Journey Updates
The Fourth Great Attempt: Week 2
January 25, 2010 @ 08:55 am
So I kind of forgot about doing my weekly check-ins over the weekend. Here's how week 2 went (which was last week).The week was good.
Thanks, the end.
Thinking back through it I don't know as there's a whole lot to report. It actually seems a long time ago that I did my weigh-in (Wednesday) and was 6 pounds or 2% down. I was really happy with that. I'd wanted to break through 300 on the first week since I was so close, but I've only ever lost 7+ pounds once, so should expect more modest gains. Since the second full-week weigh in is coming up this week, I'm not really sure what to expect. They made an interesting point on The Biggest Loser (from which I'm learning a lot, which is surprising, actually) that the second week is tougher to get good gains. It's something I knew but that codifies it. A quickie weigh-in on Sunday showed down 2 pounds, which is under 300 finally.
So we'll have to see what happens. It's not all about the weight, either. One day a week I'm doing some good strength training. Nothing too focused, just enough to build a little muscle mass to counterbalance the fat. That should help my body fat percentage drop, too, which is just as important if not more important than the weight number itself.
We have a friend visiting this week. I took Sunday off from the gym and sorta from the "diet." I didn't really binge or anything, though. I had a normal breakfast, and then we went to brunch with some other friends where I had an omelet and some potatoes. It was more than I would normally eat but I tried to be as judicious as one could. I didn't stuff myself or force myself to clear my plate - which is new! Progress! I'm learning! And though I didn't go the gym I did kind of force us to walk the two miles from the restaurant to the theatre. Welcome to New York, my Californian drive-everywhere friend! (Meh, he's fit and in college, he can take it.)
Every morning I've been doing some meditation and visualization. It's a tool I haven't really talked about yet, so I'll not give too much away just yet but suffice it to say it does make for a more relaxed and peaceful day.
I'm now facing a work week where I have puhlenty to do. Deadlines coming up. Travel starting next week. It's gonna be a busy couple of weeks but I'm happy that I've gotten a solid start to this journey before dealing with the perils of traveling-while-fat. I'll continue to hit the gym. I'll continue to meditate. I'll continue to work on my healing. And I'll continue to lose weight.