Mission 1, Day 78: Focus on the finish line
Today I had no less than 3 people proclaim as they saw me "You've lost alot of weight!" It got me thinking on a line of thought that didn't belong in my head at the time. I started thinking about the scale. I started thinking about numbers. I lost my focus at that very moment.
Focus is the key to what all of us are trying to do. You put your eyes on the prize and don't take them off. At times the prize might become hazy, you might not see it as clearly as at other times, but you have to maintain your focus.
Find a plan that works for you. Measure your progress. Make assessments weekly. Make the changes to your plan to continue pushing yourself towards the prize. Stop jumping from plan to plan. Stop changing up your workout plan on a weekly basis. Every strength training plan needs time to work. You can't measure your success by what happens in one particular week. That is a fatal mistake and it amounts to losing focus.
Anything worth doing takes time. You didn't get out of shape overnight. It isn't like you sat down and ate a ton of food, went to bed and woke up fat. You did this to yourself over time. Why do you expect it to change overnight?
Accountability Log:
| Mission 1: Day 17 of 40 | Accountability | ||
| Meal/Training Plan: Real-time accountability | Each task completed? | ||
| Day 78: January 11, 2008 | Yes or No | ||
| 4:00 a.m. | Meal 1: Protein shake with glutamine and 15 g. of oatmeal and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 4:00 a.m. | Supplements: Animal Pak, Glucosamine Chondroiten, calcium, chromium, glutamine | Yes | |
| 4:30 a.m. | Workout: LSSC for 45 minutes and 6 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 7:00 a.m. | Meal 2: Protein shake with glutamine, BCAAs and chromium and 2 full cucumbers and small salad and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Meal 3: 2 chicken breasts and large salad and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Meal 4: Tuna (6 oz) with large salad and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Workout: HIIT for 30 minutes and abs workout | Yes | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Meal 5: Tuna (6 oz.) with large salad and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Meal 6: Chicken breast and large salad and 3 glasses of water | Yes | |
| 8:30 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: | 146 | 150 | |
| Workout Log: | |||
| LSS Cardio | 45 minutes | ||
| HIIT Cardio | 30 minutes | ||
| Push up challenge workout | 30; 22; 22; 20; 34 |
Tomorrow is another day. There are only a few days left in Group Shred Phase 2. I plan to make them the best days of the entire shred.
Until tomorrow...GET BACK TO LIFTING...
Posted by Michael Mahony at 1/11/2008 8:33 PM 
Categories: Nutrition, Accountability, Fat Loss, Exercise, Old Missions
Categories: Nutrition, Accountability, Fat Loss, Exercise, Old Missions
I get that comment quite often. That is how most people measure fitness success is in scale weight loss. people ask me all the time how much weight i've lost. I used to weigh myself nearly every day, i have slowly gotten away from that and maybe weigh myself once a week. I am not nearly obsessive about it as i used to be. however when people ask me i do tell them the scale weight i have "lost"(65lbs), it does make me proud. that is just how most people relate.
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Suzette,
I totally get that people measure fitness in terms of the scale weight. I also get that losing 65 pounds is something to be proud of. I agree with using that to tell someone how well you've done. My point was in relation to the mission we are on. Using you as an example, you've lost 65 pounds and look incredible, so most people would just be happy with that, but now you are trying to lower your body fat percentage, a number most people have never measured. My post was aimed at that issue and that one alone--staying focused on our goal. We are not yet at the finish line so let's not take our focus off that fact.
You HAVE done an incredible job!
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you know i did get "comfortable" with my body after losing so much weight. i haven't been this "small" in years. i almost didn't go along with adam in the first 14 day shred. but i knew my bodyfat was not where i wanted it to be. that is why i have kind of abandoned the scale the past months. i think i am more focused now on losing some bodyfat. thanks for all you great thought provoking posts.
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