Monday, September 29, 2008

Shifting focus...

Im getting stronger. I need to bring a clip board so I can start to record my exact number of reps and sets, but I am starting to see some progress. Not really on the scale however. I guess the first bit your body starts to hang on to more water because it is having to re-hydrate your muscles more than it is use to. The amount of food I am eating isn't changing which has been hard because I find the more I work out the more hungry I become. Im making better choices though so progress there too.

Comming up is the big trip to San Antonio with my wife. She has been looking forward to it forever and it was one of the reasons this proccess started. I have two weeks. Im switching my focus from just creating better workout habbits to pure weight loss. Lots more cardio than I want and a longer amount of time total spent on the weights if not as high a weight. Diet is going to take a big hit this week. I need to eat more often but smaller and healthier meals. Any one have any ideas on how thats suppose to work?

I start my school day at 8 and have a break at 230 and am home at 5. I can't seem to get myself to eat breakfast and I know it would make a difference. Im going to try to choke down a basic protien shake tomorrow morning... it just too early to be hungry. At school im going from one class to another, sometimes not even changing rooms, and by 1 I could eat but don't have a chance for quite a bit longer.

I always figured if I could wait till I got home and eat at five thirty it would mean i would eat less calories over all. Im thinking now that im eating more because by then im so hungry its impossible to not over-eat. Eating at 5 also pushes anything I may plan for dinner till 9 or later. New plan? Eat breakfast. Eat lunch. Eat dinner before 7. Sounds simple but its going to be a challenge. 

1 comment:

Sylvia R said...

There is a great deal of potential in using writing to chronicle changes in ourselves as you have done here. I think there would be some value in continuing--if not in a blog, then on paper.