Hey guys.
Well it's been a long time since I've blogged, and I have to confess, I have been a less-than-perfect PCPer in the time since I've got back from Bali. Exercise-wise I'm still keeping up with the program, but I have slipped, particularly in the evenings.. A client dinner at a Teppanyaki resty in TST, washed down with a couple of beers last Tuesday, I justified to myself was the Third Indulgence come early (though I had really hoped to share the Third Indulgence Dinner with my wife!) Then a great mate of mine was in HK for Friday and Saturday, so we showed him the town - culminating in a 2am finish last Friday night and a pizza Saturday lunch in Stanley.. a pretty much perfect week up until another major blowout last night..
I am finding the final stretch really difficult. Mentally I have checked out..
Why is that? Results have been great, amazing, better than I expected so far, I have really quite enjoyed the diet, discovered I love having mango instead of chocolate after dinner, I love low fat plain yoghurt, I can tolerate skim lattes instead of the full cream variety. I love the extra energy during the day, and felt so good about the fact that I didn't touch a drop of booze for almost the first two months of the program.
Yet I have slipped so badly since I went on vacation. I think it's three things.. Firstly, I'm so happy with the results, I feel like if it ended now I'd be very satisfied with what I'd achieved. Secondly, and this is key for all those around me and particularly following, I have started to get a little lazy - Day 54 was my first drink and I felt that it was ok to occasionally have a drink - especially if it was a vodka soda or something low fat, then I was on vacation, and everyone relaxes on vacation right? Then I came back and the willpower I had earlier that would have stopped me from drinking or eating teppanyaki, just hasn't been there. Thirdly, 90 days is just a long time in HK or Tokyo!
So that's the bad stuff, the good news is that I have continued with the exercise, can do 2 sets of 10 pull-ups now (a massive improvement from earlier) and keep getting stronger. The work is getting harder and harder, and getting up 5:30 no longer cuts it - it's alarm set for 5 and up by around 5:15 else I get in ridiculously late.
I am making a pact to myself to do this last 12 days perfectly, then take a week or two off and try to do the last month of the program again.. this week is key - a few nights out with clients/friends.. if I can get the power to resist the booze and rich food back, I will be able to feel better about how I've done this.
PCP Out
This is it, the final stretch! Great job so far Nick - know you boys have it tough with the client dinners and travel but you looked great at Arnie's last week - keep it up!
ReplyDeletehey don't look back the past. only look a head. you see? what is b/w us and the goal line is just 12 more days, man. hr by hr, min by min, sec by sec we are getting closer to the finishing line. we will get there all together!
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