When I got back from my last training camp, I decided to go back to the future … back to eating a way that I’d had the greatest success with – low carb. I had been pissing and moaning to Noah for a while about how I was having trouble eating well, how I’d been eating too much and too much junk, and how annoyed I was about it. He pushed me to – even though he understands my issues with being too restrictive on myself (it’s crazy-making in the other direction) – to give a more disciplined food plan a try for a couple of weeks.
And that was all I needed to hear – I’d been making excuses for myself “Well, I’ll just be going to Lost Prairie and it won’t be easy to eat well there” or “Well, it’s too hard when I travel for work.”
July 12th, the day after my last training camp, I decided to give it a shot … till I left for LP. I gave myself permission to “do my best” at LP but not beat myself up. I set a goal of 10 lbs by the next training camp (August 13). In the two weeks before Prairie I had that nice little low carb jump start, dropping 7 or 8 lbs … then stopping cold. I did well, even on a work trip that included a visit to a baseball game. I bumped up about 3 lbs during LP, but it actually wasn’t too bad at all staying primarily on plan. For the most part I ate low-carb, though I did have some pizza, some beer, and some bread, overall I was happy.
Came back and buckled down again, and on this morning’s weigh-in I was down 11 lbs, beating my goal by a few days. Now it’s time to take advantage of this positive energy and channel it into really maxing out exercise frequency again – I’ve slipped back into a 2-3 days a week pattern after being into a nice 5-6 days a week pattern for a while. I exercised on my own yesterday and with Noah this morning. I have two more sessions this week, which leaves me only 2 more days to motivate on my own before the mini training camp starts on Saturday morning.
Next goal is to be down 20 lbs (total) by the day I leave for Nationals (September 11). Quite achievable, methinks!