Aug. 03, 2007 (6:27pm) [#1]

Mike Stickel

Dude, you’re on an amazing run. Try switching something up a bit. Look for different exercises, push yourself a little more (more weight, make yourself sore again), maybe those will help.

Then again, this could be the point where your muscle weight is catching up with your fat loss A way around the bad creature could be to focus on your body fat % instead of your weight.

Aug. 03, 2007 (8:36pm) [#3]

Kaia

You have done fabulous! I wish I could say I have lost that much. As for your plateau, I have read that changing your exercise regimen can help.

Every time I have that little demon tempting me to be lazy I affirm to myself the reasons I am trying to lose weight and become healthier.

Good luck and thanks for the great post!

Aug. 04, 2007 (6:23pm) [#9]

Jamie Allison

Congrats on the weight loss. My advice is to look at your mental state just as you did your physical state. You had to get your self into a physical routine to achieve loosing the phisical weight, I would suggest trying to get into a routine to loose the mental weight. I’m not that schooled on Buddism, but I think it’s all a bout balance, so if thats true for the physical aspects of your life, it should be true for the mental aspects of your life.

My other advice for you is to work with what you have, not with what you want, If you keep up the physical regime you will get what you want, but you don’t have it yet, but what you do have is increased energy, and stamina, and that can equates to greater ammounts of creativity and the energy and drive to bring those things to light.

Fo me personally if I make small, achivable, realistic mental goals to achive daily, or sometimes weekly, it gives me the drive to keep going, in the mundane 9-5 work weeks.

Also, you have a great support system, use it. Your family and friends are there for you, lean on them once and a while, they are just as much a tool for success, as they are system of support.

It’s no longer a question of “Can I do this?” mainly cause you already have, It’s now a question of “How do I maintain this”.

By the way your journey has inspired me to get back in shape myself, So thank you for sharing this with all of us.

And you will do this. There’s no question about it.

Aug. 05, 2007 (7:40am) [#11]

Sulcalibur

I just mentioned this to my wife whilst eating lunch and being a diet guru and healthy eating freak her advise was to ’step it up’ a bit. She said do something like a new sport, like swimming, tennis, etc and do something drastic for just one week, like cut out bread. This should give you a moral boost

Aug. 06, 2007 (10:45pm) [#13]

Steve

Hey James, I’m well versed in nutrition and I’ve been reading your blog off and on so I thought I’d chime in here. If you are doing many of the same cardio or weight lifting routines your body literally gets used to those workouts and can do them easily. Your best bet is to (like Mike said) change it up. If you run, bike. If you bike, run. If you do benchpresses, do pushups- etc. You need to shock your body.

Also, I’m not sure if you count calories or not but sometimes it’s good to do it just for a couple days to make sure you’re eating as little or as much as your diet requires- remember, eating too little can stall your weight loss too!

Cheers

Aug. 08, 2007 (7:50am) [#15]

rich

James, it is not about the numbers. It is about how you feel. Do not forget that beauty comes from within, literally. Your body responds to your emotions. Have you cried lately? Have you just broke down and let your emotions take over for a minute? Sometimes that helps me. I believe in you, James.

Aug. 08, 2007 (11:32am) [#17]

Mark (mdz61384)

Rich, fantastic post! I do agree! Real men cry. Whoops, not a topic for here (I could go on forever). Also I would suggest posting at least once a month. It has been almost 2 since the last one…get it out there bud.