Hate mail to myself....

Dear Self:

Stop being a dumbass.

Love,  

Jason


Okay - I had mentioned before that I was on a battle against this last tiny bit of belly flab that just doesn't seem to want to go away.  And - I had made pretty good progress toward that - and I am still chipping away at it.  However, this past couple of weeks, I have done very stupid things with nutrition that have affected workouts - and my goals in general.

Let's review what we will not be continuing:

1. Killing my morning appetite with a pot of french press coffee so I can "get stuff done."

2. Not drinking nearly enough water.

3. not being on, or keeping, ANY kind of regular eating schedule.  I've had days where I didn't even eat my first bite of food until 4pm - then ate too much which, then, results in awful workouts.

4.  Eating too much to make up for not eating earlier in the day - this just doesn't work, and makes me feel sluggish.  I think it also overloads your digestive system to the point where you really are not fully processing and absorbing nutrients from your food.

5. Not holding myself accountable to workouts when plans change, or weather intervenes.  Truth is, especially with the strength training and core work I have to do, there is *always* a workout I can do.

While my results slowed - understandably, I did still manage to lose a few more pounds, I've lost 3 since I last measured a few weeks ago - which is pretty shabby - but to be honest the past couple of weeks I've run less than I have in a long time, and probably haven't cut as far back on calories as I should have given the amount of exercising I wasn't doing.  So - it's a mixed thing because of the comp readings - and this is why I like comp readings.

It may appear that at 207, I'm close to my goal - but - that is not the case.  My comp last time I measured was 35% muscle, 24.9% bodyfat  (given that this is a household comp - which isn't entirely super duper accurate, but it's a close enough approximation to give you a good idea of what your body is doing in response to various diet/exercise combos).  I'd like to see my bodyfat NOT above 14%, if I can get it leaner and still be healthy - hey I'm game.  I weighed I think 211 when I took that reading.

Well, my 207.6 reading the comps looked like this: 34% muscle, 26% fat.  So, I lost 1% muscle and gained 1% fat.  My goal is the polar opposite.  (and I must say that I even do LOOK like i'm closer to my goal)  This is why I hate using weight alone to gauge progress with fitness goals.  I've always thought the measuring tape and calipers were the best ways to know if you are losing FAT - losing muscle is a shitty way to lose weight.

So - adherence is the word of the day. Adherence to my eating schedule and adherence to my exercise commitment.   I'm watchin' you, self.  Time to lower the boom.