The hurdle of a busy existence is going to be my major challenge. On Friday I was planning to get my body fat % sorted out at the gym and to figure out if the gym close by was gonna be everything I was looking for in a gym but unfortunately life got in the way. I ended up have to deal with some family stuff and then go down to Wellington earlier in the day than I had expected so my plans went out the window and I didn’t make it to the gym sigh. So I’m not sure how I can deal with this issue in the future I guess its just a matter of making the best use of the time I have, and try to make everything fit in as best I can.
Anyway so now I have done my 4 day food diary over a time that is perhaps not all that typical given I was away from home, but at the same time still gives the people at EAS and myself an idea of how truly crap my eating habits are. I never realised how poorly I eat until writing it down, I mean three out of the four days I had no breakfast, then when I did finally eat (one time as late as 3pm) it wasn’t exactly what you would call holism, in fact it was down right bad. I’m actually quite sad to admit but one of the more nourishing things I had to eat this weekend would have been a slice of pizza… not a good sign
So not only am I glad to have performed the food diary exercise because it helps the people from EAS to build a nutrition plan for me, but I also think it was a great lesson to me, or maybe more of a wake up call. I honestly never really thought that I eat badly until I put it down on paper and saw it for myself, I could only recommend everyone to do this for a few days, it is quite shocking really.
So anyway tomorrow in my lunch break I will at last get to the gym get the body fat % measured so I can get that side of things out of the way. I actually getting more and more excited about the next step (exercise and good nutrition) all the time. I have a funny feeling I’m actually really going to enjoy doing this and I think it has a lot to do with measuring the results.
I remember a few years ago I was going to the gym almost every day I would get some of my friends saying how good I was looking etc etc but I don’t think I ever really felt that I was making any progress in my exercise. Partially this was true because I was only exercising and not doing anything about eating the right foods, so I wasn’t getting the maximum gain. But I was making changes to my body; they were just over a long period of time so I couldn’t really see them from week to week.
So this time around having the measurements there, like the body fat %, the waist size etc, I will be able to track my progress which I really feel will help to keep me on track. I really am a results focused person, so I’m looking forward to seeing what Body for Life can do for me, time will tell.
Anyway today to work closer toward my goal of a healthier me I’ve been mainly getting my goals page organised for this site, all going well it should be up and running by this Friday which is quite exciting and will hopefully give me even more focus to achieving my goals.