The last month has been extremely busy. I certainly felt that time had slipped away from me - another month has passed!
It certainly has tested my last two areas of concern - lifestyle and focus. It certainly feels tiring when you feel the hurdles come crashing at you. The issues which needs to be dealt with so feel that one feels lacking time. Or the illness or sickness that sets one back when trying to get back on track. Last month was exactly that which initially felt that I was on a path of setbacks and plateaus. Getting ill during a period when I was busy really compounded things and as much I as I wanted to push myself in terms of the gym, I knew it was not going to be in the longer term interest - so I rested. I also kept my diet going and tried to eat cleanly as possible. Reduced alcohol and no beer. Somehow Even though I only managed a few trips to the gym, I kept on going on my goal. I definitely lost some strength, but kept losing some more weight and more importantly visceral fat and overall body fat. I didn't think that was possible and I was thinking of the plateau I had reached and to be honest, I had moments of frustration. Interestingly, I have felt better on the basketball court even though I have not shot a ball for some time. I definitely fit my clothes better and strangely enough, one of my friends even commented that I lost weight. "I thought you were letting yourself go there before - don't do it; don't be the first among our friends to do it!" he exclaimed. Though he had never mentioned to me before, he said he didn't know how to say it to me. Great.....
To some degree, I do think that men have issues around weight, health and body. Perhaps to some degree, our friends don't want to judge and so will never really bring that up and I really am not sure how one would take it. The only reason why he brought it up, was because I mentioned the new scales and that I am trying to change my diet. Think we have established that he may not speak his mind, but at least he is encouraging....oh wait - hang on a minute there!
