Yeah, my updates on this dropped off significantly. I didn't really have anything to add at the time and frankly I went off the reservation for a little over a month. The good news is I've gotten back on course and am now below my post-fast weight again. I feel great. No aches or pains to speak of at the moment.
One huge change I've made in the past two weeks has been in the realm of eating out. Simply, I haven't done it (with a HUGE amount of help from my awesome wife, Natalie) and it has been a significant reason why I'm able to maintain focus. Simplifying the choices to be made makes it much easier to avoid bad choices.
The other piece that has helped has been my focus on moments vs. destination. A journey begins (or in this case, resumes) with a single step, and I've been a lot more successful of late on just focusing on that step in the moment. One of the biggest challenges for me in weight loss is my tendency to look to the future or the enormity of the whole task of reshaping my body instead of just focusing on the choice I'm making in that moment. Hopefully that's going to be a more consistent pattern for me, as it is serving me very well right now, and not just in terms of my diet.
The last two weeks of my life have taught me a lot about who I am and, more importantly, who I want to be. There's no question I need to be mindful of what I'm creating with the choices I make, but looking long tends to distract me from the purpose behind the journey to begin with. (reading that sounds confusing but it made sense in my head, heh).
For my supportive friends on this journey, I also plan on expanding this to other topics soon as I love talking about many things. Thanks for all your help on this journey, your support has been invaluable to me!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
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