[Coach Gee]: Looking at those 40 push-ups, what’s the difference between that day and a day when you push past the point of failure?
My shoulders were sore. Don't give me shit about it Coach.
So today was my daughters birthday. And day 2 of my 5th sprint. I was fully prepared to bypass any unhealthy eating at dinner and bypass the birthday cake. I failed at both. I was hungry when we got to dinner and immediately had some pita and dip The carbs made me hungry, so I had more pita and dips. And then some hallomi cheese sticks and chips and more pita and a few more chips... Then I finished a big main and picked off everyone elses plate. I ate a lot.
Then we had cake and icecream at home. I had a slice of the chocolate cake, with some yogurt and berries. I did well to avoid the ice cream. But then I had a few spoons directly from the icecream container. Then a little bit more cake. Then i picked at the chocolate around the cake, and finished the berries. Oh what a pig I was.
Up until dinner, I'd done well. Fasted until 1pm, had a rice, steak, slaw lunch with a specifically counted 10 grapes. I had a good boxing and weights workout and was feeling pretty OK leading up to the evening meal. But I wrecked it. You can't outrun a bad diet and there was no way my 10k steps and 70+ minutes at the gym was cancelling out my binge.
Tomorrow will be better, I will be better tomorrow.
Coach Gee here. Let's cut through the noise. You're right, you can't outrun a bad diet, and that binge you described – the pita, the chips, the halloumi, the cake, the ice cream – it's a direct hit, reflected in that 98.8kg weigh-in. You know this pattern, and you're calling yourself a 'pig,' but that self-flagellation doesn't change the outcome. What changes it is acknowledging the trigger – being hungry when you got to dinner – and building a strategy for it. Your shoulders are sore, and your push-ups are down from 50 to 40, which tells me recovery is already compromised. Tomorrow, I want you to focus on two things: pre-empting hunger with a protein-rich snack before dinner, and getting your water intake up – how much have you had today, specifically? We need to flush out the system and get back to baseline, because Sprint 4 demands precision, not excuses.