What Happened???

My last post was on Day 15 (April 21, 2014).  It is now May 12th, 2014.  What the heck happened???

Where have I been?  Am I still working out?  How have I been eating?


I know, I know....Im sorry.  Ill tell you what happened and why I think it happened so that you may be able to avoid it in your journey.

Here is what happened:

After my weigh in the initial week, I was flying high, a little to high.  When it came to eating, I would tell myself, "Its ok, you have lost some weight" or "Dont worry, your working out".  Well, the results of that sort of crappy thinking was this:

(April 21,2014)

ONLY .4 LBS!!!!!  WHAT THE HECK!!!  Now granted, I was still working out so I was a little disappointed to see this and I was trying to figure it out.  I came to the conclusion that the night before we had eaten out so all the salt was probably causing me to retain water.  So I weighed myself the next day to see if my suspicions were correct and...

(April 22, 2014)

BOOM!!!!  I was right.

So now at this point, Im down around 4 lbs.  Remember how I mentioned the crappy thinking a little earlier?  Well, now it was in full force.  That mentality sustained my non weight loss for the next couple of weeks.  We had some full weekends where I had a huge case of "excusitis".

What happened?

Well, I stopped caring, simple as that.  What I have come to realize is that weight loss is more than just physical.  There is a big mental part that plays a huge role that I don't think people give it enough credit for. 

Now, I was still working out 2 times a week with weights but I wasn't eating as great and my diet dp habit increased to 4-6 cans a day.  Well, last week, I had enough (funny how you always have enough when your at the bottom and you start digging your way out, but then you forget and head right back down a little while later?)

May 6th.  I weighed myself again for a reference point.

(May 6, 2014)

I also found someone who is going to the same gym as I which is great as I could:
1. Be accountable to someone
2. Do the Stronglifts 5x5 program
3. Finally get rid of all the pain I have been in over the last 6-12 months.

So since Wed, May 7th, I have started going to the YMCA to workout at 6AM.  This is a huge stretch for me as I usually wake up at 8:30 and go to bed at 11-12pm.  The first 3 days were some of the worst days ever, but today, it was not bad.


So Im back.  I dont think Im going to do daily updates as that is a little much and kind of boring to read sometimes but stay tuned.