Rekindling My Inspiration
Today’s Weigh In: 305.4 poundsNext Goal: 299.8 pounds
Pounds to Go: 4.6 pounds
Days to Go: 6
After admission yesterday, my uptick in weight shouldn’t come as a surprise. I know it wasn’t for me this morning.
I ended up staying at my friends’ house chatting and playing with their boxer Wesley a lot later than I had planned and didn’t get home until 10:15. I was already reeling from two late nights the days prior, so I simply made the decision to count the day as lost and try to catch up with a full night’s sleep. How odd is it, then, that with seven and a half hours sleep last night I’m struggling through today much more than the past two days with about five to five and a half hours sleep each night?
Beats me. But this one thing I’m pretty sure about – a full night’s rest isn’t just a luxury. It’s important and vital to your body’s natural weight loss work.
Nutrition today has been spot on. I’m about to head home, and when I do, I’m cooking up a ton of chicken, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, and onions. After that, I’m gonna relax for a bit and get to the gym at 8:00.
Mental Inspiration
One of my favorite quotes in the whole wide world comes from a powerlifter and strength coach named Dave Tate (it’s that “ou really don’t f***ing care enough” one). The guy is basically a crazy maniac who possesses a godly ammount of self determination, focus, and willpower. And insanity, I’m pretty much sure.
So, I took a look at one of my favorite strength training / body building / nutrition / supplement websites, T-Nation and was happy to run across a two part article set by Dr. John Berardi. They detail Dr. John’s experiment on getting Dave to get healthy and lose some weight after beefing up for some heavy powerlifting.
I highly suggest going to check them out:
Visual Stimulation
I’ve mentioned it only in passing before, and I won’t be mentioning it in depth today (maybe tomorrow), but I have a big sheet of paper on my bedroom wall where I right out quotes, weigh ins, and put up various photos. I call it my “Great Wall of Defiance” and use it as a way to get pumped up.
As you can imagine following yesterday, the Wall has pretty much faded into the scenery of my bedroom over the past couple of months. But when I pay attention to it, what I read there really gets me amped up before I go to the gym. I think it’s a good tip I’ve found – stimulating myself with quotes, pictures of in shape guys, and photos of my very fat self.
I’ve also got a collection of inspiring videos I’ve collected from the internet, ranging from a whole herd of rugby commercials to a recent pair I stumbled across courtesy of the Travel Channel’s YouTube Channel featuring NFL player Dhani Jones.
Dhani Jones lifting and tossing a pretty big hunk of rock:
Dhani Jones’ Muay Thai training:
I look at that guy’s physique and get both really jealous and inspired all at the same time.
He’s not freakishly ripped, but he’s trim, athletic, and muscled up well. I’ll get there one day, but before I start packing on muscle, I need to blast off all this fat. I start that again tonight.