Yep, I admit it. I’m a bad blogger.
Life has gotten in the way of my blog posts, once again. Here I am almost 90 days later, a few lbs heavier and finally posting about it.
First – The Good news:
- I have still been working out. (Weight training 3-5 days a week)
- I have increased my strength, BIG TIME!
- I have added 8-10lbs muscle mass
- I haven’t been traveling.
Now – The Bad News:
- My diet sucks. I’m not eating often enough or well enough.
- I am not doing enough cardio, in addition to my weight training.
- I have gained a few lbs. (287lbs as of this morning)
One could argue that the bad really isn’t that bad; I’ve added muscle and maintained fat %, while really not pushing cardio and a proper diet. I don’t see it that way. My initial goal was to lose 100lbs by today. I have lost only 20.
Lets cut to the chase here and let you be the judge.
Now, if we compare to the pics in my last post you will see a few things:
- I am MUCH more tan. Its summer and I am out on the boat a lot!
- I am definitely “larger”. But is this muscle growth or fat?
- I clearly have no fear of posting embarrassing “fat” pics of me online.
I know what I need to do. I know I need to get more serious, but didn’t I say this before?
I’m searching for some encouragement by way of true criticism with this post.
What do you think of my status here? What is your take on my status pic? Better/worse?
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I wouldn’t be too hard on yourself. With the amount of weight training you’ve been doing, I’m sure that you’ve been adding on a lot of muscle mass, so that likely accounts for at least some of the weight gain.
That being said, it definitely sounds like your diet could use some work. It’s the summer, and I think we probably all have a bit harder time eating well. We’re outside having fun (like on your boat), and eating less-than-stellar food often goes along with that. You’ve got to find something to help motivate you to keep at it and keep reminding yourself why you’re doing this.
If you don’t like how you look in the photos you posted, maybe you should print them out and carry them around with you in your wallet. That way, any time you feel your eating starting to slip, you can just pull out those photos as a reminder of why you shouldn’t be eating that way.
But overall, you still seem to be making some great progress and are headed in the right direction. You know what you need to do to be successful, you just need to get out there and KEEP DOING IT!