(Day 450 / -151 lbs.) Homeostatic Equilibrium and Things That Make You Go, "OMG, WTF!"

I've always maintained that life is all about choice and conditioning; choosing to make changes and conditioning myself to accommodate. Just like water seeking it's own level, my old body seeks to balance itself against whatever choices I've made. If I overeat my body burns what it needs to maintain and then (mostly) stores or (er... "lessly") expels the excess. I'm constantly seeking equilibrium- I eat less than I did 450 days ago so I've lost weight, I'm lifting heavier weights so I'm getting stronger.

Here's the thing though, over the past few weeks I'm beginning to think I've hit some kind of wall. I guess It could be said that my current stats (height, weight, appetite, strength, exercise load, and lifestyle) have reached equilibrium. My equation has balanced and I'm not satisfied with the status quo.

homeostasis (hō'mē-ō-stā'sĭs)
1. the tendency of a system, esp. the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus tending to disturb its normal condition or function.
2. Psychology. a state of psychological equilibrium obtained when tension or a drive has been reduced or eliminated.
-The American Heritage Science Dictionary

Do I feel like #1 and/or #2 (metaphoric and literal pun intended)? Maybe. Don't get me wrong, I think I've made considerable progress in a modest amount of time and I think my current lifestyle has improved greatly. But what happens when everything I do becomes "normal" and I'm no longer progressing toward my goals?

I get frickin' motivated, that's what! Frickin'-A!

That's right, I'm a dork. But I'm also getting excited. Excited that I've got a goal, a destination, and I have the means and I'm motivated, and by gawd I'm going to achieve what I set out to do. It's what I've done so far and seeing it in writing, right here, right now, means that it's going to happen.

Frickin' - A! (I'm such a dork!)

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