i dream of sushi

I’ll tell you why. That’s because I took 2 months off and just ate everything in sight. It was a combination of Chili’s and a pickleball injury that truly, really did me in. That, and of course, my propensity to fall into an abyss of no exercise and binge-eating. Getting out of it after just two months is actually some sort of record for me. Usually these binges last up to half a year. This is actually a WIN.

So anyway, I am on my third day of trying to drop more fat. So far I’ve lost 3lbs.. which is actually behind schedule. I was hoping for maybe a 7lb-loss this week, just because I have so much fat to lose. I’ve had exactly one workout – to be fair, it was deadlifts.. and my walkpad just broke down and gave up on me. Well, the my walkpad may be giving up, but I’m not. I’m determined to lose 20lbs this month. Today is chest day, so maybe that will jumpstart my metabolism. Get my body burning fat AND building muscle. At least that’s the hope. I’ve still got quite a long way to go, not to mention the almost 20lbs binge that set me back.

What I’ve realized with this whole weight-loss and fitness journey is that the details aren’t that important. The most important factor in this game is TIME. If you stack up enough days, enough weeks, enough months, you WILL see changes. You don’t have to be perfect the entire time (although it sure helps,) but you have to be consistent. Show up 85% of the time. The workouts may be lazy, but it’s sure better than just sitting on your butt all day. It’s great to hit your protein goals, but you know what? Staying in a calorie deficit, just by itself, is a win.

That’s what I’m striving to do now. Not perfect, but consistent. Steady. It’s a little tougher because I’ve given myself a pretty stiff deadline, so I may be doing way too much, but at the end of the day, if I can string together 2 to 3 weeks, maybe a month and a half of just not messing up, things WILL change for the better. We are all gonna make it.

Having said that, I am STILL completely, pathetically bombing on my sports betting. These WNBA players need to get their act together, FAST.