The Grinder Week! Days 42-50!

Here I am at day 50 ending a 9-day long losing streak with my diet! My excersize prevailed the past week, but in terms of my food choices, I made quick, lousy decisions based on the intuition of my instant gratification. However, even though I had a weaker than normal week, I still made better choices in comparison to how I used to eat. Regardless, Im back on board now and still at a manageable weight! In fact here's the 50 day mark for me:

Started: August 29, 2005: 290 pounds
Today: October 15, 2005: 268 pounds
Total weight loss to date: 22 pounds

Goal: January 1, 2006: 250 pounds
Days till goal: 77
difference: 18 pounds

The only way ill be able to get there is if I follow my diet plan the next few weeks, which is going to be tough considering I have several late night gigs (about 5 total) and Ill be studying most of the time preparing for a few exams.

Im on track in terms of getting to my goal by the end of the semester, now I just need to buckle down and really stick to my plan!

This week was difficult for me because of many outside factors which I had little control over. I did lousy on a test (got a D) which is extremly abnormal for me, and I just seemed to be overwhealmed with the prospect of having to catch up in school. Right now Im studying my ass off, and not really getting much playing time in. As a result, Ive been a bit down, as I usually get when I go days without playing guitar.

Today, I cleaned up a bit, got my room in order, organized my schedule, and practiced for 2 hours. This coincided with the fact that I swam 1500 meters as well as studied for about 4 hours. Funny how things seem to brighten up after I do all of those.

Tommorrow, Im going to rehearse with New West for 3 hours in preparation for our Jazz Bakery gig. It should be a wonderful show and you can find out more about us at www.newwestguitar.com

I guess what I have learned this week is that is really easy to break away from discipline when you are feeling stressed out. Hopefully Ill get better at managing this, but as for the past 9 days, Its been almost a total loss. I had gained a few extra pounds as two weeks ago, I was on my way to being in the mid 260's.

I know I can get to my goal in time so here I go! I guess I just need to keep listening to Grant Green and hopefully that will insprie me to reach to greater heights!

PS. Our football team is incredible here at USC!!!! We win even when we loose! Check out today's game against Notre Dame - man we kick butt!