Better Body Journal Returns with Swole for Summer
It’s been a very long time since I updated this site. In January, I had to deal with transferring my WordPress database to make this site easier to manage. In the process I lost a bunch of stuff, and since then I’ve just been too absent-minded to get into the program.
Swole for Summer
The main purpose of this website is to track my weight loss through daily picture updates. Last year it went well when I was running this site, but unfortunately I failed. I never really lost that much weight (25 lbs at most) and since winter, have gained it all back. I can blame it on a lot of things, but what we stress at Better Body Journal is that everyone is responsible for their own actions.
I don’t blame anything but myself. A fit body is something that is perfectly attainable by anyone who puts their heart into it. I just didn’t put enough heart into it.
So, without anymore waiting, I present to you: Swole for Summer. The program is basically hitting the gym 4-5 days a week, with a lot of cardio mixed in. It also means I’m sticking to a pretty strict diet of food that’s natural and healthy. I will probably put on some muscle in the meantime, but the goal is to lose fat. As much fat as possible.
My deadline for this program is June 21st, the first day of summer. That gives me a little over 90 days to lose my goal of 55 lbs. Roughly 2/3rds of a pound day. I know my body, and I’m sure I will drop the majority of that within the first month or so. The hard part, mentally and physically will be the last half of the program. I haven’t weighed less that 265lbs in over 3 years. I’m tired of going through the same cycle of motivation and failure. It’s something that plagues me in all aspects of my life and I need to get over that hurdle. So let’s get to it.
- Starting Weight: 306.5 lbs
- Goal Weight: 250 lbs
- Deadline: June 21st
Day 1: Review
Unlike last year when I did BBJ, I tried to post every single day. With my work schedule it’s not entirely possible. This time around, I will try to post 3-4 times a week.
I went to the gym today and had a pretty intense workout. It was focused on chest, triceps, and calves. I inclined benched 225 lbs for about 3 times. It’s weak, I know, but I had no spot and when it comes to heavy weights over my head I stop when I start feeling really intense strain. I attempted to add 30 minutes of cardio to my workout, but about 10 minutes into it I got a bad stomach cramp and called it day. That’s probably what happens after a weekend of hard drinking. Bless you, Saint Patrick.
March 20th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
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March 1st, 2008 at 9:53 am
This is a quick and effective NLP technique for keeping confident and focused.
Take a minute to imagine yourself riding in a roller coaster. See yourself sitting in
the front car, riding up and down.
Now, make another picture of a roller coaster, but this time, do NOT see
yourself in the picture. See it as if you were actually looking out of your own
eyes, sitting in the roller coaster. Ride for a few moments.
Now, which one of those felt more real in your body? I’ll bet anything it was
the second kind. An image or goal only appears real to your mind if it comes in
the second form, as if you were seeing it through your own eyes.
Step One:
Recall a time in your past when you felt confident and powerful. A time where
you fully felt the way you’d like to feel. This can be anywhere and
about anything - a great golf shot you made, or an “A” book report you did in
school. Running a race, scoring a goal….
Step Two:
Close your eyes, and see yourself in the first kind of picture, going through
that experience again.
Step Three:
Now, step into the picture, and see the events as if you were actually looking
out from your own eyes. See what you saw, hear what you heard, and feel how good
it felt in your body. When those feelings of confidence and power reach their
peak in your body, reach over with your right hand, and give your left wrist a
squeeze. Run through this twice more, giving the same squeeze in the same place.
This will train your mind to recall those feelings of power and confidence
whenever you squeeze your wrist the way you are doing now.
Step Four:
Think of a situation or circumstance where you would like to be more powerful
with women or more poised or whatever it is you’d like.
Step Five:
Picture it the second way, as if it were going on and you were seeing it through
your own eyes.
Step Six:
As you do so, reach over with your right hand and squeeze your left wrist,
triggering your confidence anchor. This will train your mind to automatically
call up the feelings of confidence and power when you are in a situation like
the one you are seeing through your own eyes. You won’t even have to think about
doing it, which is the advantage. (And that’s why anchoring works where
“positive thinking” won’t, because often by the time you get yourself thinking
positively, it’s already too late.)
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