Updated June 28, 2026

I’m not writing this as a fitness expert or somebody claiming to have it all figured out.

I’m writing this because I like being honest about what I’m actually doing.

For the past month, I’ve been making a real effort to improve my health, drop body fat, and keep muscle. I’m not trying to be extreme. I’m not trying to live like a bodybuilder 24/7. I’m just trying to be more consistent, make better choices, and keep moving in the right direction.

Me at the gym this month. Not perfect. Not finished. Just staying consistent.

Walking Almost Every Day

For the last 30 days, we’ve been walking almost every day.

I would say we average at least a mile and a half a day, and usually more like two miles or more. It’s not always all at once. Sometimes we do a mile, then later we walk again.

That has been one of the biggest consistent habits this month. Nothing fancy. Just walking more, every day, and staying active.

Intermittent Fasting Without Being Extreme

Another thing we’ve been doing is trying to stop eating by 8:00 PM and then not eat again until noon the next day.

We’re not obsessive about it. We’re not so strict that life revolves around the clock. But in general, that’s the pattern we’ve been following, and it has helped keep things more controlled.

It’s a simple routine:

• Stop eating around 8 PM
• Start eating again around noon
• Stay consistent most days

That’s been one of the easiest ways for us to create structure without making life miserable.

Going to the Gym at Least Five Days a Week

We’ve also been going to the gym at least five times a week.

Most of the time, I do a basic split:

• Chest, shoulders, and triceps
• Back and biceps
• Legs

That’s usually my foundation.

But I don’t force the same exact workout no matter how I feel. If I feel like a total-body workout makes more sense that day, I’ll do that instead.

Sometimes I do a total-body workout at home with dumbbells. Other times, if I do total body at the gym, it might be all machines or a mix of machines and free weights. On those days, I’m not trying to destroy one body part. I spread the work out more evenly across my whole body.

Honestly, those total-body workouts often make me feel like I’m burning more body fat. My whole body feels pumped, and I leave feeling worked without feeling beat up.

So for me, it’s not about blindly following one system. It’s about training consistently and adjusting based on how I feel.

Full-Body Dumbbell Workout

This is one of my full-body dumbbell workouts. I use workouts like this when I want to hit the whole body, keep the pace moving, and feel like I’m training for strength, conditioning, and fat loss at the same time.

Sleep Has Been Better

Sleep has also improved.

We’ve been getting at least around six hours of sleep a night, and one thing that seems to be helping me is taking magnesium at night.

For me personally, that has helped cut down on waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom over and over. Without it, I might wake up several times. With magnesium, it may only happen once or twice, if that.

That alone makes a big difference in how I feel the next day.

Creatine and Supplements

I’ve also been taking creatine.

Up until now, I’ve been using a cheaper version from Amazon. But we just bought a better-quality creatine from Costco, one that Bobby Parrish recommended. I’ll probably start using that next week.

It’s a small change, but I do think product quality matters, especially if it’s something you’re taking regularly.

We Go Out to Eat — But We Still Try to Eat Real Food

One thing I want to be honest about is this: we go out to eat a lot.

But even when we do, we still try to make better choices and focus on real food over heavily processed food.

For example, this month alone I think we’ve been to Steak ’n Shake about five times. The reason is simple: they started using 100% grass-fed beef in their burgers, and that definitely made us more interested in going there. We also like that their fries are cooked in beef tallow.

We also eat at places like Chipotle, Thai restaurants, and other spots where we can still get meals that feel more like real food.

And at home, we’re not eating some fake “diet food” version of life either. We eat real food there too.

That includes things like:

• Chicken wings
• Burgers
• Chipotle bowls
• Thai food
• Home-cooked meals
• Bread my wife makes
• Ezekiel bread and other healthier breads when we can get them
• 100% grass-fed milk
• Pasture-raised eggs
• Halal chicken

We try to pay attention to the quality of what we’re eating without turning every meal into a science project.

This Isn’t About Being Perfect

That’s probably the main point of this post.

I’m not trying to act like I eat perfectly. I’m not trying to act like I’m shredded. I’m not pretending I never eat burgers or fries.

What I am doing is this:

• Walking almost every day
• Training about five days a week
• Using intermittent fasting as a structure
• Trying to sleep better
• Taking a few helpful supplements
• Eating real food as much as possible
• Staying consistent

That’s the real picture.

Health and fitness don’t have to look fake to work. Sometimes it’s just doing a lot of basic things well, over and over again.

And that’s what I’ve been doing this month.