So, I’m pretty excited for my new gym membership. I really want to hit it hard. I know I’ve said similar to that before where
I had high hopes and big plans for myself when it came to the gym. And yes, I meant it every single time. But I’ve gotten so close to my goal this
year, I want to make for sure I reach it next year and then MAINTAIN it! I want to bust through the mental blocks
that have been keeping me from moving forward and making me stumble more than I
think I should be stumbling. My incidence
of regaining some of the weight I had lost recently was due to an issue with
medication. However, that has since been
remedied and I’m tired of saying that I regained some weight for that reason
and I’m just having issues rebalancing everything. I’m tired of that because now it’s just an
excuse. A ridiculous one at this
point. It’s no longer valid. It’s been over 2 months since the issue was
fixed and I haven’t lost any more weight to get back to where I was before that
whole thing started. In fact, I HAD
gotten back down to within about 5 pounds of where I was before, but then I started
going back up again. So frustrating. I know it’s my eating and I’m sick of how
that is as well. when I had my welcome
session with Josh at Gold’s on Monday, he asked me how my eating was and I said
it was “trying.” So then he asked what I’d
eaten on Sunday. I had ice cream, beef
bulgogi, and salmon. 2 of those things
are good choices…the ice cream…not so much.
I was embarrassed to say that I’d had it, but I have to be honest or I won’t
be able to move forward and reach my goals.
I’ve decided that I want to be at my goal by the end of the
12 week bootcamp program I signed up for at Gold’s. It starts January 21st. So it finishes up on April 8th. That’s just in time for my Oregon trip in
May. Awesome! My goals are:
• 145 lbs and/or 23% or less body fat
Here’s my plan of attack!
My weekly schedule will look something like this:
• Sunday: long run of 10+ miles, then to the gym where I’ll
do the ladder for at least 5-10 minutes.
Then I’ll do lower body exercises.
• Monday: 4-6 mile run (possibly with speedwork like
fartleks), ladder, combat fitness exercises (see below), core exercises.
• Tuesday & Wednesday: rest.
• Thursday: sports therapy (RunLab), then a 4-7 mile run.
• Friday: rest.
• Saturday: RunLab for soft tissue treatment, 4-10 mile run,
ladder, upper body exercises.
That might seem like a lot of rest days, but that’s only
because I work 17 hours on those days and literally do not have time for any
workouts other than walking on my lunch breaks and doing my best to hit my
12,500 daily step goal. Then, after the
bootcamp starts up on next month, I’ll have my soft tissue appointment at
RunLab, then to the gym for bootcamp, then I’ll do the ladder and upper body
workout, then I’ll hopefully be able to take a run down the street and back to
finish it up. And then, if I can manage to swing buying a 12 session personal
training package, I’ll be doing that on Mondays with a run. I’ll try and schedule that session for 10 so I
can run prior to my session as I know I’ll be spent afterward. I have no doubts that Josh will work me out
to my limits. And in that case, I’ll
also move the combat fitness exercises to Sundays, after my long run and then I’ll
do a full body workout of strength exercises on Saturdays post-bootcamp
session.
Then, the only other thing I have to worry about is my
eating. That’s the main thing,
really. They say that bodies are made
and/or broken in the kitchen. So I really
have to do my absolute best to succeed at keeping my caloric intake under
serious control. I know I can do
it. I did it this summer…easily. I just need to simplify everything so I have
no excuses. The rotisserie chickens
worked really, really well for me and I really liked them. they were super easy. I love the Chobani Flips Greek yogurts. I love the ease of having pre-boiled (yea, I’m
lazy like that) eggs for my breakfasts. And
I love sweet potatoes. And I love apples
and the Skinny Pop popcorn is a great way to snack for a while without taking
in a ridiculous amount of calories.
Something that will help me achieve my goal of eating better
and more simply is that I’m going to do a frugality challenge after the first
of the year. In January I’ll track and
log ALL of my purchases and expenditures, divide them into mandatory, cost of
living expenses and discretionary, not necessary expenses. This will help me come February when I cut
out at least 75% of my discretionary expenses.
I’m not going to get rid of cable at this point. My plan is to get rid of it when I move and
just get better internet. But I can
pretty much cut out all other non-necessary expenses. So, I will set a limit of 1 INKnBURN purchase
a month and 1 meal out a month. Plus I want
to start price shopping. I’ll make my
grocery list a week ahead of time and when I’m shopping for one week of
groceries, I’ll check prices on what I want to buy the following week at
different places, including the Amazon Pantry, and buy from wherever is
cheapest.
So, there you have it, my grand plans for the next 5
months. Sure they’re aggressive, but
they’re also totally doable. After I’ve
reached my goal, I can back off a little bit for the maintenance phase, but I don’t
want to lose my focus again.
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