Hey all!
Hope you haven't missed me too much. I've been doing the crazy climate organizing thing and have had so much fun and such a re-invigoration of energy and momentum to fight this crisis. Thanks for your understanding my absences lately.
All the great organizing unfortunately meant that I took a bit of a step back on the PCP. I kept generally PCP-compliant as far as the food rules are concerned (except for yesterday, 10/10/10, when I was stationed in Burlington's Battery park from 6:30am to 7:30pm and had to eat what was around), but definitely not in terms of gramage/allotments. It meant that I vastly under-ate, usually getting in two quick meals a day (grossly lacking in vegetable content) and I wasn't exercising at all.
So I got back into the jumping this morning and thought I would fall apart after just a couple minutes. I was glad to find that the worst of it was the boredom. The workout was also fairly do-able, but definitely resulted in some painful moments, especially the breakage of a friggin' resistance band, slapping my thigh on the way to the kitchen floor. That's gonna be a pretty welt..
What else to share? I guess I just hope I can keep it up. I have a dangerous love of convenience and a penchant for loading too much on my (rhetorical) plate, which can very easily lead me back down the path of easy cheese and greasy carbs. So, have I thrown all that effort from day 1 to day 60 away? I really don't think so, but I also acknowledge that the likelihood of me reaching a "peak condition" -- even if I kept up with the regime beyond Day 90-- is pretty low.
In all honesty, what's the real danger in feeling like I've done pretty good thus far? I've lost 20 lbs and I like how I look. I wouldn't mind having more definition in my arms and mid-section, but I also like that I feel like I can sustain where I'm at, versus reaching some chiseled look and then losing it... Am I again letting a fear of failure get in the way of me giving this my all? Am I being realistic here or just plain lazy? These questions are more for me than for you all, but I appreciate you being an audience out there to read my words.
I'm tired. It's late. I'm going to bed.
Figuring this kind of stuff out, how much you want to weigh, how important your condition is in relation to the rest of your priorities, and that there's a trade off between health and convenience is what this thing is all about!
ReplyDeleteI missed you way toooooo much and am glad you're both back. The climate organizing is so important and difficult in the face of how reluctant we all are to make changes. Just don't stop taking care of yourself, too, however you decide is the best way to go about it.
ReplyDeleteSo so close... less than three weeks. Think about how fast three weeks go by. You've done amazing this far and only a teeny, tiny, little way to go! Keep inspiring the newbies!!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all when your "cheating" or whatever your doing something beneficial for society, so I can't really hate on that. I'd say for yourself just finish as strong as you can, and feel good about the positive things instead of the minute negatives. Twenty pounds is a lot and I checked your pics and you've definitely changed a lot. Pat yourself on your back.
ReplyDeleteJump roping is really boring.
aren't y'all being a little too easy on me?? I expected a bit more sternness from folks. thanks for the kind words. :)
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