State of the weight REVIEW

Starting weight: 260

Weight to date: 242

Loss to date: 18 lbs

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Things are going well so far, but I think that they could go better. People will look at the 18 pound loss and say that's awesome. It is and don't get me wrong I am totally excited with my progress. I just don't want to get to complacent with all this progress. I have been thinking about how can I make my results better.
I have been reviewing everything and asking myself a few questions that I needed to answer:

• What are you doing well?
• What have you gotten lazy about doing that you need to do daily?

Let's take a look at what i came up with.

What are you doing well?
I am being more conscious of portion control and the drinking of water as a main fluid source. I would even order it when we go out. I am keeping my positive attitude about the entire process and not getting discouraged if I miss a workout of eat something bad. I remain positive about the situation and look at the bigger picture. I have gotten over my problem with having to do everything perfect during a challenge and if I mess up I quit not just the challenge but the weight loss process in general.

What have you gotten lazy about doing?
This is what concerns me the most because these were some of the things that helped me achieve the awesome progress that I have attained so far. I once heard an interview with John Wooden. He was the UCLA basketball coach who won 10 National Championships in his career. He was asked what he did, and he said he stressed the fundamentals. If you do not practice the fundamentals daily you won't have the basic skills ready when that key play has to be made. I have gotten away from the fundamentals of weight loss. I have gotten away from monitoring my calorie intake. I have been eating things that are higher in calories and maybe putting me at a maintenance level instead of a deficit. i need to pay far more attention to this. I have gotten away from my food log. I think these two go hand and hand. If I continue in my food log the calorie thing will come around. The third thing goes right in line with that also. I have been eating a lot more unauthorized foods than before. I really took that hit when I went away for those two weeks. I saw how those choices effected my program, but it did not sink in fully. I have still been losing but I am not getting the nutrition bang out of the food that I am eating. I have been missing gym sessions and not getting up when I am supposed to. I don't have a workout plan anymore. I find myself going to the gym an focusing on cardio primarily. I need to make a schedule to follow again. I need to know what the focus is that day and what exercises I am going to do to achieve the result.

I feel that if I make these few changes I will propel myself into the next stage of my journey. Everyone needs a road map in life. No matter what a guy says, you need a map. The moment you stop looking at the map and trying to guess you are going to get lost.

SO..... Time to pull out the map and get back on the right track!!!!