my fuckups lessons from my day-to-day life experiences.

This warning is plastered over everything as I search around the web trying to learn how to edit my theme on my site. Of course, I only believe in learning by doing.

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The Road To 10% Body Fat – September 2016 Update (Video)

October 12, 2016 by Paris Leave a Comment

The Road - September 2016

UPDATE: Here is the most recent update regarding my fitness: Two Year Fitness Update (2016 -2018)

Video Update for September 2016

Here is my September 2016 update for The Road to 10% with all the juicy details. This is shorter than the previous video because I am only covering September (and one month at a time going forward).

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The Road To 10% Body Fat – August 2016 Update (Video)

September 12, 2016 by Paris Leave a Comment

UPDATE: Here is the most recent update regarding my fitness: Two Year Fitness Update (2016 -2018)

Video Update for May 2016 to August 2016

So over the last few years, I have been working out and experimenting with my diet. Recently, in May 2016, I decided to go back to a workout plan that worked for me in 2012. I am also tracking my diet to really reach that goal. This monthly video series will document my progress towards that goal.

And if you want to know exactly why 10% body fat, that’s where you can see a huge change in body composition. You can have a better looking body without making much change to the abs or the chest. You can see an example of different body fat percentages in males below…

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