Hey everyone, hope your weekend went well..haven't posted since last Wednesday, feels good to be back writing again. Today I wanted to update you on my progress thus far on my individual goal of dropping 25 lbs of body fat by July 7th. As of this morning, I've dropped 5.5 lbs since my last weigh in 16 days ago. Seems about right...I always encourage people to not get so caught up on their "weight" as opposed to their body fat. In most cases, as their weight drops, so does their body fat. But there does come to a point where measurements may go down, such as waist or hips, but your weight actually goes up. This is a tell-tale sign that even though your weight increased, your body fat is dropping. Measurements, such as these, are far more indicative of how successful someone's diet and fitness program is going, rather than weight alone. So why am I weighing myself? Well I'm not one of those people who gets caught up on my weight as a number...if I drank two bottles of water and then got weighed, I understand that my weight will be higher but not my body fat. It doesn't affect my confidence because I know I am sound in my other areas of my program. I know how many calories I want to take in daily for fat loss to occur, how many times a week I want to weight train, and how many times a week I want to do cardio. Because I know for certain that I am doing what it takes to scientifically drop my body fat, why should the weight matter? It doesn't. The weight will take care of itself if your other parts of your program are organized and accurate.
The other issue I want to touch on today is urgency. The definition of urgency: 1) The quality or condition of being urgent; pressing importance/ 2) A pressing necessity. No matter what challenge an individual undergoes in life, without a sense of urgency, there will be a chance of failure. It's tough to always be on top of your game, always have that extra motivation, always have that eye of the tiger. But when it comes to diet and fitness, people need to find their sense of urgency when it doesn't exist at the moment. For instance, tomorrow is May 1st. Any time I think of May, I think of summer. I'm sure most people my age think that way, just because we've been used to finishing our spring semester around that time. Use these types of strategies to remind yourself how important your goal is to you, and how you felt last year when you weren't able to achieve your goal. Think and visualize how much progress can be made in the month of May alone prior to summer even beginning. Every day is a new day, and empower yourself by creating a sense of urgency!
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