Tired and sore today after some solid workouts over the last two days. Knee hurts after all those squats and I decided in my wisdom to use a new machine thingy they have that the gym to do those shoulder flys and its really got to a couple of muscles in my shoulders.
Glad to have something that is "eat as much as you can" on the menu as historically I've responded pretty well to that kind of encouragement! (although it used to be pizza rather than veggies).
Mentally things a bit better again - at the half way stage it was pretty depressing:
"man after all that, we're still only half way, f..."
....but now its swiftly becoming,
"Jeez, only 40 days to go, I'd better get this stuff done as I'm running out of time"
The fact that I've seen relatively little progress in my weight or my gut over the last 2-3 weeks is the worst. The only thing that's been keeping me going is the basic certainty that by doing my exercises its definitely better from than not doing my exercises. And the argument that muscle weighs more than fat is starting to wear a bit thin as I'd have to be some sort of Charles Atlas by now. The gut is proving to be remarkably stubborn at this moment, but as with my previous experience, these dieting things rarely end up being completely linear and there is often a tendency to plateau.
One thing I am going to change is that I have been going to the gym after work to make sure I get my exercises done early, but it means I tend to eat late, around 10pm (literally just before going to bed), which is really no good. So I think I'm going to try and get the food in somehow before the exercise and hopefully I can burn some of those calories before going to bed rather than while I'm sleeping.
Hey Roland keep going man, I was in the same boat as u last week where everything was a struggle but this week I can really see some light at the end of the long tunnel, despite The hardcore exercises !! My body is constantly in
ReplyDeletePain but only 39 more days ;-) You're doing great - rock on.
I hear you.. Patrick's email about flexing our newly showing six pack didn't help either. I cant even start to see any definition under my belly fat. And it really doesn't seem to be moving.
ReplyDeleteGood point about the not eating before bed. I am going to start eating before my evening workouts too.
We can do this... I have faith!
Keep it going! Sounds like you've got a good grasp of how these things work. You've just GOT to be consistent, teach your body to be a burner!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you all on eating earlier. Again, about not being a storer.
Go Roland!