Vacation is officially over. Monday was my return to work and return to my routine. While some people hate going back to their jobs and reality after vacation this isn’t my experience. Yes I love being on vacation but I also like the structure of my day-to-day routine.
Fortunately when I have structure it helps me achieve my goals.
Vacation Over, Back on Track
As I mentioned last week being on vacation meant that I was consuming more sodium, more alcohol and my daily routine varied widely from day to day. That meant, despite significantly ramping up my exercise, I also experienced temporary upward weight fluctuations and didn’t have any measurable weight loss.
Now I am back on track. My temporary weight fluctuation has been cleared and my weight loss has started again. After a few days of normalcy I am down to 198 pounds and am looking forward to seeing the numbers continue to decrease!
Set Big Goals, Achieve Them, Repeat
Over the past 59 weeks I have set, achieved, reset and re-achieved all of my goals related to my fitness journey.
As a refresher, the goals I have set along the way are:
- Lose 100 pounds in a year (Done in 9 months)
- Write a book about my journey and approach (Done
- Reduce my weight to under 200 pounds – 125+ pounds lost (Done in under 14 months)
- Run a 5k (Done. 6/16/2018)
- Run a second 5k and improve my time (Done. 7/7/2018)
- Inspire others to start/continue their own journey (Done, multiple times!)
So, as I have mentioned in previous posts, I need new goals! Without goals you don’t have a roadmap to success and you are just coasting. I am never planning on just coasting again because I tried that and I was coasting towards early death.
Over the past 2 weeks I have started working on setting some new fitness goals for myself to achieve by the end of this year. I am not set on these new goals yet but I wanted to share where I am now.
Long-term Vision:
I will build a fit, healthy and impressive body capable of significant and inspiring athletic achievements.
2018 Goals:
By the end of 2018 I will….
- Manage my weight and shape
- Reach and maintain a body weight of 185-195 pounds
- Determine and improve my body fat percentage
- Measure and increase size of my biceps
- Improve my strength
- Be able to comfortably do 50 quality push-ups
- Be able to do 5 one-arm push-ups
- Be able to do 10 unassisted pull-ups
- Improve my running speed and endurance
- Complete several more 5k races and continually improve my time
- Complete a 4 mile race without walking
- Complete a half marathon with a mix of running and walking
- Continue to try new things (yoga class, horseback riding, etc.)
- Continue to monitor and manage my overall health
- Continue to lead, motivate and inspire others to achieve their own fitness goals
Get Out There and Live Life
I tried to take pictures of a couple of inspiring moments this week.
There was an amazing sunset in which the sun was the biggest I have ever seen. Last night the sky was so clear and the stars over the lake were as brilliant as I have ever seen. Then on my long run this morning I saw a very colorful hummingbird going flower to flower by the lake.
Unfortunately none of the pictures turned out well and didn’t do justice to the majesty of the sights.
This was an important reminder to me of how important it is to experience life first-hand. Trying to experience life through somebody else’s eyes or, even worse, through social media. There is no substitute for experiencing things.
So, get our there and live your life every day!
Check back next week for more!
Last week’s stats (7/23-7/29):
Distance walked/run: 43.2 miles (+3.3 vs. LY)
Total calories burnt: 25,158 (-6,954 vs. LY)
Total calories consumed: 14,573 (-1,620 vs. LY)
Net calories this week: -10,585 (-5,334 vs. LY)
Weight change: 0 pounds lost (-2.2 vs LY)
