Mission 1, Day 72: Home stretch
It is the home stretch. I have 28 days left in my mission and 12 days left in my first 84 days. I threw down the gauntlet a few days ago and upped every goal I have. I mean business and I intend to nail this mission.
Today was one of those days where you think alot about change. I drove through some areas I hadn't been in for a decade and was amazed at the changes. That, inevitably, got me thinking about change and how we can cause change to happen. It is a topic near and dear to anyone visiting this blog because we are all trying to change our physiques in a drastic way.
Time is a necessary element of the changes we are trying to accomplish. Nothing happens overnight. It is all about the time and effort we put in. I have 12 days left until my first 12 week mark. I intend for those to be the best 12 days of the entire first 84 days. Once I hit that marker I will be heading towards the finish line of my first 100 day mission.
I did some writing for my eBook today. It is a fun task because I know when I'm done I will be helping people. At some point prior to releasing this eBook I plan to give my readers (and most especially The Shredder Council) a preview of portions of the eBook. I will expect feedback from all of you.
Accountability Log:
| Mission 1: Day 11 of 40 | Accountability | ||
| Meal/Training Plan: Real-time accountability | Each task completed? | ||
| Day 72: January 5, 2008 | Yes or No | ||
| 6:00 a.m. | Meal 1: Protein shake with glutamine and 15 g. of oatmeal and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 6:00 a.m. | Supplements: Animal Pak, Glucosamine Chondroiten, calcium, chromium, glutamine | Yes | |
| 7:30 a.m. | Meal 2: Protein shake with glutamine, BCAAs and chromium and 2 full cucumbers and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Meal 3: Turkey with cucumber salad and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Meal 4: Chicken breast (6 oz.) with large salad 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Meal 5: Chicken breast (6 oz.) with large salad and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Meal 6: Chicken soup with no noodles, with bean sprouts, cabbage and serrano chilis and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 9:00 p.m. | Supplements: Protein shake, glutamine, calcium and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| Accountability Areas: | Points | Possible | |
| Meal 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Meal 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Meal 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Meal 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Meal 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Training | 1 | 1 | |
| Post Workout Nutrition | 1 | 1 | |
| Water | 1 | 1 | |
| Pre-sleep nutrition | 1 | 1 | |
| Accountability | 1 | 1 | |
| Daily Totals: | 10 | 10 | |
| Mission Totals: | 97 | 100 | |
| Workout Log: | |||
| Rest day today |
Yes, today was a rest day and it was so hard to take the rest, but I know my body needs that time to recover. I've managed to hit 97% of my marks in the first 10 days of my accountability plan. I'm actually very surprised by that number.
Updated post on 1/6/2008:
I thought I would post my Day 1 side view picture alongside my Day 72 side view picture. What do you think?
Until tomorrow...
Posted by Michael Mahony at 1/5/2008 8:26 PM 
Categories: Nutrition, Accountability, Fat Loss, Exercise, Old Missions
Categories: Nutrition, Accountability, Fat Loss, Exercise, Old Missions
Week 2 Chin up Challenge comment
Assisted chin machine: 2x (part of back routine)
Assisted Chins: 3x5,3x7,3x10
On other posts: I appreciated your note on squats. I wasn't doing regular squats out of fear of pulling a muscle. To see that you started with just a bar and went to 250 in 6 months is motivational. Also, your John Rohn quotes were right on target. The one about regret was especially relevant to me. The chin up challenge, the push up challenge and your accountability log have played roles in my making good choices. The other night it had gotten too late to do my workout. I decided to just do the chin up challenge. That felt great, so I decided to do the push up challenge. That was all it took for me to go on and complete the rest of my workout for the day. Opportunity struck and I was ready to respond. Also, I can't stand seeing a NO on my accountability log so I'll do whatever is necessary to get that YES. Thanks for your consistency and constant information.
Jeff McImproving
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the side view really shows where you have really thinned down. looking good! i admire your discipline! i have enjoyted your insightful thoughts. i really liked the comment you made on my blog from the reflections post. i didn't know that about the "disciple" stuff in the Bible. cool.
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