Fourth Weigh In

 It had been about a month since my last weigh in. I made it through the holidays without straying from my path and I felt great about it. As a matter of fact I had been working much harder. Some days I was working out over an hour now. I was curious on whether I had lost anymore weight or not. Even though losing weight wasn’t my main focus it was one of my goals. Well, I lost 2 more kilos another 4.4 lbs not bad, not bad at all. 

 I could have easily been disappointed thinking after a month of training as hard as I was, I should have lost more weight. But then I thought I have to account for muscle weight gain. All in all in 3 months I had lost a total of 6 kg that is over 13 lbs. I hadn’t starved myself, I didn’t count calories nor carbs none of that. I was eating better and enjoying myself while doing it and was definitely enjoying reacquainting myself with me in my home gym.

 I definitely admit it I didn’t know myself to well anymore. We tend to hold on to our most glorious moments in life. Like sure some 10 years ago I was able to do 100 pull ups no problem. The current me couldn’t, not at the moment anyway. I was getting to know myself and was making the changes I wanted and that I could. The best part of adopting this new healthy lifestyle is that it effected every area of my life. When you don’t procrastinate going out into the freezing cold at 4 or 5am to workout daily, you find that all those little tasks you used to put off are nothing to just get at right away. I found myself just being on point a lot more and I liked that.

 I had read that it is much more difficult to lose weight once you get older. I also read how one loses muscle mass after turning 50 I read a lot of stuff that I just refused to swallow, I’m saying, I was watching what I was eating. 

 Being determined is what determines whether you’ll be successful or not. I believe that goes with anything in life. We all would love to find the easiest way to do things. Heal by taking a magic pill. Lose weight by watching exercise videos without actually getting up and doing the exercises. I wanted this change and yes I was willing to put in the work without expending energy making up excuses. That’s what it takes. You have to sacrifice that comfort zone and to be honest, I just wasn’t feeling to comfortable with myself in my comfort zone. I rather feel comfortable with myself.

 I was very happy with the weigh in. I was feeling great about my accomplishments and was pretty confident as I headed into my fourth month of adopting a new healthier lifestyle.