I was almost afraid to weigh myself today after yesterday, but I'm glad I did. 101.1Kg - a drop of 800g since day 33. This confirms the water weight diagnosis Gemini helped me to uncover. I also measured my waist and for the first time in a long time it was under 100cm! 99cm waist and 101.1kg was probably the best start to the day I could ask for. I know I need to just trust the process and not get too hung up on daily fluctuations, but damn - a nice drop on the scales always puts me in a good mental space for the day.
I'm in a happy place today, but tying my success to the scales and measuring tape might be dangerous as I get lighter and eventually to the point where weight won't drop as easily. This is why I'm going to add some other metrics into my 3rd sprint. These will be more performance based. I'm currently thinking; a 3 minute plank, 50 consecutive push ups and 15 consecutive wide grip pull ups.
I wasn't going to train boxing today, but coach asked me to help him out with some computer stuff and I decided I'd train because I was going to be at the gym anyway. I'm a big believer in the universe providing things if you're open to it, and today was a moment like that for me. I went to the gym early, got started on the computer work and stopped to train. It was a different coach today and man she was tough! really hard session, but very, very attentive to technique and she would spend a lot of time with each of the 5 people training. She helped me with my footwork with a few minor corrections; I step too far, and often anchor my rear foot. A couple of simple corrections, but they had a profound effect on my boxing today The ellusive bounce is not only possible with a narrower stance, but it makes total sense! My hips move naturally with punches, my balance is better, everything seemed to click a little bit today! If I hadn't of been open to helping coach and willing to say yes when he had some time, I'd have missed out on this session - the universe provided a little bit of what I needed today and I am immensely grateful for this.
After boxing, I had my shake and lunch. Lunch was a precooked salmon fillet (lots of salt in this, just fyi), slaw and rice with miso, mustard etc (salt in the miso too btw). I had a bit of a rest in the afternoon and then hit the weights at 5pm. Weights were phenomenal with a full tank of rice and steak. I tried to keep the reps to around 15 with a short 40 - 60 seconds rest between (walking a lap of the gym in between sets). Two workouts in a day! both high intensity, high effort. and I walked 17k steps. Dinner was a steak, a good portion of sweet potato fries and slaw. I had a bedtime shake and my vitamin stack at just after 10 and then bed at whats becoming a regular time at 10:30.
I'm looking forward to boxing in the morning!