Over the past year I’ve really struggled with keeping myself consistent in my diet and exercise routines. It’s lead to me losing almost half of my progress and thinking about that has really made me feel terrible and even less motivated.
I’ve spent the last few days going over all the contributing factors and possible reasons as to why I had let myself do this. I thought about where I could be physically and mentally now had I not let up. In the end, I came to the conclusion that everything I thought up of was just a bunch of bullshit excuses. There’s no point in dwelling on all of that negativity. The fact is that it all boils down to me making the choice to be lazy. I have nothing to gain by focusing on all those negative thoughts and they will serve only to keep me demotivated.
Instead, I am going to focus on the positives. I have a lot of positivity in my life right now and a lot of things to look forward to. I already know what I need to do to get me towards my goals because I’ve done it before and I recorded each step of it here. So I’m going to take a few days to re-read my old journal entries and re-live those accomplishments. I’ll take that energy and focus it on getting back to what I had previously achieved and then even more. I already know it can be done and I have decided to do it again.
Day 34/63 – Halfway Check in
There’s 4 weeks left in the Kombat Arts 9 week challenge – just over halfway through. It’s been going really well for me so far. I feel much more vibrant and awake than I did when I started. Of course that’s a biased comparison as I started a couple of days after I got back from a 2 week vacation – so I was bloated and feeling lethargic from one too many vacation indulgences.
I did a weigh in this morning – in the month I’ve been back from vacation I lost all the bloat and then a bit more! Here’s the updated numbers:
As of May 27th, 2008
Weight: 222.6 (-55.6 / -67.4)
Body fat %: 26.6 (-9.3%)
Hydration %: 50.4 (+6.4%)
Close to being down 70 pounds from when I started eating better back in mid June 07, and down 55 from when I started working out at the end of July 07. The loss has been pretty consistent… there were some stagnating points and some quick drops, but overall it’s been an average of about 5-6 pounds a month. I’ve definitely gained some muscle mass from when I started and my strength and endurance have gone up a lot – taking a slower approach has kept me losing mostly fat as opposed to mostly muscle, so I’m really happy with that result. I’m starting to get a little bit of definition too, but I’ll definitely need to get under 200 to really start seeing it.
When I first started I set my first yearly goal at 220 pounds – I should hit that in a couple of weeks! Going to get myself a nice reward for sticking to it… thinking of picking up a freestyle snowboard for the coming season. I’m working towards being under 200 by the time winter rolls around – I really want to work on my freestyle snowboarding tricks, so less weight to pick up for jumps and less weight landing on my knees will be good.