Rocky Start

DAY 12/178
Phase 1, Week 2
Weight Loss Stats:
Weight 241.6 lbs - Loss 260 - %Loss 19.9%

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I'm off to a rocky start and the primary cause was my failure to plan. That old saying rings true: "when you fail to plan, you plan to fail." I did not prepare an action plan nor list my goals before leaving to Key West. I simply figured that the momentum would carry me onto this new leg of my journey. That is partly true: I do, in fact, feel mentally "there" - constantly thinking about my fitness and where I want to be at year's end. But making this up as I've gone along for the past two weeks, has left me feeling a little lost and unfocused, like I don't have anything to really shoot for. By contrast, the last couple of months before Key West, my focus was razor-sharp; I knew precisely what steps had to be taken and when. Weekly and daily goals, if not explicitly stated, were deeply internalized and meaningful. I knew I had to lose "X" amount of pounds if I wanted to weigh "Y" by week's end.

Perhaps it is that low-level, granular approach...the daily, hourly, minute-by-minute goals that keep us on track - the so-called "microgoals." Anyhow, I must get back on track. I must find whatever it was that gave me that sense of focus. I cannot afford more wasted time.

With this in mind, I've updated my goals and made them much more specific. If you click the link labeled "goals," you'll see that I've set performance goals that more closely match the training program I'm currently following. But this is only the first step. I plan to set weekly performance and nutrition goals that I will monitor on this blog daily or near-daily. Whatever it takes to make myself accountable to myself.