Consistency

I need to be more consistent on blogging.

So many thing have changed, and so many more changes are on the way.

I'm not at Solar anymore.  I was failing at showing up consistently.  I had to take that message for what it was.  It was just not working for me.  While I had my best ever Open performance in 2019, I currently feel like I am less fit than I have been in years.

I know how weird that sounds.

Among the upcoming changes; the #Weeklycheckin will be making a comeback.

In addition, more changes are upcoming.

I'll try to keep you informed.

Here's to being more consistent.

Three weeks out

As of today we are three weeks out from The 2020 Open.

At this point, the "hay is in the barn" so to speak.  The work has been done.  I'm not really getting any stronger at this point.  My engine is not going to get much better in three weeks (although I will maintain what I have).

The best way for me to make measurable improvements in three weeks, is to buckle down and become super strict on my diet.

And spoiler, I have already started.

Let's do this!

Where's the weekly checkin?

You may notice that I have not posted a weekly checkin post in a few weeks now.  There is a reason for that.

If you don't know, I was weighing myself every morning.  I found that I was starting to focus on the number on the scale to much.  Really to an unhealthy degree.

But don't let the lack of posts fool you.  I am still focusing on my food intake.  Still working to improve my body composition.

Weekly checkin 8/5

Another week.  More underwhelming results. It is disheartening putting in work and not seeing results.  But I need to "stay the course", and keep my head down and keep putting in the work. Not just work in the gym, but work to stay on track with my diet as well.

Also, I got a hair cut.

Here I am at 265.2 lbs.

Weekly check-in July 29th

It's Monday!

Here I am, in my 270lb glory.  Busy & lazy weekend.  I spent Saturday judging the in-house comp at Solar.  And spent Sunday being totally lazy at home.  I don't see any visible change.  Do you?

Failure

***This post is a day late, sorry about that.***

Failure is what makes us better.

If you let it.

For this week's weekly check in, I confess that the "weekend happened".  I was going strong all week, but then Saturday hit, and I fell off the wagon.  Now normally, I would say, okay, let it go and make a better decision for the next meal.  Get back on that horse.

That is not what I did though.  I continued making bad decisions all day Saturday and Sunday.  I convinced myself that I had "blown it" for the day, and just let it go.

This continued into today (Monday).  Until my wife made a comment about what I was having for lunch.  Sometimes you just need a little kick in the pants.  You just need someone to call you on your bullshit.  That is what spouses are for.

Now I am refocused and ready to go again.  This is going to be even harder than usual, since I am headed out on a quick little road trip for the second half of this week.  Vacation is always hard to eat well.  But if this is important to me, then it is worth a try.

Progress (if you want to call it that) Pics to follow:

Weekly check in July 8th.

I'm looking at doing a mid-season checkup comp near the end of August.

With that in mind, I am going to be super strict with my diet over the next 8 weeks.  To help with accountability on that, I am going to start doing a weekly check-in here on the blog.  Including progress photos.

Keep an eye here on the blog every Monday for my weekly check-in.

So here I am.  I am 270.8 lbs. as of this morning.

Let's see what kind of changes I can make in the next 8 weeks.

Track your food!

I have determined that the biggest factor holding back my performance is my body weight.

At my current weight (250#), it is like I am working out (and living) with a 50# weight vest on.

It makes everything harder.

I NEED to change my body composition.  Not only to improve my workout performance, but also for my general health.

To that end, I am making some changes to my diet and am going to start tracking everything I eat.

I will be posting regular updates here in order to help keep myself accountable.

Stay tuned.