Another "Max-out The Machines Monday" day. That single set at the weight station's maximum capacity makes me feel all kinds of neanderthal. I feel like wrestling a rhino while firing a chain gun into a a bombed out tank loaded with C4 followed by screaming out, "Adrian!" Rocky-style into the gathering crowd. When the rush is gone I then collapse into a heap of aching muscles, stretched sinews and quivering flab only to smile a weak little smile and whisper to no one in particular, "That'll do, pig, that'll do."
End scene. Moving on...
Over time (238 days) I've become somewhat lax in several of the activities I originally lined out for myself as part of my renaissance. My current stagnation, I believe, is but one consequence of such disregard. So as 2008 is still relatively fresh, my focus is to return to my beginnings, so to speak, and re-establish some of the healthy habits that have helped me lose weight and add strength, focus, and purpose to my efforts. These habits include but are not limited to the following:
1. Daily Journal. My favorite motivation guy from "down-under" calls it a "Performance Diary". Personally, it's my portable in-basket, a notebook that catches all my thoughts, consumption records, and exercise tallies for the day. Some of this gets transcribed into FitDay for easy analysis of my nutrition and exercise efforts. The rest goes into the appropriate position of my GTD system.
2. Adequate Water Consumption. I've been using a 32-oz. Nalgene bottle as my hydration vessel lately. I'm switching back to the 48-oz.'er pronto. Since I tend to drain whatever size bottle is within reach, I may as well go for the big one.
3. Laying Off The Sweets. The season made it so very easy to indulge in cookies and other goodies. With the holidays behind me I should take the lack of associated sweets as an opportunity to refocus on the healthier snacks.
4. Short Term Goals. This week one of my goals is to lose four pounds by Saturday. Sunday, I'll include goal setting for the following week as part of my planning session.
...and more.
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