Monday, March 10, 2008
Day One Was Fun (And Is Done)
It doesn't all have to rhyme, does it?
Day one went very well.
I woke up promptly and headed out to train. Because I didn't dally watching TV late at night but got to sleep at a decent hour, I was able to catch up on sleep and rolled out of bed easily at 5am. I was able to stick to the nutrition no problem. It's really not much different than what I've been doing, but now I'm very aware of the calories as I'm logging them and have a baseline to tweak. The most important part was that I had no temptation. There were plenty of cookies, chocolate, and other opportunities to "cheat" available but I had no desire and felt some of that joy at being in control.
It's only one day, but that's all it takes.
The problem I think most of us have (and I've been guilty of this too) is looking at an 84-day challenge as 84 challenging days. In reality, I just had one successful day ... so why would any other day be any different? It's just a bunch of successful days like today strung together. And of course 84 days is a goal to draw a line in the sand and look at measurements, but this is about much more than 84 days ... it's about recreating habits for life.
This week will be interesting. Tomorrow I am driving to downtown Atlanta to train with a coworker at his facility which is much more well-equipped than the one in our own neighborhood. I had a discussion with my wife about the refund we're receiving from our tax return. A large chunk of that is going to our Anniversary trip (NEW YORK, HERE WE COME!) Already have the airline tickets and the deposit down on the apartment next to Central Park we'll be staying in. Looking forward to it!
There's lots we could do with the remainder. Invest in a large, flat screen TV. By dozens of DVDs. Go out to eat. But I know what I'm going to spend it on. We talked, and agreed. It's time to rebuild our own gym. I had a full set of gym equipment, everything from self-spotting bench press to cable pulleys, squat rack, and dip station. When we moved from our house in South Dakota to the small beach house in Florida, we knew we'd have no place to put the gym equipment and the cost of transporting it would be prohibitive, so we donated the equipment to a Christian college (the students drove nonstop for 8 hours to pick up the set and drive it back!). Well, now we're settled back in our home, sweet home, and it's time to start building that gym set out again. I'm excited!
Wrote about my nutrition here.
Take care,
In Him,
Day one went very well.
I woke up promptly and headed out to train. Because I didn't dally watching TV late at night but got to sleep at a decent hour, I was able to catch up on sleep and rolled out of bed easily at 5am. I was able to stick to the nutrition no problem. It's really not much different than what I've been doing, but now I'm very aware of the calories as I'm logging them and have a baseline to tweak. The most important part was that I had no temptation. There were plenty of cookies, chocolate, and other opportunities to "cheat" available but I had no desire and felt some of that joy at being in control.
It's only one day, but that's all it takes.
The problem I think most of us have (and I've been guilty of this too) is looking at an 84-day challenge as 84 challenging days. In reality, I just had one successful day ... so why would any other day be any different? It's just a bunch of successful days like today strung together. And of course 84 days is a goal to draw a line in the sand and look at measurements, but this is about much more than 84 days ... it's about recreating habits for life.
This week will be interesting. Tomorrow I am driving to downtown Atlanta to train with a coworker at his facility which is much more well-equipped than the one in our own neighborhood. I had a discussion with my wife about the refund we're receiving from our tax return. A large chunk of that is going to our Anniversary trip (NEW YORK, HERE WE COME!) Already have the airline tickets and the deposit down on the apartment next to Central Park we'll be staying in. Looking forward to it!
There's lots we could do with the remainder. Invest in a large, flat screen TV. By dozens of DVDs. Go out to eat. But I know what I'm going to spend it on. We talked, and agreed. It's time to rebuild our own gym. I had a full set of gym equipment, everything from self-spotting bench press to cable pulleys, squat rack, and dip station. When we moved from our house in South Dakota to the small beach house in Florida, we knew we'd have no place to put the gym equipment and the cost of transporting it would be prohibitive, so we donated the equipment to a Christian college (the students drove nonstop for 8 hours to pick up the set and drive it back!). Well, now we're settled back in our home, sweet home, and it's time to start building that gym set out again. I'm excited!
Wrote about my nutrition here.
Take care,
In Him,
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Jeremy - congrats on your Day 1 success!
Here's a little suggestion. I love how you have your goals clearly and precisely defined. How about adding a leverage to your goal? Perhaps, no gym improvements unless you hit your 20 lb loss in the time frame specified.
Just a thought.. :)
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Here's a little suggestion. I love how you have your goals clearly and precisely defined. How about adding a leverage to your goal? Perhaps, no gym improvements unless you hit your 20 lb loss in the time frame specified.
Just a thought.. :)
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