#TeamRP vs. #TeamJYB3 Fitness Challenge: Week 2 Begins

When that happens, it’s important not to give up but to instead find “small wins” that are positive indications that the person should continue pursuing their goals.

1) I found out that in Italy they sell Nutella in industrial size containers (see pic). I did not purchase one…and didn’t even purchase one of these giant donuts with Nutalla smeared on it. I did look inside one of the giant Nutella containers. But for less than 2 minutes.

2) The rate at which I am gaining weight on my diet is actually slower than the rate at which I normally gain weight.

3) Although the shirt I’m wearing today does feel too tight for me to wear at my current weight, my pants feel OK. (Note: I had the pants taken out recently, so not as hopeful a sign as I might first want to believe).

4) No one has refused to serve me in any of the Italian restaurants because they feared, like an intoxicated alcoholic, “ I had eaten enough already and needed a cab to drive me home.”

5) I considered trying to slyly pretend my “start weight” was higher than it really was so I could at least pretend I had lost weight and not be humiliated by Jonathan Miller beating me. But chose not to try to slyly adjust my weight. (Note: my actual start weight was 193).

6) Since my start weight was 208, I’ve already dropped 14 pounds to 194! (Note: I changed my mind about #5 after dinner tonight).

7) Felt guilty about adjusting weight and, after walking up to Fitness Area got motivated to come clean about #6 being false.

8) I’m not giving up yet! I’m still in this competition.

9) Decided to adjust my goal from losing 15 pounds (or at least 10) to 15 pounds (or at least 7) but only changed one of the two weight goals and initially was tempted to change both and drop second goal to 5. But didn’t.

10) This is Day 5 and can’t last forever. However long it does last, at least 5 of the days are over with.

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#TEAMRP

Ouch.

But a good ouch.

I woke up Saturday morning after my first workout session with Josh the day before, and I could feel it in my legs.

A good hurt.

It’s been a while since I felt that way.

Over the past few years, I have felt many times a bad hurt — my bulging disk clamping down on the nerve that runs through my left leg, causing me serious pain, the kind of pain that kept me up nights.

Since I fixed that problem though medical treatment and yoga stretching, I’ve been pain-free, cautiously exercising to ensure that I don’t trigger my disk problems again.  But that kind of cautious exercise does little to keep me in optimal shape.

Enter Josh.  During our first session, we did no cardio, no weightlifting — just a bunch of stretching and exercises where I used my body weight to train and tone.  And boy it worked — I hurt.  But in a good way.

I will keep you updated as the training continues.  And hopefully be able to provide a “AFTER” picture that looks better than the “BEFORE” picture above, and doesn’t involve a body cast.