10/11/13 WEIGH IN - BEING CONSTANT

This morning is a bit of a bittersweet weigh in.  This has been an awesome week again, work out wise, however there have been some screw-ups.  Last week I titled my blog "Hard Work, Dedication & a Few Screw Ups" and one of our friends asked my wife where my screw ups were mentioned in the post.  Here are my screw ups.  I know I may sound like a girl, sorry ladies, but my demise at my workplace are the bags of chocolate candy that my boss' wonderful wife continually puts out.  I cannot resist.  Especially when I get stressed and am having a bad day.(Yes I have admitted and accepted the fact that I may be an emotional eater)  Again, I feel like a girl, sorry again ladies.  So there you have it Amanda, my screw ups.

Over the past several weeks I have been thinking about my Journey and the goals that I want to achieve.  Inside all of us is a want to be competitive in some area of our life.  I began to get a little discouraged during a few of my boot camps because I was not able to keep up with some of the other guys, or ladies for that matter.  I have to realize that this Journey I am on is not a competition to see who can do the most reps during a workout, it is a competition with myself.  The only way I am going to succeed LONG TERM in this is to base the competition on my own abilities.  Beating the other guys in boot camp is not going to make me succeed, because what happens when they move on and quit coming to that class?  What happens when I am the most advanced?  Who will I compare myself to?  Myself.

Additionally, over the past several weeks of my marathon training, I have entered in to uncharted water in regards to the mileage I am running.  This past week was 18 miles, and in two weeks it will be 20.  So I have been trying to go with the mindset of just moving forward.  This is also the mindset that I am taking with my workouts.  I feel that if I am being CONSTANT and continuing to move forward, and not quit, I will be achieving the goals that I want.  With as cliche as it sounds, I want my Journey to be a Marathon and not a sprint.  I want to make sure that the changes that I am making are ingrained in me and not just some sprint to loose weight and then turn around and gain back more than I lost because I did not make a lifestyle change.

As I said above, this morning's weigh in is bittersweet.  I did not loose as much as I would have liked, however, the scale is continuing to move in the right direction.  So this mornings weight was...

10/1/13 STATS
Last Weeks Weight: 227.0 lbs
Current Weight: 225.8 lbs
Past 7 Days lbs Lost: 1.2 lbs
Journey195 lbs Lost: 14.2 lbs
Journey195 % Lost: 5.92%
Overall lbs Lost: 59.2 lbs
Overall % Lost: 20.77%