My biggest failure, goal-wise, for 2012 has to be in the area of weight management. I started the year in the mid-to-upper 170s with plans to get to my ideal weight which I estimated to be somewhere between 165-170. I started off the year strong getting my weight down to almost 170, but I got stuck where I couldn't break through to the 160s.
After a few frustrating weeks of being stuck around 171, I slacked off a bit and increased to around 173. I kept my weight in the lower part of the 170s until I went on vacation in June where I bounced up to the upper 170s. I made a bit of progress with renewed effort but kept having setbacks, and bounced back and forth between 175 and 180.
I started to make progress again when I started training for the Four Bridges Half Marathon and was in pretty good shape when I was derailed by a hamstring strain. From there, I seemed to quickly bulk up, and now a week after the half marathon, I'm close to the mid-180s. This has got to stop, now.
There are seven weeks left of 2012 (and unfortunately, a couple major eating holidays), but I have to get myself back to the upper 170s by end of year ... preferably around 177. I may have made that a bit more challenging these past couple days as I over-indulged knowing that I'd likely have to start dieting Monday. Additionally, I put off some yard work from today so that I'd have it available to do tomorrow (or Tuesday), so that I could get some calories back from the additional exercise.
Those couple of points have me a bit concerned that I'm not quite in the mindset needed for a successful weight loss. I guess it's a bit hard to be critical of my body after completing a half-marathon because, hey, I can't be in that bad of shape if I can run 13.1 miles. Which certainly is true, but I'd definitely be better off with a few less pounds.
So we'll see how it goes. At a minimum, if I force myself to record what I eat even if I overeat, I'll probably overeat by less just by knowing what I'm consuming.
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