Joe’s BodyBlog

Can I keep up the consistency necessary to get the results I want? I think so. My wife is also joining me on this journey. Not directly, I mean she doesn’t come to the gym with me, but rather she works out on her own and we help each other to eat clean. We are encouraging each other and that will be helpful, especially when I get up at the crack of dawn to go to the gym and wake her up in the process. I feel like I have the drive to keep myself consistent. I can’t wait until my soreness goes away a little. Gawd I hate the first few days back, cuz you end up feeling like crap since you are so sore. Just have to keep on moving, and things will get better!

I have to question myself because I am not doing anything to help me meet my goals and yet I yearn for them non the less. So I have to do some soul searching and change my bad habits. Honestly I am not doing anything to help myself meet my goals, well I am eating clean about 70-80 percent of the time, but I am not exercising at 100% and since abs are made in the kitchen not eating 100% clean is hurting me as well.

This all became painfully clear over the weekend during my mini-vacation with my in-laws. I was playing with my 2 year old nephew after a nice ocean swim and my mother in law took a profile shot of me in my bathing suit. Man what a wake up call, especially since it was digital, so I was able to see the results right away. Plus we attached the camera to a 42 inch Plasma TV and I could see what I looked like in gory detail. UGH! BTW - I deleted the picture, but kept some others for me to be able to chart my progress.
So I am sitting at my desk writing this blog saying that I have new motivation, but the reality is it is the same motivation I have had in the past, but I realize that I never did what I needed too to meet my goals, so it isn’t new, I just have to get off my butt and work for what I want. I have let the fear of my back injury prevent me from going to the gym since I don’t want to get hurt again, but that is just an excuse. My motto is changing to ‘NO EXCUSES’ beginning today. So I am going to make sure I do something everyday, Cardio, Weights something at least 30 minutes everyday to help myself get to my goals. I will also need to design and plan my program. My thinking is similar to an article I saw here on BB.com, "Failing to plan = Planning to fail". So after I go to the gym this afternoon (Yup making myself go!!) I will create my new plan. I will post it when I am done.

Geez, it has been a month since I last blogged. Shows how disciplined I have been. Not good. I see I was in a crappy mood last time too. Funny how what I was all bent out of shape about with the wife really turn out not to be a big deal. Mainly because we are adults and talked it all out. But boy was I a stress case. I think I did end up working out to blow off some steam and then I drank some Crown and Cokes… oh well.

Anyhow, my workouts have been severely limited  because of my back injury from a few months ago. I have to admit it I am afraid of re injuring myself. I haven’t been to the gym in a while and lucky for me my Yoda and Pilaties PT had been helping, but I am still pretty much in pain every day. My spine muscles are just so f’ed up it isn’t even funny. I realize that I am doing myself a dis service by not lifting because I need to work my whole body to help my back. I am just too damn worried. I have to get over this. I am going to the beach this afternoon with my wife’s family and I am gong to RUN on the beach. I am hoping that the next 4 days there I will get myself on the right track again. Then when I come back I will make it to the gym on Monday.

Actually this reminds my membership at my gym expires soon,  and I am not sure if it just switches to month to month or if I have to sign a new one. I went to a gym closer to my house (Peak Fitness, my current contract is at Golds) and I hate the approach the "Sales Manager" at Peak took with me. She kept trying to upsell me, I hate that. I told her more than once that I wanted to just see all of the options so if my other contract is favorable for me to leave that gym, I would consider their gym. She just kept trying to get me to sign crap "today" and she was pushy… Plus I think she didn’t realize that I may not 100% look it, I do know what a gym is used for…Sorry just a rant.. My wife and I are still on the fence for building our own home gym. I mean for what my membership costs we could have a great home gym, even thought it would be in our Garage (no where else in the current house to put it). But I know I would be more apt to workout regularly when it is that convenient.  The trouble is I want everything for a home gym… Elliptical, Free Weights whatever…maybe I should hit up Craig’s List for some "reduced priced" equipment first.. a challenge for another day I guess.