I got on the scale this morning. Just because I was kind of curious how things were going. And I’ve only lost like a half a pound since Monday. Now this would have happened to me a year ago I would have lost my mind. I would have thrown up my hands and said “what’s the fucking point?”

And I would have started drinking again. And I probably would have had cheesecake for dinner. Not a piece of cheesecake. I’d have like half a cheesecake and 3 beers (or more). And then I would have done that for about two months until I got sick of being fat and I would have tried something else. And then I would have given that like a week and a half or two weeks I would have lost half a pound. And I would have started all over again.

The loop that I was stuck in was the loop of knowing what kind of shape I used to be in, being pissed about the shape that I was in, and expecting quick fixes. I expected to lose seven or eight pounds a week. Why would I expect that? Because when I was an athlete and when I was in shape, and when I would overindulge in Buffalo Wild Wings and Beer for a couple of weeks, all I had to do was hit the gym and go through a few days of sparring and run a few laps and skip a few ropes and I’d lose ten lbs.

Well that isn’t the case anymore, Chief. I let it go too long. I let myself become a physical fucking trainwreck. So now it’s going to take a long time. Now my mindset is different. Now my mind knows that it took me five years of backsliding and the vicious circle of eating poorly and being out of shape to the point where it’s hard to eat right and get back in shape.

It took 5 years to get like this. It’s gonna take a long time to fix it.

You have to have different goals. You have to have perspective. More importantly, you have to get over yourself. You think you have all the answers for this? You don’t. The answer is pretty simple. Watch what you eat. Workout hard. And give it time. Give it time.

Giving a time is hard, I know. It’s going to be hard on me. It’s going to be hard on my wife. But this is not going to happen by September 1st or October 1st. But if we don’t give up. If we stick with it. If we don’t backslide. It can happen by November 1st. At the very least on November 1st we will see significant changes. But the significant changes are not going to happen by Tuesday.

So if you’re battling this along with us. Stay the course. Don’t justify backsliding. Don’t justify giving up by saying “nothing is happening yet.”

I’m going for a bike ride now. You guys have a great day. Thanks for following and Thanks for liking. I truly do appreciate it. Peace