I haven't been on a great routine lately and it showed. I gained a little weight but not much so I was ok. I had been lifting more in the last couple of months so I think that some of my weight came from that. On the flip side I could tell my pants were getting a little tighter as well. So I am back on the so called band wagon. I don't know that I ever truly fell off but I wasn't is a strict routine and I wasn't eating the way I knew I should have been. It's funny cause I look back and think about the nights I ate crap food, went out with friends, or told myself that it's just one time or i've been good for so long that I can cheat..
Getting fit, losing weight, or becoming healthy whatever you want to call it is great. I'll tell you what it is no easy task to keeping it up in fact its down right hard! It is frustrating as all hell to know that I've lost almost 70lbs and in that time frame I can put 10 of it back in in roughly 4-6 weeks but it took me over a year to get to a loss of 70! Look at this guy in the picture below. I read the story about how he was always in shape and decided to see what it was like to become overweight and unhealthy and learn the struggle that a lot of us have when it comes to weight loss or fitness. This guy is crazy but what pisses me off is that I can go back to the old me (which my office coworkers refere to as "Fat Joe") without even trying. This guy is nuts but I do think he is to be commended on understanding the struggle a lot of us face!
That being said I have a new realization. For me (again finding what works for you is important) routine and a regular workout plan works best. Ad hoc gym runs and no real routing did nothing for me other than give me the mental satisfaction that I had worked out. I had been using twitter a lot and I ran into a local guy that does the beach body coaching. His name is Jeff and his site is http://www.jeffwittfitness.com. He had asked me if I wanted to do a P90X challenge group. I had already been contemplating starting P90X again. The first time I did it worked really well for me so I thought what the hell. I joined a group of 5 people doing the routine and I started about two weeks ago. Now that I am back in a routine I feel so much better and a program like that works for me. I'm not saying it will for you but for me having the different workouts laid out and ready works great for me. I don't mind working out at home and I don't mind taking my nights to do that. So after about two weeks I already am starting to feel so much better. My pants fit better again, I can feel my stomach getting a little smaller, and I am back on the bandwagon. Good luck to all of you and thanks again for reading
