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Ok, I’m going to start being more regular with the blogging now - since I’ve gotten on the cases of some friends for not keeping theirs updated. For the times I don’t really have much of interest to say I’ll just talk to myself and journal my training/dieting, etc.

So as I mentioned in a previous post I’ve been dieting for a while. Came down from the mid to high 230s and was sitting at 220 when I went on vacation. As you might recall from my vacation summary I hammered those buffets and hit a high of 232.5 post vacation, which settled down a few pounds lighter a few days back into the more normal eating. So at this point, I’ve been back and ON for 2 1/2 weeks and as of today I’m back down to 220.

Normally I’m a once-per-week cheat type of ‘dieter’ and anyone who knows me, knows my cheat of choice is Friday night pizza. Well, over at Lean Bodies Fitness, we have a little informal ‘Five Weeks - No Cheats‘ thread going. A bit of an accountability challenge if you will. I of course am participating and am 100% still. Why five weeks? No specific reason. I chose that time frame because it was the time remaining from the day I started the thread until the Junior USAs, where Noel and some other clients and friends of mine are competing. What’s really neat is how many people jumped on board as you can see if you haven’t already seen the thread (over 700 replies already). Lots of mutual support there. And what I have found quite interesting is the results of committing to such a ‘challenge’. There are people participating who admittedly have adherence problems at times and to some degree … and yet, they are rocking their plans and showing NO signs of letting up. This to me simply proves that if you want it, and you try, you can stick to it. The proof is right there in that thread. Anyone and everyone can stick to their plans if and when they WANT to. To those that are kicking butt in that challenge, keep it up. Half way there.

For me, and a handful of other people that will be in attendance at the Junior USAs, it’s going to conclude with what will likely be a caloric onslaught. And then it’ll be right back on plan the next day. I’d imagine for our group there’s going to be tens of thousands of calories at our disposal as Amy, Noel, Cindy, Ileen, Lyn and I think even Kevin, are all baking and bringing stuff. I’d say Elizabeth too, but she admittedly doesn’t bake much (sorry Elizabeth :lol:) I doubt Scott (Noel’s husband) will be doing any baking either. His specialty is supposedly protein shakes, bu there will be no room for protein shakes on that day. I’m personally not one for sweets, although I’ll be sure to partake, but I’m simply looking forward to pizza! It’s been too long.

Erik

Related posts:

1. 2008 NPC Junior USAs Recap
2. 2008 NPC Junior USAs - Some Friday Night Pictures
3. Live from the 2008 NPC Junior USAs

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