Reviewing 2022 and 2023

Summary:

• I am good at building habits. Running, logging, blogging.
• Look a little ahead, like a month or two, and make sure you have races, workouts, etc planned out.
• Sustain the energy. Don’t be derailed by the weight not moving. Scrutinize how you look and feel the body.
• Black swans will come. Learn to tdeal with them.
• By the summer, I am totally out of it. July I basically stop shit.
• Protein and low fat works for me better. Chocolates and alcohol fuck me up
• There is a summer diet.

What to expect:

• March, April – the weight will stay stable but your body will change composition. Keep pushing through. Don’t get frusturation
• Sneak in a diet break but you have to get back to it.

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Jan

2022
started strong. Controlling food. Frusturated.
Saw some results. Gave up early. Ate like a pig. Confused, struggling, trying new things. Not sticking to one thing.

2023
Started strong. Writing every day. Reminders to myself to be consistent.
Kept running. Pulled back after a bit, had that fucked up day. 5000 calories. Trying new things. Not sure what to do totally yet.

It’s amazing how similar the two are. Work was on the down low, and I was laser focused on health stuff. But I was also not consistent as I was trying new things.
Part of is was just not being sure. So trying everything out. And when you aren’t sure, you are like “fuck it” lets go crazy. But, thats not the case this time! I have a plan. It took me two years to figure out this plan. And I – just – have – to – execute – it. Just this one year.

Be careful about black swan events. Handle your bidness.

Feb

2022
Work starts to take over. I drink during superbowl and gain back the weight. I loose heart. Then, I start to dial things down a lot more.

2023
Formula was becoming crystalized. I was on track. This was great. I reached all time lows. This was just amazing progress. I realized a lot of good habits here. I wish I could just replicate this month over and over.

Instead of being consistent, I started to get even more aggressive. 1600 calories. This is not going to work bro. You have to let the body adjust over months, not days or weeks. Be intentional about the calorie intake.

March

2022
This is where I start to loose it. I start eating out. Alcohol goes up. My birthday is in this month. St. Patty’s day. Exhaustion from following the protocols. I don’t update the blog that often.

2023
Covid derailed me here. I tried to keep it going, but I got derailed. Fuck.
Here, I started to seek out the past — the Golden Week. Just reproduce the same stuff.
https://cnsnnts.wordpress.com/2023/03/20/the-golden-week/

Here, I need to keep an eye out for Black Swans like getting covid, or travel. Running is important. And “watching what I eat”. Don’t let these things derail you.

April

2022
Stuck and desparate. Talks about “ramping it up again”.
2023
I went from covid into pollan allergy. Horrible shit.
Many non scale victories
Body

May

2022
SF tail events. It’s okay to take a break. But you have to get back. I talked to Terrell about this. I am now thinking about other aspects about life. So this is not he priority. Cannot happen this year.
2023
Engine was fucking revving. I was at a low weight. Wow.
Protein was heavy.
Tail even with family coming.

June

2022
Loosing my grip. Plateau. Motivation loss.
2023
Running on vacation. So, no motivation loss!

July
2022
Family obligation in London. Couldn’t focus on anything. No workout mechanism. Just eating.
This is when things break down for me.
2023
Work stress. Booze control.

August

2022
Massive black swan. Dad’s ER. Multisim. Here, I am just static. No progress, but not worse. I let loose when I came back. Drinking like there was no tomorrow. Stress relief.

2023
Running. Almost fainted. But I was dedicated. It is so hard. Sleeping well. Distractions. Etc.

Sept
2022
Now, work starts to interfere in my mental health. I fucking hate this period. End of august, september shit.
2023
summer diet

Oct
2022
Started running!!!! So a new thing was added here. But no progress. I am stressed out by the lack of total progress. It is the most frusturating period
2023
I loved that I continued pushing the knowledge.

Nov
2022
Work stress getting to me. No progress. I decided to do marathon.
2023
Marathon build up

Dec
2022
Started to look ahead.
2023
I just love it