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Signs of life!
Hey guys, I'm still here.
It's been a hell of a weekend. Busy, busy, busy.
I'm actually happy to say that we were unable to go to the Saturday party, as Wife was sick. Well, I'm not happy that she was sick, but I'm happy I got to NOT go. It would simply have been too much.
I was also working both Saturday and Sunday, representing the gym at a business convention for local businesses.
It was TONS of fun. :)
This was the upside.
The downside was that there was absolutely no way I could put energy into counting calories, or even doing a half assed attempt at eating right. Oh well.
Today I am back at work, back in the grind, doing what I know to do best, and 120% on track - and then some.
I never made my step count over the last three or four days, and I never made my calorie burn, and I am sure I blew my calorie intake.
Today, I had my 10,000 steps done before 8 AM, I did my workout, and I have my first meal planned at 3:30 PM. I've had plenty of water, and I will keep having water.
This is a total reboot.
I will start my reboot with a nice, long fast to reset it all. In a perfect world, I would have eaten my next meal at 7 PM tonight, to have a full 24 hour fast, but I am teaching tonight and it just isn't feasible to do this. I will have to eat dinner before teaching, so 3:30 it is. I think this is good enough, though.
It will also kick off my "new diet" with a Low Cal Day, which is more than welcome.
I have 5 weeks until I go to the hospital for sugery. On this day, I would REALLY like to be under (or very close to) 80 kilos. This is my goal weight, and this is my goal.
Honestly, I don't know what I weigh today. I was too scared of the scale to even take a look at it. Normally, I bite the bullet and just get on it and take the beating. Not today, though. I just didn't want to start the day with a defeat.
I wanted today to be a good day, so I figured I'd skip the scale, go walk and workout, and make good choices through the day.
I have made a pact with myself that there will be absolutely no sugar, cake, candy, ice cream or anything else sugar rich until surgery. I just need to get rid of it again, get my fluid weight down, and lose the fat that I have gained.
In the next five weeks I need to drop something like 6 kilos - and I am assuming that 3-4 of those kilos are fat. This is absolutely accomplishable for me - if I apply myself. And apply myself I will.
Wife is joining me. She's been wanting to do this, but tend to forget to enter the food she eats. This is typically her downfall. She lacks the focus on the mission.
So, we've made a deal.
If we both reach our goals this week, we'll treat each other to a nice dinner at our favorite rib house. Sane choices, obviously.
For me, I need to have stayed 100% on track. Be within RDI, and have no candy, cake, ice cream (except small portions of the sugar/fat free one) or anything else rich in processed sugars.
For her, she needs to stay within RDI and register EVERYTHING!
These are the rules. Very accomplishable, but it takes focus from us both.
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There will be no Indulgence Days for me. Every day, I have a 2,000 calorie RDI - more than plenty for proper meals, but not enough to go overboard. I should easily have a nice chunk of weight loss - especially if I stay active as I normally do.
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I have already been at the gym this morning. I have already done my 10,000 steps. I have planned my meals (one meal isn't all that tricky to plan!), and I am good to go. I know I will be eating enough, so I won't be hungry. I know I will be standing up and work, and generally move around a lot, so I know I will be active. It's gonna be a good day.
I hope to be able to do this every single day, all the way though the next month. I want this and I need this.
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After the surgery in a month, I need to work hard on maintaining my weight. I don't want to gain a lot like I did last time. I want to stay relatively close to 80 kilos, but I think over time this really isn't a realistic goal weight. I do think I need it slightly higher. It's already a real challenge to reach on a regular basis.
I used to have a goal weight of 77 kilos. This is impossible today - I simply have too much muscle to reach it. I would need to shed quite a bit of muscle along with my body fat to reach 77.
This is the reason I upped it to 80. This was about 4 months ago. My workouts since then have pushed me quite a lot, and I am not even sure that 80 is an acceptable number any longer. 81 or 82, maybe?
Looking at my body fat percentage, there is some room for improvement, though. Body fat is what I should be looking for - more than the weight.
Last I checked, my body fat was 13%. it's not bad at all, but it used to be 5%. There is quite a bit of way to reach that again, and that IS where I'd like to be. Or, at least closer to it.
It's gonna be interesting to see where I take it over the next five weeks. I know I can push the weight down quite a bit. I know I can nudge it down maybe 5% or more over the course of a month.
So, the game is on. I know I work best under pressure, and a one month deadline should help me kick into gear. I can and will do this.
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Today, I'm thankful for:
- Wife!
- Being back at work, in the usual (safe) grind.
- Focus on my foods.
- The option of NOT bringing lunch.
Happy Monday! Life is good!
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