July 1st update…
We are all down at Dad’s Daniel Island house for the week and I am glad to be here. My travel schedule for the past 6 weeks coupled with my lack of effort and mental state of mind has had me in a bad place. Lack of focus, lack of energy (from eating unhealthy). dragging workouts (from having bad fuel in my body), and just a general feeling that I may not be able to get off the 2nd half of this weight. I planned on using this week of no work and no time schedule to get back on track. A "cleansing" week I have been calling it. And I am proud to say that up till this morning, that is exactly what is happening…
Taking all supplements. Drinking my whey after each workout. Counting my Weight Watchers points. The fitness center here on the Island has KB’s up to a set of 53’s, so I didn’t even have to bring mine. So I get up every morning and drink some coffee on the back porch with my dad and bro’s then ride a bike to the gym. Get in the ole’ workout, swim a qtr to a half mile in the lap pool, steam, shower, and then come back home and make a clean breakfast to get my day off in the right direction. It is also helping that my dad and stepmom are making clean meals for dinner every night for the entire group. The running joke is "which form of chicken are we having tonight". But actually Dad has made some phoenominal meatballs with turkey as well.
I needed this week to get things back in order and re-gain my focus and energy. It is hard to keep my focus if I haven’t been eating clean because it so effects energy levels, which effects workouts, which then effects focus… It is a big circle…good or bad is up to me.
We will not being weighing in down here on Saturday since they are closed for the 4th. But I really need a STRONG loss on the 11th. I mean, I need to be back to the 275 or under mark with 55lbs. to go. December will be here before I know it and next year I don’t want to be the only family down here at Daniel Island for July 4th vacation while the rest of my entire extended family is in Italy for 10 days!!!
July 1, 2009 at 10:51 am
Something to consider - some of the well known people, like Arnold S. have commented that they thought about their form even when they weren’t in the gym. It was a form of mental preparation they did all the time.
You might want to give that a try. Think about the healthy foods, and how the bad foods are, well, bad. Think about getting in that workout. Make it an obsession. Get to that place mentally, and your body will obey. Nice work on getting back into the clean eating and exercise!
July 2, 2009 at 11:23 am
I really appreciate the words of wisdom and encouragement!!! You are right…eating is certainly a form of working out. One thing is for sure, as my kettlebell trainer told me when he first started training me…"you can’t out snatch a donut". The eating has to be there for the working out to pay off.