Thursday, December 11, 2008

Week 11 - Day 71 - 294 Days Remaining

This has been a challenging week for my training and diet program. Thursday through Sunday I would eat a good breakfast and lunch, but eat a very non-Zone friendly dinner. I believe there was pasta involved for a snack one night. But, my workout program was going well those days. Monday through today, my workouts suffered from my being under the weather and very tired. My diet went well on those days though. That sounds like it should balance out, but I think Thanksgiving was getting it's revenge as well.

I ended up gaining two pounds this week, weighing in at 252 pounds, for a total weight loss of 32 pounds. I think the inactivity the last four days combined with the non-Zone eating from early in the week was just too much. Still, overall I'm happy with my program, a nine week straight run consisting of 34 pounds of weight loss still seems incredible to me.

I know that all diets have their down weeks, and this is one of mine. The trick is to not be disheartened and to keep plugging away. I'm going to use the memory of this week as a way to drive my program forward, helping me focus more and stay dedicated.