1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back…the Yo-Yo Effect
I’ve not been blogging in a long time and there are several factors leading to my recent lack of motivation that have led me to this current post.
We switched to the "Midnight" shift on 1 OCT which seriously affected my sleep pattern for a long time; thus I didn’t do the cardio I must do to maintain a lower BF percentage. Then, in November I went on vacation for most of the month and when I say that I was lazy…well, that’s an understatement. Not to mention that I was back stateside and I ate, ate and ate some more. I enjoyed ALL the wonderful tastes and smells that I’ve missed for the last year + and on top of it; I believe they were even better since I enjoyed them for the first time since I QUIT smoking…it all just seemed better. Sex, food, family, my kids all seemed better but that wonderful vacation has led me back down to where I started out; practically.
When I returned back to my Platoon I immediately hopped on the scale and had a tape test performed to solidify what my gut was telling me; that I was again a Fatty! What’s worse, is I also became a LAZY Fatty! My weight (and fat) is back up to its original status…well mostly.
So I have started back, hitting the weights and the cardio as of the last 2 days. But it’s like starting all over again, quite literally, but it did feel good to pound some iron again and as far as the cardio…well it sucks wind ALOT right now but I’m bound and determined to get back on track as quickly as possible. The hardest part is my diet; it’s not like we have wonderful cuisine to dine on or any 4 star establishments BUT when we do have something that’s good, it’s just my luck that it’s something that I really shouldn’t eat.
SO…while I am confident that I’m back in the gym doing the necessary things to get my weight back in check, it is my diet that I am going to have to work the hardest with! I do enjoy food but have to readjust so that I am not enjoying it nearly as much.
December 5, 2007 at 3:19 pm
I have just the opposite problem - I live in a town with so many good restaurants it’s hard to force myself to stay home and cook myself a healthy meal! But seriously, from the comments I’ve seen on this site I think diet is the hardest thing for everyone. If it’s not your own inner tempter, it’s your friends/family telling you don’t need to diet, it can’t hurt this once, etc. etc. etc. And to have limited choice on top of that…ouch. Who can stay on the straight and narrow in the face of all of that?!?