Progress

I do not have a lot to report. I have been doing some CFFB WOD's, as well as getting to my box a little> I love being in my box, the people and atmosphere is amazing, and I know that I do put in harder at the box than training by myself. I am, however, surprising myself doing the CFFB WOD's by myself.

So for the progress, I did a running based WOD at the box yesterday. Run 400m, max squat snatch, AMRAP in 30 mins. Now normally, I hate running. With a passion. I still suck at it, btw, but yesterday, it just did not seam that hard. I almost liked it. I even passed a few people. Big win for me.

Secondly, I have lost about 3 or 4 cm off my belly since new year, so two big wins for the day!

Random acts of kindness (to myself)

I am hard on myself. Pretty much always have been. If I spoke to someone else the way I speak to myself in my head, I would probably get punched. Its not good for me (nor is it for you if you are in the same boat). I do not have time to talk about stress pathways, and what they do to your immunity, health, energy levels, fat levels etc; just trust me, it sucks.

So today i thought I would publicly pat myself on the back. I have been working HARD in the gym. Not at my beloved box (I really just can not get there this week), but I have been following CFFB at my gym, and I have really put in. I have eaten really well this week. Not perfectly, but well enough that I am expecting some great changes coming my way (and I have stayed under 120kg). I have had a great week in practice, and I am seeing that grow every day.

Through all these changes, i have been a really loving, pleasant and fun guy to be around. In the past changes like these have been accompanied with whining, complaining, and giving up. Not this week (although I have 3 x 300 shuttle runs tonight, lets see if i complain about those!).

basically, i have been the kind of guy i want to be this week, and I am pretty proud of myself for it.

That is all.

Happy Valentines

Kinda not a big deal in our house, but I am going out for diner tonight, so it will be interesting to see how I deal with temptations. Maybe this year I am more in love with where I am going, than the food in front of me.

I forgot to mention, I am now under 120kg, so loosing about 7 kg since new year is a great feeling. I have the momentum, so I plan on riding it.

I doubt I will be able to make it to the box this week at all (maybe on saturday), but I did go and do a CFFB wod today in my other gym. 3x5 back squats (110, 115, 120), followed by 5 rounds of 1 push press, 1 strict pull up (I did assisted), 3 push press, 3 pull ups, max push press, max pull ups. 90 sec rest between rounds. The first couple were ok, the last 2 rounds were hell!

My food has been the big improver so far, and learning that I can do this, and enjoy it, is a big deal for me. 100% paleo today (so far) again, so I will be very interested to see the changes.

Have a great day everyone.

My plan

OK so having the motivation to do something is great, I find that I need a plan to make it happen. So here it is.

I have started eating basically paleo (a few slips here and there, but over 90% clean food). Unweighted and unmeasured. Eat when I am hungry, trying for some carbs, fat and protein each meal, but sometimes I do not hit that. Why plaeo (and I know some will disagree with me), but all the wellness training I did (mostly with Dr. James Chestnut of wellness practices) talks about paleo (or paleo style), and the research I have read has me well enough convinced that this is the best way for me to build overall health and wellness, and should give me some weight loss that I want.

In the past, I have been rather poor. My meals, by and large, have been ok, but I have been heavy on grains, sugar and processed crap. Interestingly, the food has not bothered me (ie I like eating this food), but I need to get much better at planning snacks/having the right food in the house when I cook. Thankfully, I am the cook in the house, so pretty much what I say goes, but my wife tends to have a lot of snack foods around, which is an easy temptation for me if I am not careful.

My exercise is going to be basically crossfit. I want to do a crossfit style workout 4 to 5 times a week, but I doubt these will always be in the box. I have a friend who owns a gym, and is happy for me to do whatever I wish in there (except dropping weights, no bumpers), and I have done a few cffb workouts in there. I used to get to my box for the 6 am session often, but often on very little sleep, and by the end of last year i was beat up, sore, and burnt out. i am trying to make sure I get enough rest, good enough nutrition to avoid that this year. So I am planning on getting to my box once or twice a week, and doing cffb at the much more convenient lunch times at my other gym (quite a luxury actually).

So yesterday I ate chopped fruit (apples, pears, raspberries and coconut), with chopped mixed nuts and almond milk for breakfast, I had mixed lettuce, tomato and capsicum and tuna salad, dinner was a minced beef and vegetable stir fry (boc choy, capsicum, broccoli, beans and spring onions). A cup of black coffee, 4 x 750 ml of water, and 3 or 4 green teas. I only went for an hour walk yesterday, as work was crazy, hopefully I will get more in today.

Getting serious

Many of you who will be reading this already know me. You might have even heard me speak and interact on health and wellbeing. You know I have a lot of knowledge, education, and training on health and wellness.

But....

I have not been good at following through on what I know. My diet has been poor, my exercise has been inconsistent, I have let the worlds stresses get the better of me (work, family, finances etc etc) and have used that as an excuse to not take action. It lead me to a maximum weight of over 130kg! Fat, unfit, unhappy, and getting sick. my immune system was low, my blood pressure was high, my blood work was poor. I was exactly what I was trying to help people not be.

I finally took some action. I found crossfit albury/wodonga (shameless plug), started eating a bit better, exercising more, doing a bit. I dropped 10kg or so, and started to feel a little better about myself, but I was beat up (in retrospect, I was not resting well enough, nor was I eating well enough for recovery). I stopped going for a while, and was inconstant when I was there, and no surprises, I put back on weight and I was miserable again.

In January I got some scales, and bam I was back at 126.7kg. I just can not deal with this in a half assed way anymore. I need to make a permanent change in my lifestyle, For me, for my family, for my friends, for my business and patients. For everyone.

So i have started this to help keep me accountable. If you see this, and you are willing to help keep me on track, and can be a positive, supportive person in this, please subscribe, and please comment away. I will not be sharing this anywhere often, so if you are one of those people I know (or even if I do not know you), and you are willing to be a positive influence on this change I am making, then please join in, and I thank you.

Lets get started.