January 2, 2021

My new year is always busy.  I think I probably give myself too many goals to launch, plus my son was born on New Year's Day, so there's a party that pushes some things aside.  And this year, the first two days of the year are this little fragment of a week, just a Friday and Saturday.  So things did not come screaming out of the gate with fireworks and a roaring crowd, but there's still time.


WEIGH-IN:

Weight: 222.4 (L-21)

As expected, all it took was some self-control yesterday (yes, yesterday's menu represents self-control) to bring the weight down after the New Year's party food.  The first few days will be easy because my starting weight represents a fair amount of weight simply in my stomach and bowels, not attached to me in the form of fat.

L-21 represents the lowest weight for 2021.  This being only the second day, that's not a big thing, but in days ahead it will be more of an encouraging moment when I can include that in a blog entry.


FOOD INTAKE:

9:30 a.m. :: Redmond, OR – Home
• Sausage patty : 3

12:30 p.m. :: Redmond, OR – Home
• Hamburger : 1 double
     + Ketchup
• Cake : 1 slice

3:30 p.m. :: Redmond, OR – Home
• Cheetos : 1 solo pack

6:00 p.m. :: Redmond, OR – Home
• Meatball : 7
     + BBQ sauce

8:00 p.m. :: Redmond, OR – Home
• Popcorn : 1 helping

Like I said yesterday, do not view my food consumption as a positive example.  I started nobly with just some sausage, and the burger and meatballs had protein in them.  But today was my son's family party so there was also cake.  On the positive side, I resisted excess like a second slice of cake and other temptations throughout the day: This will often be the case, as the list of what I did eat doesn't show all the times I deliberately did not eat something.


EXERCISE:

11:30 p.m. :: Redmond, OR – Home
• Resistance: Push-Up
     – 10 / 10 / 10

2021 Push-Ups: +30 / Total: 40

I know from experience that sometimes the gym mentality just won't be there.  Sometimes I need to fight for it, and sometimes it's okay to just drop and do a few push-ups or planks for the night.

Push-ups 11-40, on my way to 2021 total reps.