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I took the above selfie sometime in Sunday's pre-dawn hours of my new LED headlamp. The thing has been a rockstar for me in my walks these past two days.

I've almost hammered out the 5.1-mile walking route I've been taking. While it doesn't feature Starbucks, there's plenty of neighborhood travel, though it does incorporate some collector/arterial roads. That said, those 4:15 AM walks have limited traffic.

Speaking of which, I broke the 20:00 min mark for walking (19:39/mi). I got stronger as the walk progressed, beating the time of every mile that proceeded it:

1. 20:28
2. 20:09
3. 19:42
4. 19:35
5. 18:26 (!)

It was kicked off at 32℉; the sweat through my thermal would turn into frost.

And yes, today was a back day! Deadlifts, shrugs, and incline rows!

Last week, Jan 1-7:

• Workouts: 35.92 miles
• Daily Steps Average: 24,366

I have hit my daily goal of 10,944 for 17 days in a row since 12/23/23's "Step by Step, Ooh, Baby"

While I'm delighted with the pace improvements, I know it's not good enough; I need to get better. To some extent, it is a function of just hauling too much weight around. While 4 weeks ago, I was at 255, I suspect by now I am in the lower 240's. I've got my weigh-in and measurements coming up in a couple of weeks.

Yesterday, I applied a fat fast—I'm thinking of doing a Fat Fast & Bone Broth Sundays. Or maybe fat fast, chicken broth, and just straight-up bone consumption like I did yesterday (3.3 oz of bones). Nothing puts hair on my chest quite like munching on a chicken thigh bone. Good luck running down the nutritional data on that!

I've got a brand new treadmill that's gonna be delivered soon—I'm not trying to resurrect my gym; it wasn't even my idea! My wife has caught fire and wants it! As for me, it'll be nice to offload my indoor steps from my $130 walking pad (great for barefoot walking) to something with emergency grips!

And I'll be getting in this thing to make me less prone to getting run over. Honestly, it just reminds me of being a kid again in Bartlett going trick-or-treating with a glow stick.