I owe $16,000
Three weeks into this challenge. I’m in 33rd place out of 42 people. If the challenge ended today (thankfully we have until Christmas), I’d owe 500 bucks to 32 people. YIKES. Did I underestimate how...
View ArticleIt’s over! and just beginning
Let’s cut to the chase. I lost! Both weight, and money. I paid Jimmy Pressel 500 dollars because he never missed the 2 pounds per weigh in. He says he’s going to buy a kayak with the money. Look at...
View ArticleSTRONG LIKE BULLSHIT
My life currently I’ve been doing powerlifting workouts with my trainer/friend/coach/overall amazing person Cary Kirk (kirkstrength.com) for about 6 weeks now and I’m 298 pounds after being 342 down...
View ArticleWeight lifting and Weight gaining (quick update!)
That’s totally me every time I lift these heavy ass weights…it’s been a lifelong pursuit that I’ve been grinding on for 20+ years. I’ve lifted 7 times (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday,...
View Article9 1/2 Weeks
I see what I did there…. Quick update because COVID has decided to show up at the fambiz and run through about 1/2 of our staff so I’m actually back out in the field doing estimates and so is my DAD....
View ArticleVEGAS: Winning Money, Losing Weight
5am is a LONELY time in Vegas. Dr. Strange-ish feeling of an endless vegas hallway at 5am I walked this hallway every morning between 5am-8am depending on the day (which is 7am-10am Central...
View Article31 pounds in 6 weeks
It’s pretty easy to drop weight when you completely, totally, and fully change your entire lifestyle immediately, and stick with it for 6 weeks. I still haven’t exercised. The people in my little...
View ArticleGrab the world by the tail!
My name is Matt Foley and I am a motivational speaker… Some days you wake up before your alarm and you feel that motivation to get out there and make it the best day you can. Today is that day. I have...
View Article4/14/22
It’s getting easier. Bojack! Unintended positive consequences of living a healthy lifestyle: Sleep is easier to come by at nightNot groggy during the dayNot sluggish after eatingMotivation is not a...
View ArticleWillpowerthru is BACK BABY
Before pictures can be fun This post is about my current weight loss, but it’s like one of those inane recipe websites where the actual recipe is down at the bottom and you have to learn about the...
View ArticleMy hips don’t lie
Ever since I broke my record with 150,000 steps about 60 days ago, I’ve been having some major hip soreness that refuses to go away. Every attempt I’ve made at walking/exercising/sleeping has created...
View Article1/2 Way There! (or, well, almost)
Welp, it’s been ALMOST 2 months, and I’m down 48ish pounds. After the first 5 weeks of dropping weight like Crazytown. No, not the band. Or maybe the band. Did the band lose weight? WHATEVER, I lost a...
View Article100 pounds 244 days
My friend and podcast producer came up with this awesome graphic (we’ll change it to 244 days to reflect 100% accuracy, but this is the shit!) This blog has gone from random willpower challenges, to a...
View ArticleJanuary 2nd, 2017
Turns out, watching 366 movies in 366 days doesn’t leave an abundance of time to blog. I did want to let the internet know that I’m not a failure (at this one specific thing). So here we go: I DID IT!...
View ArticleJuly 27th, 2016
It’s been 4 months and 5 days since I’ve posted about attempting to watch 366 movies that I’ve never seen before in the 2016 calendar year! How am I doing, you might wonder if you were the type of...
View ArticleMarch 22nd, 2016
Yeah, it’s a pretty great update I’ve got for you since January. Get it? Update? Weekend Update? Where are you going? I thought we were friends? ANYWAY. For those of you that don’t know what the heck...
View ArticleJanuary 19th, 2016
As of the 19th of this brand new year, I’ve watched 25 movies. I’m damn happy with my progress. I’m going to have to keep a pretty frenetic pace if I’m going to hit my goal of 366 movies in 366 days....
View ArticleJanuary 6th, 2016
Oh, hey there. I hope everything is going well in your world. Me? Oh, thanks for asking, you’re sweet. Here’s the update… I got myself one of those girlfriend things. She’s read the entire blog. She...
View ArticleAugust 16th, 2015
I made my bed every day this week and in my opinion, it really does make a difference as to how I start my day. I feel more productive and I get more things done. Making my bed sets off a chain...
View ArticleAugust 9th, 2015
As this CLEARLY hilarious graphic illustrates, it’s been about 8 months since we’ve talked. How’s the job? How about that gun your grandpa left you with specific instructions not to pull the trigger?...
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