Starting Anew

Creating a new blog just for me to track my workout progress (or lack of, the way it's been lately). And I didn't want to 'clog up' my other blog with all this stuff. But I am thinking that if I have a place where I have to say something each day (will tell myself I have to, no matter whether it's good or bad), maybe it'll help keep me accountable to keep more motivated and keep on going. Plus, I can look back and maybe see where my problem spots are if I document stuff along the way. That's the plan, anyway... and I hope it works.

I know working out is mostly mental, and the physical will then take care of itself. Even eating right is mental (and emotional) and if done right, the physical will take care of itself there, too. So the physical changes are the things we have to use as our 'trackers' since we can measure it. Inches here, inches there- either increased or decreased, depending on our goals... and weight, BMI, % body fat, heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, etc. Whatever we can measure... it's generally physical. It's hard to measure the emotional or mental progress. But if I can tackle the mental and emotional part... the physical part will take care of itself.

So I've lost weight in the past few years. And I've gained some back. And I've lost them again (yo-yoing the last 5-10 lbs) and it's been annoying that I have not been able to keep those last pounds OFF even when I've proven to myself that I can actually get them off. They eventually come back once I let my guard down.

So what is my game plan? I'm not sure. I have an arsenal of BeachBody DVDs but the one that is always staring me down is the biggest challenge of them all... the P90X. I started that one last summer, and lasted only about 6 weeks. And then got busy and let it drop. I've worked out with other things since then, but still... nothing consistently and so the weight (and back fat- ugh) has slowly crept back in.

I'm not sure what I will do as my game plan, or when I will start. But today I am deciding that I truly need to start again.