The Skinny Farmer

By Skinny Farmer Ok.  I screwed up. I said it.  You happy? I'm not.  I'm quite upset about it actually. I let carbs sneak back into my life and I have only myself to blame. As you may know, I have been on the Ketogenic diet since the beginning of this year.  I was cruising along, losing weight like crazy, and then I thought I was invincible.  I let myself get sloppy. I can handle a few carbs.  So I let my guard down and had a few.  And then a few more. Before I knew it, the cravings were back. Has something like this ever happen to you? I had been keto-adapted, and now I was falling back into my old ways.  But I'm not going to let it beat me.  I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do about it.

By Skinny Farmer Goals are good.  Goals can motivate.  Goals help measure success. Everybody knows that. But not me.  Skinny Farmer has discovered that goals can be bad, too.  Goals can hinder.  And goals can give a false reading of where one is with regard to success. Say what? You are probably wondering right now if Skinny Farmer has spent a little too much time in the hot sun. I assure you that I haven't.  Goals aren't all they are cracked up to be. Martha, hide the children!  Skinny Farmer is about to tell them they can be listless drifters! No, I'm not.  What I have found is that there is something much more powerful than goals to help you succeed. What is that?  I'm fixin' to tell you.

By Skinny Farmer I admit it, I'm tired this morning. You ever feel that way too?  Of course.  We all experience it from time to time.  I used to feel exhausted every morning, until I started taking steps to improve my sleep. But not lately.  Lately I've been extra tired in the morning. And I only have myself to blame.  That's because I'm not following my own advice. I just want to crawl in. What do I need to do to improve my sleep? There are some fundamental things that, at least for me, have made a big difference. I'll list some of them and then tell you where I screwed up.

September is Self-Improvement Month. How cool is that? As the leaves begin to change, so too you can begin your change.

For those of you who jumped ahead to read this blog post in front of the prior ones, I say welcome. For the rest of you, you probably have been waiting to read what I have been doing to lose weight.  What is the secret weight loss hack? I'm going to tell you, but first, I ask you to have an open mind. You might read the secret and think it isn't for you.  If you read with that prejudice, you might deprive yourself of the best weight loss system I have ever tried.  Believe me, it's worth a try. Furthermore, it doesn't just help you lose weight.  Following this plan I am more energetic and many of my everyday aches and pains have gone away.  I believe it will do the same for you.

I have a question for you. As a reader, this has an impact upon you just as much, if not more, than it has on me.  So I would like your opinion.  Post your answer down below in the Comments section. For those of you who have been following this know that I have often written that I am on a journey and that I want you to join me on it. I write that for several reasons: First, as you know, despite my name, I haven't yet reached my goal of being Skinny.  But I will.  So I write that I'm on a journey. Additionally, I write that I want you to join me on this journey because I really want the best for you.  I want you to join us as we work and learn and develop healthier lives.  If you join us, we can help keep each other accountable.  Only I am dumb enough to start a blog called the Skinny Farmer when I am neither Skinny nor a farmer.  But if I keep working the plan, both those goals will be realized. I ask you to join me on the journey bec...