After yesterday's basic bail out on blogging, I need to do better today. Actually, giving in to fatigue yesterday was indicative of what's gone on this week for me. After taking Tuesday as a complete rest day, I let my long day Wednesday turn into a lost day as well.
Then I had late meetings at work yesterday, decided to go home and run instead of go to the Y, got home and the shower at our house was out of commission for 24 hours, and I let that conclude by not doing anything at all. In my ever excuse making head, it was only my 2nd day without a workout and today would be a kick start. As you can see, math is not a strength, it had been three lost days. That can happen so easily when you don't schedule things more firmly.
I had planned on meeting with my trainer Danni at the pool today but she had to get her son from school; it's a pretty good excuse:) So, I needed to come up with a new plan, and I think I did...
The title of the Blog today, CTJ, stands for a skill I have developed in my years managing people. When I've worked with ballplayers or employees who just aren't "getting it", we sometimes have a Come to Jesus meeting. This is generally a session where I try to get them to see the light and realize that what they are doing isn't going to get them where they want to go.
I received my own impromptu CTJ talk this morning from my 9 year old and my wife. When I started to talk about how it might take longer than I had expected to meet my weight loss goals (including weighing 180 by Riverfest to bungee jump with Hannah), they both, independently, started to point out to me all the things I haven't been doing that I could. Without covering every detail, things came up like "people who are serious about losing weight don't list a day that includes a malt and a partial bag of candy as successful"
I have very little capacity for disappointing my children, in particular my daughter, so I think I've got religion now. My dilemma about train for an event or lose weight is discarded and the answer to the question is simply yes. I am acquiring a laser focus on weight loss for the next month or more and here's what I'm going to do.
- Tomorrow morning I will weigh in (but not share, that's for Tuesdays) and enter it in the food tracking site http://myfooddiary.com/. This site has always been my best calorie counting tool and I avoid using it probably because I don't want to be accountable for what I eat. That ends now.
- I will extend my workouts to a minimum of 60 minutes each time I work out, since less than that doesn't seem to move me toward the goal.
- I will continue to honestly share my efforts with the planet through my blog
Exercise update: I ran for 35 minutes today. Didn't track distance, but I'd estimate 3.5 miles. I did a 25 minute cool down walk with my dog to get to my 60 minutes. Tomorrow's plan should involve getting the YMCA after Anne works.
Nutrition update: Lunch was today's biggest win. I went with a salad and a slice of veggie pizza at Rocky's. The bad side was too much soda and too much dressing. Of course when I start the online food diary tomorrow, I'll report on food in greater detail.
Wish me luck and I'm open to any CTJ moments you've had or advice you can give to help me continue to see the light.
Then I had late meetings at work yesterday, decided to go home and run instead of go to the Y, got home and the shower at our house was out of commission for 24 hours, and I let that conclude by not doing anything at all. In my ever excuse making head, it was only my 2nd day without a workout and today would be a kick start. As you can see, math is not a strength, it had been three lost days. That can happen so easily when you don't schedule things more firmly.
I had planned on meeting with my trainer Danni at the pool today but she had to get her son from school; it's a pretty good excuse:) So, I needed to come up with a new plan, and I think I did...
The title of the Blog today, CTJ, stands for a skill I have developed in my years managing people. When I've worked with ballplayers or employees who just aren't "getting it", we sometimes have a Come to Jesus meeting. This is generally a session where I try to get them to see the light and realize that what they are doing isn't going to get them where they want to go.
I received my own impromptu CTJ talk this morning from my 9 year old and my wife. When I started to talk about how it might take longer than I had expected to meet my weight loss goals (including weighing 180 by Riverfest to bungee jump with Hannah), they both, independently, started to point out to me all the things I haven't been doing that I could. Without covering every detail, things came up like "people who are serious about losing weight don't list a day that includes a malt and a partial bag of candy as successful"
I have very little capacity for disappointing my children, in particular my daughter, so I think I've got religion now. My dilemma about train for an event or lose weight is discarded and the answer to the question is simply yes. I am acquiring a laser focus on weight loss for the next month or more and here's what I'm going to do.
- Tomorrow morning I will weigh in (but not share, that's for Tuesdays) and enter it in the food tracking site http://myfooddiary.com/. This site has always been my best calorie counting tool and I avoid using it probably because I don't want to be accountable for what I eat. That ends now.
- I will extend my workouts to a minimum of 60 minutes each time I work out, since less than that doesn't seem to move me toward the goal.
- I will continue to honestly share my efforts with the planet through my blog
Exercise update: I ran for 35 minutes today. Didn't track distance, but I'd estimate 3.5 miles. I did a 25 minute cool down walk with my dog to get to my 60 minutes. Tomorrow's plan should involve getting the YMCA after Anne works.
Nutrition update: Lunch was today's biggest win. I went with a salad and a slice of veggie pizza at Rocky's. The bad side was too much soda and too much dressing. Of course when I start the online food diary tomorrow, I'll report on food in greater detail.
Wish me luck and I'm open to any CTJ moments you've had or advice you can give to help me continue to see the light.
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