It has been a month now since I have done any serious, consistent workouts. I plateaued and I was fine with that. I knew eventually my body would reach a point where it just could not drop those huge numbers on a regular basis. Hopefully it has had time to adjust to its current conditions and realizes it still has a way to go before it gets into its optimum health.
Why am I talking about my body as if it's another person? It's not my body I have to worry about, it's me. It's MY mindset and MY determination. I guess I just needed some time off from having to worry about getting my workouts in every single day. Plus, I have been working in the studio a lot lately and making some tremendous progress on my scenes. (That post is coming soon on my other blog.) So that has been taking up quite a bit of my time. I have been on such a roll that making the time for the workouts has seemed like a big bother. I can either workout for an hour or so, shower, eat breakfast or lunch and THEN go about my day of studio work, OR I can jump into the studio RIGHT NOW and get to work on what I really love to do. Usually my work has taken precedence over my workouts.
But now it's time to get back into that routine. My current weight is 316 lbs. It has been fluctuating between 311 and 317. Luckily, I have not let it get too out of control that I gain 10 - 15 lbs. in one week. I have been splurging more, though. I have had fast food and other non-healthy meals a lot more often these past few weeks, but it's usually just one meal a day. To help balance the calorie intake, I would eat sensibly the rest of the day before any splurging.
There was one week where I did start to workout for a few days that gave me some interesting results. I weighed myself on Monday and the scale read 317 lbs. I worked out and ate sensibly that day. I weighed myself Tuesday morning and it said 314 lbs. NICE! Lost three pounds! Same thing, workout and sensible meals. Weighed in on Wednesday morning at 311 lbs.! AWESOME! Lost ANOTHER three pounds! I could not believe that I lost SIX POUNDS in two days! So what did I do? That night I had a huge Mexican dinner and apparently gained it all back the next day. I realized then that I was not ready to continue with the workouts. So I made a conscious decision to hold off on the workouts until I was ready.
Well, I'm ready now! It's been a long enough break. I cannot let the hard work of the past seven to eight months go to waste. I have come too far to go back to my old habits and my old weight. Another thing that spurred me on was a recent photo I saw of myself. It was from a party this past weekend. I was standing at an odd angle and I wasn't prepared for it and I look HUGE!! I thought I looked like I did before I lost all this weight. I kept staring at that photo and realized I need to start up again. I am only six pounds away from my 100 lbs. mark. SIX POUNDS! Which means I am only 17 lbs. away from finally getting under 300 lbs.
Plus, there's someone I'm interested in and I want to look my best. Not that I'm trying to lose this weight because of a girl. I'm doing for me so I can have more confidence when I talk to this girl. We'll see how that goes. Right now it does seem promising. But that's another story...
