Fourteen
stone, four and a half pounds. 75% of a single stone of weight left before I
hit my goal. I'm very excited. You know what else I am? Surprised that I've
still got a bit of a belly - I have had not one, not two but three good friends
prove to me however that it's not uncommon for a man to have a bit of a belly.
An excuse? No. Acceptable? My society, maybe, but not by me. Personally I want
to be admired rather than classed as mediocre or average and thus I am going to
work to be admirable.
I'm doing
more focused ab work at the gym and trying to get sit-ups in on a daily basis.
I've also decided to extend my target; I will still be lowering the strictness
of my diet when I reach 14st but I will be sticking with it until I hit 13st
rather than 13 and a half. This is partly to finish killing Gregory but also
because if I can get to 13 and maintain it I will be even more impressed with
myself. There's a chance I may go even lower depending on how I feel. But for
now I'll only move the goal posts a little bit.
This weight
reached is pretty impressive since I went to a very early Thanksgiving this
Sunday which basically killed me, or so I thought. However through stringent
psychological training and zen-like meditative abilities I have managed to stay
on course. And damn am I proud; after last week's slip up I feel like Vader
must have when he destroyed the base at Hoth - bearing down on a goal that was
soon to be within his grasp!.
And so,
amongst all this happiness, what am I adding to keep my feet on the ground?
Well, Thanksgiving held but two vegetables - green beans and sweet potatoes -
and so was not massively nutritious. To make things worse the sweet potato was
covered in marshmellows. I don't know why this wasn't a desert but it was
amazing. I highlight this because my diet, such that it is, lacks somewhat in
nutritious content. This is because, mainly, I haven't been monitoring it
and/or taking other people's advice about what I eat as well as how much. Cue
the 'I told you so!'s.
To remedy this
I am resurrecting my use of the My Fitness Pal app as it can go someway towards
tracking my nutritional intake which is exactly what I need. I am still taking
my multivits but I would ideally not need to take them so by making this change
I can start my path towards complete dietary independence.
In other
news I totally hit my target for increasing my gym workout. I'm on 20k in
80minutes and quite comfortably - I think I could actually go a little longer
on some of the machines (Not rowing. Screw that increase until next month) but
for now I'm happy to maintain the new target until I began to get comfortable.
Likewise, I have upped my weight work to make sure I keep benefitting from that
as well and am now doing 100 situps at the gym. ONE FRIGGING HUNDRED! Three
months ago I could barely manage fifteen.
I'm still
getting the compliments and preening each and every time, although I'm getting
much better responding to them. I'm also throwing out many of my fat man
clothes and wearing tee-shirts that I think are a little too small but actually
look better than wearing one-man tents. And I'm very, very nearly past the
stage when I care what random strangers think.
I have
discovered I need a new hoodie though so that's on the Christmas list and I'm
getting ambitious and requesting a medium. BAM! How's that for optimism? As always, please comment or subscribe or both, feedback is always welcome!
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