Fit-to-Fat-to-Fit Blog: Day 20

Goal Weight: 195 lbs.

Today’s Fit-to-Fat-to-Fit Blog is sponsored by Ibuprofen. Ibuprofen, for when your 44-year-old body feels like a 95-year-old’s.

I had a dream that my covers were a Venus Flytrap, trapping me and preventing me from escaping. That the sheets weighed more than a sack of anvils. And then I woke up.  It was 3:39 a.m. and time to get out of bed.

#$%#$.

I didn’t WANT to get up. I ran a mile with my son last night.  Yesterday was a stressful day. I had a speech thrown into it.  I was as mentally tired as I was physically tired. Today looks to be equally as stressful.

I got out of bed anyway.

As Woody Allen once said, “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”

It was time for me to go and  give the other 20%.

Like I’ve said before, this is about more than just “getting in shape.” This is also training me mentally so I can push through fatigue. Today was a prime mental training day.  I was mentally and physically wiped out. But I kept pushing.

Why? The goal is more important than the temporary pain.

Other than a couple of bad moments on the treadmill, I had a good session.  In fact, it became a great session once I stepped on the scale during our weekly weigh-in: I’ve lost five pounds this week. I’m down 24 since I started the program.

As I walked out of the gym and saw the first hints of dawn, I felt glad I got out of bed. Five weeks down, seven to go. And I’m already seeing life-changing results.

Go Line 2!