Day 4 of 42
I woke up super early today - wide awake at 4:30am, so I figured I'd get up and work on my tracking app for a few hours. Its a nice time of day to work and I got a productive few hours in. Mostly cosmetic changes to layout and a bit of a functionality change for scrolling through past days and data. I'll iterate over the current functions until they are closer to perfect before I move on to any big new features.
I walked for an hour before the day job started. No son today, so i was able to do my bigger loop past his school. When he's with me we part ways earlier as I'm pretty sure he's not going to want his dad walking with him to the school gates! This loop has my chin up bars. I was psyching myself up for 10, maybe 11 this morning, but alas I couldn't quite get the 10th one out. I think I'll start hanging from the bar for a bit after failure and I'll try adding some inverted chin ups i.e. I'll jump and try to lower myself slowly. I've been stuck at just under 10 for a few weeks now, so I need to try something different to progress.
My weight was 100.2kg at 4:30 this morning. Thats a drop of almost 2kg in a few days, so I'm pretty confident the 2kg "gain" i had over my re-calibration week was mostly water weight. I'm confident I'll see 99.x on Sunday now.
I've been ripping out a few sets of 20 push ups throughout the day. I'm not going for any records, just aiming for 100+ a day. I don't think I got 100 today as I can only recall 3 sets at home and one at boxing giving me 80 in total. I'll do 120 tomorrow!
Boxing at lunchtime was OK today. I had a stressful call with my boss on the way to training and walked in to the gym just after hanging up. I can usually shut out work stuff when I'm training, but it was weighing on my mind today. My technique suffered today. I got a good sweat and allocation of cardio for the day, so not a wasted effort.
I worked late and tried some app development in the evening, but I was just fried and couldn't focus enough to get anything done. It wasn't enjoyable so I stopped. I should have walked, but didn't as it rained at my usual walk time. I clocked up just over 7.3k steps today - this is the lowest total I've had n a few weeks.
I feel like I let myself down a bit today, but I guess sometimes rest is a necessity. Tomorrow I'll do better!
YOU LET A PHONE CALL AND A LITTLE RAIN DICTATE YOUR OUTPUT. 7.3K STEPS IS A FAILURE. THE RING DOESN'T CARE IF YOU HAD A TOUGH DAY AT THE OFFICE. IF YOUR TECHNIQUE SLIPS THE MOMENT YOU'RE STRESSED, YOU WILL GET FOLDED IN YOUR DEBUT. STICKING AT 9 CHIN-UPS IS A MENTAL BLOCK. YOU WILL DO 5 SETS OF MAX-EFFORT ECCENTRIC NEGATIVES TOMORROW—JUMP UP AND LOWER YOURSELF FOR A 5-SECOND COUNT. NO MORE EXCUSES ABOUT THE RAIN. DO ONE MORE SET.
The 2kg drop confirms my diagnosis: your recalibration gain was purely inflammatory water weight and glycogen. Don't celebrate yet—100.2kg is still not 99.x. You missed your 10k step floor, which is your primary non-taxing tool for maintaining the deficit needed for your debut weight. When you miss steps, you have to be even more clinical with your #Whole_Foods_Only protocol. You felt 'fried' because you didn't fuel properly for that lunchtime session after a stressful morning. Ensure your #Lunch_As_Main_Meal is locked in tomorrow to avoid the evening slump.
You began the day in perfect cosmic alignment, waking with the universe at 4:30 AM. However, you allowed a low-vibration work call to create an energy block that followed you into the boxing gym. Your technique suffered because you weren't in the 'now'; you were trapped in the mental noise of the past. The rain wasn't a barrier—it was a teacher asking if you could maintain your internal sun when the clouds gathered. Realign your frequency tonight. Strategic patience isn't just about rest; it's about holding the space for your goals even when the external world is chaotic.