This week I started carrying a small stash of emergency low-dose aspirin in a little screw container that attaches to my vehicle keys. I'm sure you all know that two tablets of ASA 81 mg is emergency first aid in the event for a heart attack. Strokes can be a little different; you should let the doctor decide whether not ASA would be appropriate. As the saying goes, "If you don't prepare, you prepare to fail". I figured this little addition to my daily-carry will make me a little harder to kill.

Today, I weighed 202.8lbs, which is right back where I started. I’m not disappointed in the least, because I know this will happen and it’s ok that it does. I walked 5.11km - 1hr 21min - 360 active calories.

I struggled finding my purpose for a long time after coming home from Afghanistan. It only became crystal clear to me last week in Atlanta that I’m here to serve my fellow veterans and to improve as many lives as possible. Have you defined a new purpose post service?

I’ve been loosing body fat off-and-on over a four-year period.

My resting heart rate used to be 70 bpm, and now for the past 21 days it decreased to 62 bpm. I credit it to swimming and walking.