Today wasn’t the worst day, but I can certainly do a lot better. I’ve only got 8 days left of 75 hard which is tomorrow (Friday) until next Saturday.
For the last 5 days, I’ve been eating at, or just above, my maintenance calories. This is because I got really hungry after two rounds of golf last week, and my energy blew out.
But I’ve been snacking a lot the last few days and when I snack, the calories just add up so quickly. So I need to move back to an ultra disciplined last 8 days to finish this thing off strong.
My weight has gone up from about 89.5 to about 91.5 from the last 5 days, but I’m going to eat at an average deficit of 2,000 calories per day for the last 8 days and try get under 89kg for the final photos, and to finish strong.
This is going to be difficult but I need to remember that making my mind stronger and more resilient is the goal of every day. I want to be someone who can find peace mentally and use my mental strength to say no to temptation when most people would say no.
This will not be easy, but it’s the kind of person I want to move towards being. This will involve no snacking, and working for long periods of time.
Working for long periods of time is a funny one because in theory it shouldn’t be that hard, I just need to sit at my desk and keep moving forward for hours and hours. It doesn’t require any particular skillset or strength.
But we can’t do it. We get distracted or we give into feelings, or we start negotiating with ourselves on promises we made earlier. The negotiating on promises we made ourselves is one that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately.
For example, we go for a run and we tell ourselves 10km. But then at about 5km, we think “oh maybe I’ll just do 6km today”. Or we say “I won’t stop working until I finish this task”, but then something comes up and we go “oh na I can do it later”. Being able to overcome this negotiation when it happens is crucial in us achieving our goals because it means we’re pushing ourselves outside of what is comfortable.
So tomorrow is an 8 day sprint. The goal is an average of 2,000 calories per day, and I want to do an average of 8 hours focused work per day. This will be a difficult 8 day sprint, but I want to achieve it.
I need to remember some habits I have when things get difficult:
- Go for a walk with an audiobook/podcast
- Extra gym workout (doesn’t have to be at 100%)
- Meditation
- Writing
- Drawing on Surface Whiteboard
All of these are better than finding distraction