I hopped on the scale yesterday with high hopes that I had suddenly entered into a new decade of numbers if you know what I mean. But, no such luck. Ya, ya, so working out intensely may add muscle and muscle weighs more than fat, right? Maybe. But we really shouldn't be using that old mantra as an excuse for what we are putting into our mouths, workouts or not!
Here is my story: I currently weigh around 179 (how in the hell can this be I ask myself?), am 5'5" and have a BMI of around 29.0. Not good. And since you probably don't know me and have not seen me naked (nor will you) I will let you in a little clue. I have fat. Too much fat everywhere.
When I was a high school athlete I weighed around 125 lbs and this was a good weight for me. That was when I was young. I am now forty. Uh huh, middle-aged (only in numbers, not in mindset). About 10 years ago I trained for and slowly completed the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon. I was 30 and weighed around 135. I felt incredible and looked pretty darn good too. Fast forward to 2006. I had my beautiful son who is now nearly 4 and every since his birth I have weighed between 165 -182. My weight has been pretty steady for the past 3 years between 179 -170. In short, this is NOT where I want to be, not how I want to feel nor look.
So, it is time to do something about this instead of obsess myself about it on a daily basis and continue to unhappily snitch gummy bears here and there.
I have been doing P90X but did not implement the nutrition plan. Now is the time. I have set myself for level 1 and started today, officially.
I have decided to follow the daily menu plan which may be difficult: involves lots of preparation and grocery shopping for a wide variety of ingredients. I have no space in my fridge for all of the vegetables I purchased today!
The day went well and the food was aptly portioned and filling. Today made me realize that I usually make myself think I eat healthy but in between meals or during meals I am always grabbing a bite of this there and a bit of that here. I didn't do that today and it is an amazing feeling. The feeling of CONTROL is a great thing!
