For those whom know me, you know that I like to stop, pause and reflect on my journey every week or so and my friends, I have finally arrived at that last 10 pounds mark, actually I am already down below that with 9.6 left to go. I managed to settle into that mark of slightly over 30 pounds gone 100 days in. So what now? Do I got out and celebrate by having a pig out? Well no, in truth I decided to treat myself a bit today and eat a little more than normal but with realtively healthy food. Supper consited of 2 homemade burgers (yummy) and some edamame with a little butter. It was delicious of course and I enjoyed it. Now this was not to torment you with my food lol, but it was to point out that now that I am so close to the end goal for my fat loss I am staying on track.
A few weeks ago I had set a new goal of building muscle after I have hit my fat loss goal. I decided that I had to set a cut off point as I am already at the same weight as my high school grad all those years ago and I am in much better shape than that time as well. Funny how at 35 I am in better shape than when I was 17. It has been a long journey thus far with frustration, emotions, and stubbourness which got me to this point. It just goes to show you that making that final be all end all decision to get the fat gone and get in better shape works if you stick it out. I have helped others out along the way, made some good friends on mfp and in person, and feel fantastic about my success thus far. There have been lots of sore muscle days, lots of hungry days, and lots of days when I wanted to say 'to hell with it". What made me stick it out was not giving up on me, because every time I wanted to quit I took a good hard look at how far I have come and to give up on me was not doable. My health has become a "must have", not a "nice to have". So long as you have made that choice then you will succeed, it is possible and you can do it.
For those whom know me best I have been on the straight and narrow path for a while now, and I intend to keep on trucking along this path as it has led me to some pretty happy places. My mini goals have been from a size 36 jeans to a size 32 once again (which are getting looser every day) and gaining back that confidence and the warrior spirit inside me. I have managed to get some pretty bad health conditions well under control and in some cases get rid of them altogether. Now if I could only get rid of my grey hair lol. So now I have set in place new goals for myself which I review every few weeks and tweak as required. I had started out wanting to get to 175, hit that and said well why stop here, lets go further. I reset my goal to 10% bodyfat (yes a lofty goal) and I am going to hit it (theoretically that would be 158 pounds) so I am now set to 158 pounds. I have made my permanent cut off for the fat loss phase at that weight as I do not want to get any lighter than that. Once I hit that I am starting a muscle building phase with the goal of maintaing that bodyfat percentage or maybe even drop it slightly. (that is going to require a very strict monitoring of food and intake) with the goal of getting myself back to the 175 ish pound range or until I feel comfy with how I look. So that is my update/motivation to help push those who are on the path like myself, thanks for reading.
A few weeks ago I had set a new goal of building muscle after I have hit my fat loss goal. I decided that I had to set a cut off point as I am already at the same weight as my high school grad all those years ago and I am in much better shape than that time as well. Funny how at 35 I am in better shape than when I was 17. It has been a long journey thus far with frustration, emotions, and stubbourness which got me to this point. It just goes to show you that making that final be all end all decision to get the fat gone and get in better shape works if you stick it out. I have helped others out along the way, made some good friends on mfp and in person, and feel fantastic about my success thus far. There have been lots of sore muscle days, lots of hungry days, and lots of days when I wanted to say 'to hell with it". What made me stick it out was not giving up on me, because every time I wanted to quit I took a good hard look at how far I have come and to give up on me was not doable. My health has become a "must have", not a "nice to have". So long as you have made that choice then you will succeed, it is possible and you can do it.
For those whom know me best I have been on the straight and narrow path for a while now, and I intend to keep on trucking along this path as it has led me to some pretty happy places. My mini goals have been from a size 36 jeans to a size 32 once again (which are getting looser every day) and gaining back that confidence and the warrior spirit inside me. I have managed to get some pretty bad health conditions well under control and in some cases get rid of them altogether. Now if I could only get rid of my grey hair lol. So now I have set in place new goals for myself which I review every few weeks and tweak as required. I had started out wanting to get to 175, hit that and said well why stop here, lets go further. I reset my goal to 10% bodyfat (yes a lofty goal) and I am going to hit it (theoretically that would be 158 pounds) so I am now set to 158 pounds. I have made my permanent cut off for the fat loss phase at that weight as I do not want to get any lighter than that. Once I hit that I am starting a muscle building phase with the goal of maintaing that bodyfat percentage or maybe even drop it slightly. (that is going to require a very strict monitoring of food and intake) with the goal of getting myself back to the 175 ish pound range or until I feel comfy with how I look. So that is my update/motivation to help push those who are on the path like myself, thanks for reading.
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