Lionlaw- Журнал, 05 дек 20

Past few weeks have been a minor disaster.

Past few years have been a train wreck.

Not tracking, not exercising, not stretching, not drinking water.

Spoke to Joe the Trainer yesterday (along with my wife, Nicole) and they in a supportive manner handed me my growing ass. Up four pounds this month - up 61 since May, 2017. Went from someone who had lost 128 pounds and finished a 10 mile mud run to a fat tub of goo.

Putting half of what I lost should never have happened, but here we are.

The knot that I haven't been able to untie is motivation. When I started trying to get in shape, I used my anger and frustration to power through workouts. I pushed myself because I knew that the pool of women who would be attracted to bald, 50 year old men who were way overweight was non-existent. I got strong and my confidence soared, and then I found the best thing ever to come into my life -- Nicole.

And, suddenly I didn't want to spend 90 minutes at the gym anymore. I relaxed and fell into bad habits. First ten pounds, then twenty. A summer of long commutes and catered meals took me to 30. Started working out and then the pandemic took hold. A summer on the sofa tacked on another 30. So, now I'm pissed, fat and frustrated.

Throw in one significant abdominal surgery and one false alarm on my heart you wouldn't think motivation would be a problem, but I have been unable to maintain discipline or consistency.

I only have myself to blame - and while I know exactly what to do and have actually done it before successfully, my head is not where it needs to be.

I used to feel guilty if I didn't workout 4-5x week, now I just sink deeper into the sofa. Can't keep going down this path or I will lose the only two things that matter: my health & Nicole.

Fix the attitude and everything else falls into place.

But, it will be a marathon fight with myself to win through.

So here is the plan:

Exercise at Studio supervised - 2x week
Exercise outside of PFF - 3x week, minimum.
Once we get past mid-December, Nicole can choose to train with me
Daily weigh in (I swear that scale hates me)
Calories: 2000 day, in six meals the size of my palm
Goal for Nutrition: 30% protein, 45% carbs, %25 fat
Water intake: 100 oz/daily
Make strides on reducing sodium intake & keep saturated fat low
Literally, an apple a day...

Short term goal:
28 days of actually doing what I'm supposed to do

Long term Goals (by Labor Day, 2022):
Weight drops to a very fit 225-230 lbs (loss of 75 lbs)
Do a true pull up
Be able to do proper pushups
Bike ride: Valley Forge to Philly
Marshman Mini-Triathlon
Make Nicole work to keep up with me hiking
Run 5 miles
Swim 2 miles
Bike 50 miles (mostly flat)

137,3 кг Потеряно до сих пор: 0 кг.    Еще предстоит сделать: 38,9 кг.    Следовательность диеты: Достаточно Хорошо.

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