There was a weigh-in controversy last Thursday. Apparently, the Official Competition Scale was fluctuating too much, and it was deemed faulty. We had to change to a new scale, and therefore the competition had to be reset.
This was clearly a scheme to bring me, the current frontman in the race, down. My weight from the old scale matched the weight on the new scale, so I’m fairly certain mine was basically correct. I lost just over two pounds the first week (is chugging water before the first weigh-in cheating?) and zero the second week, but that zero was lucky the way I was living that week.
So now I’m back to a weight loss of zero, with another eight weeks looming and the first-week motivation lost. What a waste! What’s the point of losing weight if you can’t rub it in everyone’s face?
I’m determined to persevere, though. Here’s my plan for the next eight weeks:
- Try to eat fairly healthy and keep junk food down to a minimum. A new cafe recently opened below my work that has incredibly delicious brownies and cookies, so I’m pretty much convinced the universe is against me now.
- Go for a run, or bike to work, three times a week.
- Follow the Hundred Push-ups Training Program.
- Follow the Two Hundred Sit-ups Training Program.
So essentially, I won’t gorge myself on terrible food, and I’ll do an hour or so of exercise three times a week – enough to make a healthy change without really taking on anything overwhelming.
I realise push-ups and sit-ups aren’t really a good way to lose weight. I was planning to make some overall healthier lifestyle choices before this started, and these programs were part of that. The weight loss isn’t a huge deal, as long as I crush my foes.
Yesterday wasn’t a great start, but today was a little better. I went for a short jog, did the initial tests for the two training programs, and made enough turkey chili (healthy-ish) to last seven lunches.
So for the next eight weeks, this temple’s closed for renovations. Bring your laundry to the reopening, and I shall wash it on my rippled torso.
*flexes and struts away*