Fatty 1 – Tortoise vs. Hare
Posted by actingchick on April 2, 2008
So on the good news front I have drifted back down to 170.5. This makes me feel better. I have started graphing my daily weight fluctuations to see if there is a pattern. You know, up at certain times of the month, etc. More out of curiosity than obsession. I like to think.
The shoulder is getting better. It makes working out harder, but I have been going to both my Crossfit class and Aikido. I modify the weightlifting to things I can do. For instance I can’t lift over my head, but I can lift things up from the floor, and I can interestingly do push-ups. So I have been doing a lot of push-ups and deadlifts, and squats. My legs are going to be steel by the time my shoulder gets better.
I’ve also been doing overhead dumbbell stuff with the good arm. Unfortunately my good arm is my dominant arm which is already stronger. Too bad I’m not forced to use my left arm, then I could even up. I use a lighter weight on the right arm, so I don’t build it up to much until the left arm can catch up. Mostly it’s to give me a break with the leg work.
The food front is going OK. I have managed to maintain 90% compliance with my dietary goals for two and a half weeks now. That must be some sort of record. I don’t like being hardcore. Not with anything really. I’ve never been a binge eater, and I’ve never been a diet nazi. I just sort of graze my way through the middle ground. I am moderately good when I am good, and I am moderately bad when I am bad.
Sometimes I envy those who can go to the extremes, although I know it generally doesn’t work in the long run for them. I have a fantasy of being like that and then when I reach my goal, I can go back to being my moderate self. Still that’s not how I operate. I am the tortoise and not the hare. I want to be a hare-tortoise (haretoise?).
Anyway, this is the closest I’ve come to being hardcore, and it has taken an extreme amount of work. I’m glad I’m on break from school, because i am not quite sure how I am going to swing this all when I start up the new quarter.
I’ve committed myself to making my friends lunches, so that I am forced to cook for them, and therefore myself. It makes me accountable, but it does take a lot of time. I like cooking, so I don’t mind that part, but I also like sitting on the couch being a potato, and I’ve pretty much had to give that up. I haven’t watched hardly any TV in the last two and half weeks either. I have the entire Season 3 of Battlestar Galactic to watch on DVD, and I haven’t gotten around to it yet. If you knew me, you’d know how unusual that is.
Anyway I am trying for the 5 weeks of compliance my plan recommends, then I shall evaluate my progress, and see what to do from there. Probably not take a nap though, that’s for hares.
