Challenge #1 Get In Shape

I have tried to lose weight all my life. Except for brief periods I have never really got complacent , so why haven't I succeeded in this struggle. As much as I would like to blame it on genetics, I still believe it is not so and that this is not a lost cause. Clichéd as it sounds, as with every other endeavor the key to success is faith, determination, hard work and follow through. If you consistently follow a strategy to a point that it starts working you need to use the momentum to take you to the finish line, if at that point you get lazy and laid back then getting back to that point just gets harder.

There was a short period a couple of years ago when I dropped from 186lbs to 158lbs over a year, that is the only real success I have had in this department. If I think back what I did different it was that I kept a record of all that I ate and recorded my daily workout hours. I hate writing down all that I ate, mostly because I love food and recording daily intake and trying to break it down into calories seems to drain the joy of eating. The only way I can be honest in my attempt is if I am true to me and respect my preferences, my likes and dislikes. So, no counting calories but I will write down what I eat with approximate proportions, data is useful to find patterns and make necessary changes based on that.

I will do the following:

Record Diet

Record Exercise

Weekly Weight check

The key with good recording is honesty. Only then can you detect patterns and perform reparative actions.