One Day At A Time.

So in the quest to shrink the body fat percentage and lose the weight, I have discovered a few things.

First, the athlete's body I once had is buried deeper than I thought. I played a bit of flag football on Sunday morning. Threw two interceptions, one pass in the dirt, and dropped a first down pass. Not my most shining pigskin moment. I promise, I played when I was a kid and I was much better than that. The worst part, though, is that it is now Wednesday and I am still walking like I got raped by a buffalo. I am shuffling around everywhere, and having a really hard time picking my feet up off the ground. My lower back is kinked, and both of my shoulders are tight and sore. In short, I am in pain. I even have sore muscles in my foot, oddly enough, and my right pinky feels bruised. Like deep bone bruised. That little bastard hurts.

Because of all this pain, I had to reschedule my last paid meeting with my trainer. This brings up the second thing that I have discovered: The depth of my procrastination was hereto unknown. Sure, I have a good excuse this time, but the entire week before that I was healthy and could have gone to the gym. But didn't. I could have logged all of my food. But didn't. I have been putting it all off again and again, so I think it might be time to approach this in a 12 step fashion. One day at a time.

Which brings me to my third discovery: I am addicted to lazy. Yes, folks, my name is Eli and I am a sit-on-my-fat-ass-aholic. I have been eating clean, though a bit too much, so that isn't nearly the worry I have with this competition. My worry is that I am constantly proving that a body at rest tends to stay at rest. I do this even while knowing that I feel good after a workout (that isn't designed to scare me skinny), and knowing that my body responds very quickly to increased levels of activity. For some reason, I still would rather sit on my ass than go to the gym. Or even move three feet to my own recumbent bike. So one day at a time it is.

I will eat healthy today, while not "sneaking" anything crappy in to appease the emotions. I will not start that guilt cycle today.

I will move around today. If I had not destroyed my legs on Sunday, this would have been "I will go to the gym today!" Unfortunately, I need to heal first. I hurt.

I will feel good about myself today. I will feel good about myself today. I will feel good about myself today.