Things rarely go as planned and I guess that’s just the nature of life. The key thing for me though is having a plan in the first place, because it helps me to know when I’m deviating from it and also it helps me get back on track quickly when that happens.
A couple of days ago I said I was free to get back to the weight loss, thinking that my festive season (over)eating was done. At the point I wrote that I thought all the social engagements had been and gone. I was wrong. A couple of impromptu social engagements cropped up and so the eating plan was shelved.
I weighed in this morning at 189.2lbs which is a further 2lb gain since I last updated.
For all that a 4lb gain should see me in a dejected state of back sliding, it actually doesn’t bother me. Well, it bothers me, I mean I don’t like the idea of undoing all my hard work, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t worry me.
It was always in my mind that I’d be free to eat what I want to eat and enjoy living in the moment. Even in wanting to lose weight and acquire the elusive six pack I have no intention turning my life into a boring existence of bland diet foods. I’ll have my cake and I’ll eat it too, thank you very much indeed.
I’ve enjoyed the Christmas and New Year period but I am looking forward to getting back into the routine of everyday life. It was during this routine that I lost most of my weight so a return to the routine should see me getting back to the plan.
My goal now is to get to my target weight of 173lbs by the last day of February 2010. Starting on Monday 4th January I’m going to lose the last 16lbs of fat to take me to 173lbs – That’s assuming I still weigh 189lbs on Monday morning.
I’m going to stick to the plan I outlined to get a six pack in 2010 in the post entitled Lose Fat Eating One Meal A Day and write about it here – and of course I’ll include some pictures.
Now that I’ve determined the price I’m willing to pay to get to my goal, I need to get busy paying that price. The fact is, that once I reach my goal I know that the value of the achievement will be far greater than the price I paid – and that has to be worth the initial investment.
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