Progress
Report: 27 July, 2015
Date
|
Body Weight
|
Body Mass Index (BMI)
|
||
Lbs
|
Kg
|
Stone
|
||
Mon,
1 June 2015
|
275
|
124.7
|
19.6
|
41.7
|
Mon,
8 June 2015
|
271
|
122.9
|
19.3
|
41
|
Mon,
15 June 2015
|
266
|
120.6
|
19
|
40.4
|
Mon,
22 June 2015
|
260
|
117.9
|
18.5
|
39.7
|
Mon,
29 June 2015
|
253
|
114.7
|
18
|
38.5
|
Mon,
6 July 2015
|
248
|
112.5
|
17.7
|
37.7
|
Mon,
13 July 2015
|
248
|
112.5
|
17.7
|
37.7
|
Mon,
20 July 2015
|
243
|
110.2
|
17.3
|
36.9
|
Mon, 27 July, 2015
|
241
|
109.3
|
17.2
|
36.6
|
A rather odd week as far as diet and exercise go but happy I
was able to lose a more normal 2 lbs. When I originally started this challenge,
my goal was always 2 lbs. a week. It was great having weeks of 5 lbs., 6 lbs.
and even 7 lbs., but 2 lbs, is much more realistic and probably much more indicative
of what I have to look forward to.
Short on time tonight but there are still good days and bad
days. I have a schedule that should work, but it’s the little things that pop
up and disrupt the schedule that have been difficult to handle. For what it’s
worth, here’s the schedule I’m supposed to be on:
Mon: 30 min cardio, core workout (abs, obliques, erector
spinae, etc)
Tue: 60 min cardio (Interval Training)
Wed: Off day
Thur: 30 min cardio, upper body workout
Fri: 30 min cardio, lower body
Sat/Sun: Off days, but usually a bike or a hike to keep
active
Another key so far has been not letting small failures ruin the progress that I’ve made or the future progress I will make. In fact, this one small lesson has probably helped me the most. If I have a moment of weakness, I don’t let that ruin the rest of my day. In the past, I’d take a small failure and use it as an excuse to just forget that day and start again the next day.
Let’s say that I was doing really good one day but then decided I had to have a pint of Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream. The old Blake would have said, “screw it, I just ruined my diet for the day, let’s also have 2 extra pork chops, the milkshake and a half bag of Doritos in front of the television.” The new Blake recognizes that as a small failure but isn’t going to ruin the rest of the day by over indulging. I had a moment of weakness…that’s okay. I’ve done great up to this point, let’s not ruin it
