kingkeld's Journal, 04 January 2012

Wooohooo! ANOTHER kilo down! I now weigh less than I did on my "big" weigh-in on New Year's Eve! I have another 600 grams to go for a new, lowest weigh-in. Let's see when I will reach that. I'm pretty sure I can do that (and hopefully more) for the Saturday weigh-in. Let's do it!

So, yesterday was a little different. I stayed home and worked from there, waiting for the mail man to bring me goodies. And he delivered (pun intended)! I have just spent a few hours using the galaxy tab yesterday, but I gotta say I really like it. First bookmarked website to get in there was FatSecret. :)

I love that I am now more able to check out the website and do stuff on the go, and it works like a charm. I'm getting comfortable with using the keyboard for longer texts, and journaling on the go really doesn't seem to intimidating. The only "issue" with that is that I most likely won't have too much time to do so, if I'm on the go - but that's a whole different story.

I can see a million uses for it. Movies at the gym (a few has already been loaded onto it along with a few shows), cook book in the kitchen, registring my food on FatSecret, email, music, youtube, internet radio, games, news, books, guitar tuner, backing band when I practice music and SO much more. I'm impressed.

But enough about the toy. :)

Today is gym day. I will go for another workout at the gym after work. I'm curious how much I can get to do. Last time I had to take it very easy, as the muscles in my left thigh started to hurt. I want to make absolutely sure that I don't damage anything, so I am going to be super alert on this. I don't want to be put out of the game for months, which is what I see happening with clients at my job all the time. I stopped running, and just walked calmly the rest of the time.

Yesterday morning, doing a few jump and "butt-kicks" at home was a little bit straining, but not much. This morning, no issue. I hope I'm back at go. I will pay close attention though. I don't want to risk ANYTHING. If I can't jog tonight, then I won't. Simple as that. I will get on a bike or something else cardio burning. I think the single most important thing is that I do go. I want going to the gym to become so much of a habit, that I miss it - and I'm proud to say that I'm getting there. I no longer question that I am going. There is no longer an "if" in that sentence. I simply AM going. It's a good feeling.

The morning workout is also getting to stick very well. I do it EVERY morning, and I feel horrible both physically but also conscious wise when I don't. It always ends up with me doing them after all.

Wife has been doing the same exercises every week this morning. It helps her back and she is starting to see the benefits from it. I love that.

Today, I had a message in my inbox about challenges. The ones we can join here on FatSecret, to motivate and to get going. The person writing to me was a little frustrated with the many people who join challenges, and then don't really do them. She was asking if I had any ideas about how to motivate.

I think this is a tough one. I think many people have a good intention of doing a challenge - but for one reason or another they just don't get around to doing them, they don't do enough and they feel bad filling out the little form where they have to state whether they did it or not.

I gotta say, I can totally relate to it. I fully see the benefit we can get out of the challenges, but I don't care much for them for me. I find that they obligate me to a lot of things - things that I might not be ready for. Last one I joined was several months ago. It didn't clearly (at least to me at the time) state how long it was for, and I accepted it - not realizing that it was a three month venture. I've been TOTALLY neglecting it ever since. I was NOT ready for a three month commitment to a challenge. I have simply ignored it ever since. Rude? Yeah. I apologize. I don't even remember what the challenge was.

I think a lot of people skip on an accepted challenge for the same reasons they sign up here and eventually don't use the website, or stop losing weight. They're not ready for it. I wasn't ready for the three month challenge. Had it been a week or two, I would have fought through it (I think). Had it been something I could see ending soon.

Maybe we ask too much of a lot of people when we set up challenges? I see some out there that are pretty tough. MANY that I can't do. The ones I can do, that are supposed to motivate me to do good - I don't feel that I need them. I'm doing good, and I'm comfortable with the pace I am losing my weight already. I want to commit to it, and I am already doing it. I don't feel the need to commit further, but if I do - then I know where to go.

Thankfully, we're all different. I see a lot of people VERY excited about the challenges. I appreciate the effort they put into it. I appreciate that some need more motivation than others. I have no problem with that.

But how do we get people to dedicate to challenges? How do we get them to push through and actually do them once they sign up? I guess by making them accomplishable, though challenging. By making them fun, make it something that people can have fun doing?

I'm really not sure if I'm the right one to answer, as I don't do many of them. Geez, this makes me feel like a lazy b**tard. :)

Today, I'm thankful that
- I got my toy and will have it to distract me from work all day!
- I hacked it to perform better and faster without any trouble.
- Coffee!
- An urge to go to the gym this afternoon.
- A nice quiet evening at home tonight. Maybe a good movie? :)

Take care, my friends. Hump day is upon us.

Life is good.

181.0 lb Lost so far: 160.7 lb.    Still to go: 0 lb.    Diet followed 100%.

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1459 kcal

Fat: 58.95g | Prot: 65.12g | Carb: 156.05g.   Breakfast: Sliced Ham (Extra Lean), Rye Bread, Egg. Lunch: hash. Dinner: Garlic bread, 400 g potato soup. Snacks/Other: frikadelle, KAKAOIS. more...

2964 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 30 minutes, Standing - 4 hours and 30 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 20 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Sitting - 6 hours and 40 minutes, Desk Work - 4 hours. more...