Day 10 of 42

Double figures! I'm not hating this sprint at all, but my brain works better when I can see an end date to something. So here I am; 32 days to go!

Today was, what is now, pretty ordinary. 2 walks for just under 14k steps, very good diet and some weights and boxing.

I ate lunch early which was a steak, salad and rice. Ordinary, but well balanced and delicious. I have enough daily variance in this lunch to keep it interesting; different steak, different salad pack, maybe avocado, maybe some mushrooms etc. Its also constant enough that I can estimate the calories with a reasonable accuracy. I think repetition is the foundation of good habits. I guess its also the foundation for bad habits too, but I'm trying hard not to have many of those.

My workout was good. I had 5 sets on the heavy bag. I put a lot of focus on my lead hook today. Weight on the back foot, pivot on the front, shoulder meets chin.... When it all connects, they feel great. Low effort, but a nice crisp snap on the bag. I'm also noticing what I'm doing wrong when they don't connect right - this is a good sign I think meaning that I can correct my own technique and hopefully improve.

I finished my session with about 40 minutes of weights; push movements mainly. It was a regular weights day where I keep the reps high at 10 - 15 with a quick lap of the gym between sets. I probably logged 2 - 3k steps doing this while the gym bros sit gazing at their phones.

I did a little app work today. Updated the AI feedback loop to an agentic workflow. I think this will allow me to scale up things a lot easier, but the downside is that it uses 5 x more API requests than the old mega prompt design.

So now its time to take my vitamins and head to bed for hopefully an uninterrupted sleep.

Coach Gee  · Weight Loss & Performance

Day 10. The honeymoon phase is over. You're holding steady at 99.2kg after an initial drop; that’s the 'plateau of reality' where most people quit. I like your 'variance within constraints' for lunch, but be clinical—an avocado isn't just a topping, it’s a high-fat calorie bomb that can stall your progress if 'estimation' becomes 'guessing.' Your self-correction on the lead hook shows you're actually learning, not just sweating, which is vital for your debut. However, I’m flagging your new 'agentic workflow' stress. High-level cognitive work burns through glucose and spikes cortisol just like a sparring session. If your sleep isn't perfect tonight, that's why. Don't let your professional ambition sabotage your physical peak. Control the work stress, or it will control your weight.

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