The Good

First off, as mentioned in my earlier post, the day before I was about to start my work outs, I got rushed to the hospital. That put off my start for a week. Fortunately, the second week was more fruitful. I was able to reduce my rice intake to 1.5 cups per meal. Yeah, 2.5 cups was average.:) I was able to work out twice that week: a 33-minute walk around our community on Monday, and a Swimming workout (20 laps on Wednesday). I guess those initional efforts helped me lose a kilogram of unwanted weight. That brings my weight down to 110kg from 111kg on May 1, 2012. I’m pretty optimistic about this. So for now I’ll maintain my current approach: lower carbohydrate intake and increase physical activity.

The Bad

Unfortunately, I haven’t made any improvements on my sleeping habits. I am still averaging 2 hours of sleep a day. It’s not that I cannot sleep: I have to stay up longer to accomplish all the tasks on my workload for both my full-time employment and my business.

This will be fun.

Check out my progress at http://myhealthandfitness.info/tracking/

Again, my overall goal is to be 78.73kg by my 33rd birthday on 30 Sept. I’ve divided that goal into three stages. The first stage ends on th 4 April, the second on 4 July, and the last ends on 30 September. Because of the slow start, I now need to lose 15kg or 30lbs by the 4 July.

Analysis:

Uncontrolled diet, and lack of exercise and sleep are the main killers this first stage. Stress eating due to deadlines and obligations killed my diet although we started eating healthy. Lack of discipline in my exercise time and sleep led to me being too tired to do physical activity.

Resolution:

1. Do not eat after 9am and before 8am. That time should be spent resting and recovering.
2. Daily 30-minute exercise, minimum.
3. Sleep at least 6 hours a day.
4. Record workout performance.
5. Do these resolutions.

Let’s see how this first stage ends and the second stage begins.