Ronald Servant: Ron's Body-for-LIFE Journal
This is where I keep track of my journey for a better me.
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Doh! nut... I get into work this morning only to be greeted by an e-mail indicating that a co-worker has donuts available at his desk (it's a penalty for being bad). Now I have all my meals with me and have yet to have my first meal of the day. So what do I do after reading this e-mail? March right over to his desk and grab a boston cream. Oh well, made a mistake, I'll leave it at that and move on.
I'm strangely satisfied with the ease in which the New Jersey Devils are beating the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the Stanley Cup Final. Knowing that my Senators where a mere goal away from beating the Ducks even more thoroughly!
Fri, 30 May 2003 13:17:50 GMT - C4W8D4
I feel firmly back in control of my nutrition today. Just finished a chicken, rice, baby carrots meal.. mmm...mmm... almost good ;)
Hockey last night was fun and frustrating... our team lost 5-2. We started off great with a 1-0 lead 20 seconds into the game when one of their defencemen put it in on his own net will trying to clear the puck. I think that did us in. Our goaltender was fantastic but we allowed tons of odd man ruches against him and paid for it. Lessons learned, we'll get 'em next time.
Thu, 29 May 2003 14:04:59 GMT - C4W8D3
Well, I'm firmly back on track. I have my meals for today with me, got an excellent breakfast in and am ready for my hockey game tonight.
Attending my kickboxing class yesterday and it was a great workout (as always). We had one injury in class though. We were doing rear leg front kicks and while bringing her leg back, K.put her foot down and rolled her ankle. She immediately dropped to the mat and let out a cry of pain, while the rest of us continued on our merry way kicking the bag. Gotta love the sympathy ;) After icing it for the 20 minutes she was back up on her feet. We'll see how she's doing on Thursday.
My keys for staying on the plan for the rest of the challenge?
- Get to bed at 10PM every night or ASAP (some hockey games start at 10 or even 11 PM)
- Get at least 7 hours of sleep
- Plan meals the night before and have all the food cooked and ready for the next day
If I do those three things I will stay on top of this challenge, I know I will.
Notice that workouts were not listed above. That's because, even with the fact that I was 'failling' this challenge I was getting my workouts in. Except! I should say, weightlifting. I am having the same problem I was with the last challenge with respect to weightlifting. I will try to get and UBW and LBW in per week for the rest of the challenge, but I don't view it as a key to success.
Anyway, now that the Senators have been heartbreakingly eliminated from the playoffs I should be able to focus a little more on the things that need to be done.
Oh, ya, Go Devils!
Wed, 28 May 2003 13:41:39 GMT - Failed Challenge?
I've been away... well not really, I've been very preoccupied with the NHL playoffs... well that's just an excuse... What can I say about challenge 4? Till today, it was in the dumps. A failed challenge.
So what do I do now? I'm back on track as of today. Do I say well that challenge failed miserably, let's start a new one?
I thought that's what I'd do for the last week or so when I was toying with the idea of getting back on track. Then I realized that starting over is not the way to go... I want to finish this challenge and I want to finish it strong!
I won't allow this to be a failed challenge! I will do my best to achieve as much as I can for the rest of this challenge!
Tue, 27 May 2003 15:24:44 GMT - C4W3D5
Good Kickboxing session yesterday... we got to do a single round 1 of light contact sparring, most enjoyable. Maybe I needed to let off a little steam.
Nutrition kinda sucks this week, but I'm looking to Saturday to bring it all back together. Now I'm not going out and having a week long free day, but I'm not strictly on plan either.
Tonight the Sens start the ass woopin'. Everybody now: Rrrroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooman! Rrrroooooooooooooooooman!
Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:23:08 GMT - C4W3D4
I didn't get that lower body workout in last night... I just don't have my priorities straight right now... but I'm still trying. I think it all starts on the weekend on my free day. If I'm organized enough to go out and get the groceries for the week and cook up a batch of chicken and rice then I have a generally great start to the week. That's what I need to focus on this weekend.
I also need to keep the playoffs in focus and not let them sidetrack me in my nutrition.... no more donuts or ice cream at the game... chicken wrap or grilled chicken breast only!
Sens in 4!
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:35:57 GMT - C4W3D3
Had a great skate this morning at hockey school. I'm scheduled to do a lower body workout today, so I PROMISE myself that I will do it! Tonight!
The world just seems to be a better place today, I'm not sure what it is... oh wait I know! Here's a little musical interlude for all you leaves fans out there.
GO SENS GO!
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:11:16 GMT - Where the heck...
...did I go?
Well, I've discovered that I'm an emotional eater. Never thought I was. But during week 2 of the challenge I discovered that the possibility of my company disappearing was very real. So I started to worry about paying the mortgage and things like that.
Last week also happened to be when the Ottawa Senators smooshed the New York Islanders right out of the playoffs.
So I had these emotional highs and lows to deal with, and I dealt with them by throwing planning out the window. I failed to plan any of my meals and didn't make a great effort to get my workouts in.
So now I am back and on track. My weight went back to 280 lbs (starting weight for this challenge), but some of this is likely water weight... so we'll see at the end of this week where I'm really at.
Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:05:41 GMT - C4W2D1
Just updated my "c4metrics" with the results from week 1. Not a great week, but progress was made.
GO SENS GO!
Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:01:37 GMT - Grrr Arrg
The last couple of days have been a real challenge.
Tuesday started off great, hit all my meals and my cardio (kickboxing). Then I had the first of two hockey games that night. We played great and won 6-3. We also won the sportsmanship award for our league. A $300 prize at the bar upstairs from the rink. Being the captain of the team I ws responsible for ensuring that the boys all came out and enjoyed the fruits of their labour.
That's when the nurtition for the day fell apart. A few beers, nachos, wings, and pizza later. I was ready to play my second game of the night.
We were supposed to have 13 skaters for this game (3 lines of forwards and 2 pair of defence). I typically play forward and thought "hey, I'll just keep my shifts short and hide behind my two other wingers". So I get there and we 8 skaters! Ah! 3 D and 5 forwards.... I volunteer to play D and have a really good game. A pair of assists and even on the night. We lost 5-4, but they had more spares on their bench then we had players.
So I get home at about midnight and I have to get up at 6 AM Wednesday for a hockey clinic. I didn't make the clinic. Alarm went off at 6 and I was in no shape to go anywhere. So I got some more sleep and headed into work.
At this point I failed to plan my Wednesday, and I've snagged a ticket to the Senators opening game vs. the Islanders. So I skipped my morning skate, had crap meals during the day, saw the Sens play a stinker, didn't do a lower body weight workout, found out my wife's car died on her way home, and again failed to plan my Thursday meals.
All that being said, I did put together some quality food to bring with me to work and do have my cardio (kickboxing) planned for today. So it looks like I will be back on track today.
Even with the bad nutrition yesterday and late Tuesday, I don't think I hurt myself too much this week. I will make Sunday a half-free day.
I did miss a workout on Wednesday, but made up for it with a couple of extra "workouts" on Tuesday. Having said that, one of the things I really want to make sure of this challenge is not to sacrifice weightlifting for anything, and I've gone and done that in my second session. It will not happen again.
Thu, 10 Apr 2003 14:32:49 GMT - Challenge 4 Day 1
Today I start on the next challenge, with new more aggressive goals.
I gained 1 pound (from 279 to 280) during my off week between challenges. So my new start weight is 280 lbs, which is approximately 60 lbs less than my peak weight.
I should mention that I have another challenge going on. One with my brother Wade. At his wedding in October of last year, I challenged him to abs. Meaning I would show abs before he did. So on his one year anniversary we'll be visting each other and flashing some abs. What does that mean for me? Well I have long way to go, ~80 lbs of fat. So this BFL challenge should get me about half way there.
Mon, 07 Apr 2003 13:37:22 GMT - Challenge 3 Complete
I've updated the "c3metrics" with the end of challenge information and have update the challenge 3 goals with the result of each goal and how each habit is coming along.
This week I will be taking "off" before I begin the next challenge. That doesn't mean it is a free for all week, it means I will be getting ready for the next challenge. I will be using the BFL Success Journal that I received as a gift on my birthday and I will be adding more supplements to this challenge.
I feel like I could have accomplished much more in C3 if I'd really focused. So I will set more aggressive goals and recommit to truly achieving them.
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 11:25:46 GMT - C3W12D7 - Day 84!
It's almost hard to believe, but the end of this challenge has arrived. It's day 84!
I will update the "c3metrics" tomorrow. For now let me just say that I have achieved most of my goals.
This wasn't a perfect challenge, but I pushed it through and have achieved good results.
My next challenge will begin on Monday April 7th and end Sunday June 29th.
Week 11 will have a big challenge in itself. I will be embarking on a 4 day golf trip.
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 01:45:07 GMT - C3W12D1
Wow, one week left in this challenge! Woo hoo! Here are the latest "c3metrics" the highlight being 280.6 lbs (for a loss of 27.2 lbs).
Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:28:47 GMT - C3W11D1
I've update the "c3metrics" with the latest results.
Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:25:56 GMT
