135???!?! I'd be dead if I weighed this much.
Actually, before I answer that question, let me fill you in on a few details. As you can see from the rest of this series, I’ve been making some lifestyle changes in the past couple of months and the results are really nice. I’m down to 213lbs, a weight which I haven’t been to in a long time, I’m benching pressing more weight than I ever have before and I just starting running again as training for a marathon. The key things that got me here were a new eating plan, new drinking plan and a new exercise plan. To summarize:
- New Eating Plan – I’ve been following the 4 hour body diet pretty closely. I’m not tracking my calories too closely but I eliminated most carbs from my diet with the exception of a (non fried) potato here and there and some fruit.
- New Drinking Plan – Ok, so this wasn’t actually a big plan, it was just a single step. Namely, I eliminated diet coke and switched completely to water. I realize diet coke should have no impact on weight since it has zero calories, but I figured it was crap my body didn’t need. By the way, it was after I eliminated diet coke that I started seeing some great weightloss results which could have been coincidence or maybe not.
- New Exercise Plan – I’m now doing weights 3 times a week and running 2 times a week. I made some adjustments to my workout routine to fit in better with my new job, but the upside is that I am now walking to work a lot more, which is nice.
So what now? I’m back where I was three years ago and the weightloss is slowing. I still haven’t hit my goal weight of 200 and I’m wondering what else I can do in order to hit it. In fact, I’m wondering if I should really try to hit that goal weight or just be happy with where I am. I’m really happy with this progress and I feel great! My energy levels are up, my physical last week was great (doctor tells me I’m her best patient) and I feel good. Actually, let me correct that, I feel AWESOME!
Temporary Changes Suck!
I suppose I can make some temporary changes that will get me down to 200lbs. I can eat less or workout more for a few weeks and hit that number, but do I really want to do that? Temporary changes bring temporary results and I have no desire to torture my body just to get some temporary results. So I’m stuck. There are no more lifestyle changes that I really want to make which means whatever weight I finally plateau at is pretty much the one I will keep. And you know what? I’m perfectly happy with that. My life is great and my health is excellent. That’s the important part. 5lbs plus or minus mean absolutely nothing compared to that.