Fell off the Wagon… and it ran over me.

After coming back from vacation and dealing with a rush of work, it was easy to fall off the wagon. At least I’m done all of those damn burpees now. Lately I feel like all I’ve really been doing is making excuses about not sticking to things.

However, health and fitness is a renewable resource and tomorrow is another day. It is amazingly easy to get off track and here are my reasons and things to watch out for:

1. Keep a rhythm. Going away for 2 weeks, having nothing really to eat except for rice, noodles and other yummy foods really affected my good eating.
2. Stick to a plan. I stopped planning out my meals and I haven’t really measured anything.
3. Be vigilant. I’ve gotten complacent.

Well time to get back on the wagon.  I have to admit that I fear quitting Crossfit, about slowly letting motivation and ambition die out. I gotta remember rule #3, complacency is such a danger.

I feel a mixture of disappointment and despair at how bad things have gotten. Anyways, enough of the sob story… this is how to get back on the wagon and get back into shape.

1. Eating plan. Zone works, I hate all the measuring but it works. The biggest challenge is to making sure to have the right foods convenient. I still need to develop a system that works.
2. Crossfit, and fitness. I realize where my weak points are, well pretty much everywhere. I need to go more, however, I want to focus on strength and skills.

When I did my strength progressions (pavels) and went 4 days a week I saw so much improvement. It was measureable. When I stopped going 4 days a week, stopped doing Pavels things dropped off sharply. My trainer was definitely right about “getting laid” is affecting my Crossfit attendance.

Anyways this is a just a back into it blog post. I’ll be blogging more about my progression. On a bright side, at least getting back into it, or the journey, gives me stuff to blog about.