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Good Morning, FS Warriors! Didn't get up until 4:30 this morning. Stayed up a little too late banging on the guitar. I should know by now that I'm already stretching the limits on sleep every day as it is. Even going to bed 15 minutes later than usual takes its toll. But anyway, I got to the treadmill about 4:45, and after staring at it for a while, and giving myself the proverbial pep talk, I climbed on the thing and began to beat that rotating rubber thing into submission. I was expecting the workout to be a lot rougher, since this stage only allows a 1 minute walk in between the 9 minute runs, but it wasn't bad at all. In fact, my heart rate did not go as high as it did on yesterday's workout.
I'm down a pound and a half from the last weigh-in, which is good, but it's really hard to get excited when you know that you've got to lose 25 pounds just to get to where you made it the first time you took this FatSecret journey. Ughhh! I know you can't live in the past, and I'm a pretty optimistic guy, but I have to ask myself, "What did you learn from your previous experience?" I went from 254.5 in August of 2011 to 214.5 in Feb 2012, and then steadily climbed right back up to top off at 254 again on Feb 7 of this year. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results. So, where am I going with this? Well, if you don't know why you failed, you're probably destined to repeat it. Looking back, I can see that the one common denominator in all of this was that I kept telling myself that each bad decision wasn't going to be a big deal. A little cake or pie here, a couple Hardees sausage egg and cheese biscuits here, a few more slices of pizza there, or a 2nd big helping of spaghetti. And a few pieces of chocolate here and a few there. I think I know where this is going. And then the exercise trails off; "I'm in pretty good shape now, I can do this 3 or 4 times a week to maintain, and then maybe 1 or 2 days a week just to keep the ole corpuscles active." And then comes the couch and the TV programs. Yep, I think I've got it. Not going there anymore. The bottom line: this is a lifetime commitment. If you're not going to monitor and maintain a reasonable food intake, exercise regularly and take care of yourself for the rest of your life, then go ahead and beat yourself to death to almost achieve your goal, just so you can repeat it over and over again until you die. I'm just being realistic here. It's so much easier to maintain, than it is to come back from being a couch potato.
All righty then, I hope I haven't cast a shadow of guilt over anyone. Not my intent. We all know how sly the Fat Monster is, and we just have to be smarter than he is. That's my somewhat melancholy rhetoric for the day. However, it does kind of give me hope for better results this time around. I hope you find some consolation and encouragement in it as well. Toodles!
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2206 kcal
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Fat: 73.85g | Prot: 144.81g | Carbs: 256.82g.
Breakfast: Body Fortress Super Advanced Whey Protein - Chocolate Peanut Butter (42g), Milk (2% Lowfat with Added Vitamin A), Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Kroger Non-Dairy Creamer, Bananas. Lunch: Kroger Lite Orange Yogurt, Oroweat Pocket Thins Flatbread 8 Grain, Mustard, Shop 'n Save Colby Jack Cheese, Lunch Mate Deli Thin Sliced Honey Ham. Dinner: Luzianne Sweetened Iced Tea, Cream Style Corn, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Chicken & Dumplings. Snacks/Other: Cucumber (with Peel), Apples, Eating Right Peeled Baby-cut Carrots. more...
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3097 kcal
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Exercise:
Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 13 minutes, Running (jogging) - 5/mph - 27 minutes, Resting - 18 hours and 20 minutes, Sleeping - 5 hours. more...
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