As the old saying goes...

Failing to Plan, is planning to fail!

I know that sounds soooo cliche', but the longer I live the more I realize that all these goofy sayings became popular for a reason, THEY'RE TRUE!

So Thanksgiving is obviously a challenging time for anyone that is trying to watch what they eat. I went into the ole' Turkey Day with a Plan, it's safe to say I was the Man with the Plan. I was gonna eat lots of veggies and salad and then have some turkey. BOOM...I will be full and life will be good! I am happy to report that is exactly what happened! NO pie...NO Stuffing...NO potatoes! I know I know I'm amazing...I have more willpower than a 6 year old on his 20th trip up the sledding hill. OH WAIT...the bad stuff is coming! So after hanging out all day long around the Turkey Day Temptations...at like 7:30 that evening(lunch was at 1) I decided to try one bite of my sons pumpkin pie! LOOK OUT someone apparantly turned on my FAT FAUCET! That then led to a few rounds of me vs. stuffing, me vs. 1 slice of pumpkin pie, then me vs. Buffalo Chicken Wing dip(I honesly wanted to smear this spicy treat all over my body, probably should have, way less fattening), I think it was the most calories I have consumed in at least 5 months! OH man it was soooooooooooo good I thought that I would never eat the right way again. That was until Friday morning when I woke up and noticed a horrible smell in my house and a pain in my stomach that felt like I was about to give birth to Andre the Giants baby! Lesson I learned...
IF you treat your body great it treats you great. IF you then treat it like crap it...I think you get the rest!

Here is exactly what I realized about my struggles that day. For the first part of the day I had a plan and it worked great. For the end of the day...the veggies were gone...the plan was gone. I just didn't plan ahead and that led me down the wrong path. Overall I still consider the 4 day weekend to have been a success. There were a few more battles late on Saturday night that involved a drink or two and then a left over breaded chicken patty the kids didn't finish. :-( I didn't lose any weight this week, but I did stay steady. Sometimes I realize that in it's self is a victory.

For a quick weight update I am now down to 294 and hoping to hit the 100 pounds lost by next week. That means a great week and hopefully I can drop another 4 pounds. It's been awhile since I've had a big week like that, but I feel like my body is ready for it once again. Mike Nilson(my trainer from U-District) has me super focused on the positives right now, think about how I would have eaten a year ago, think about how much more fit I am then last year, the key is not to lose sight of the biggest goal of all and that is overall improved HEALTH. No doubt I am winning that battle...the continued weight loss will just be the added benefit of doing the right thing.

How did that just happen?

It has been 2 weeks since I posted something on this blog?!?! How? Why? I could probably set here and make up about 30 excuses, some which would be hilarious, but I'll save everyone the time and just own the fact that I haven't been FOCUSED!

I saw an NFL guy with a T-shirt today that said FAITH...FOCUS...FINISH! Kinda hit at the exact right time. Things haven't been horrible for me the past couple weeks, but I certainly haven't had that super strong FAITH in what I'm doing or the FOCUS at all. I feel like I get on track for a few days and then just kinda let life get in the way. Now with all that said I am still doing about 80-85% of the things right when it comes to nutrition and I have been getting excercise as well. The bottom line is that I hit a bump in my road to success and have stalled around 297 pounds. That made me lose FAITH a little in the fact that I am gonna be 225 in the future. Then I sat down and read my own dang blog talking about being FITHEADED and changing forever! I am in this forever...so getting stuck with only losing 2 pounds in a few weeks has to be looked at as a small bleep on my big ole forever radar! FAITH...FOCUS...FINISH it's exactly what I needed.

BTW...the trip to Nashville was a blast and I was super excited that I did a good job of keeping on track with nutrition. Ok I did have a few chicken wings and a had to try some Tennessee Whiskey at Dierks Bentley's Bonfire...but hey...as Mike Nilson tells me "you dang well better have enjoyed it if you did it" YUP!

BACK ON TRACK...FITHEADED...I SEE WHO I WANT TO BE...

FAITH...FOCUS...FINISH...thank you overpaid athlete :-)