Well on weigh-in day today I was 212.4.

Not only does that mean that I am the lowest weight and lowest body fat that I have been in the last year oh, it also means that I have lost a total of 18 lb in just two months. That’s 9 pounds a month. That’s more than 2 pounds a week. So all of the days of Roller Coaster,  up and down, lose gain lose gain frustration, was actually incredibly consistent. It just didn’t feel like it in the moment. And I think that’s an important lesson for all of us.

Sometimes we worry far too much about the results and not nearly enough about the process.

And I’m not saying not to worry about the results at all. Because the fact is that I wouldn’t have had any success had I not weighed myself everyday and explored the reasons for and up and the reasons for a down. Weighing every single day kept me and continues to keep me accountable for what I did the day before. But it’s important to remember that if you keep doing everything correctly you will in fact find the results you’re looking for, just maybe not as immediate as you think they should come. In reality 18 lb in 2 months is losing a ton of weight. And I’m only halfway through.

So this past week has been a really good week and I was down a little bit every day, as was my wife. And the one thing we can attribute this to is lack of carbs. We cut our carbs dramatically this week. And the results speak for themselves. And because of the smoke in the air and the fact that I twisted my knee a little bit last weekend I really didn’t work out all that much this week. The smoke was the biggest deterrent. It was just so hard to breathe it was virtually impossible to do anything.

So we will probably be able to take advantage of the fact that we got rain the last two days and the smoke is not nearly as strong today as it has been. I’m thinking that the workouts will probably come back at some point in the next couple of days. Therefore, I expect to see myself below 210 by this time 10 days from now? Maybe sooner? If I could be below 210 by October 1st that would keep me on track for all of the goals that I set two months ago.

So the lesson for this week is stay accountable, but realize that it’s all about the result at the end of the week, at the end of the month, at the end of six months, at end of the journey.

Peace