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February 8th, 2015 Not Subject To Change

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February 8th, 2015 Not Subject To Change

The word to the wise lately, for me: Be flexible and ready to change plans quickly. I woke with different plans today, made some adjustments midday and made it all good. The key for me is to always keep the baseline of my fundamental elements in rhythm. I can change plans quickly, but through it all--I do not sacrifice certain things.

As long as I remain within my calorie budget, exercise if it's an exercise day, rest if it isn't, actively seek and offer support and abstain from sugar, I'm good. The other stuff is subject to change. The fundamental elements are solid, and they mustn't lose their importance level. The fundamental elements are not subject to change.

What I do works for me very well. If you wanted, you could pick several ways in which I could improve my daily trek. Believe me, it's far from perfect. And that's a good thing. I'm not after perfection. I'm all for consistency. Even if it's consistently imperfect.

I don't get enough sleep. I eat way too late sometimes (see my #lastfoodofday tweets). A good argument could be made that I don't push myself hard enough in the exercise department. I often go too long between meals. I dine out too much. All of these things: True story. And it still works for me.

I would rather accept my imperfections than mercilessly and unnecessarily beat myself up for perceived "failures" along the way. We do what we can do, when we can do it. If we identify our baseline fundamental elements--the things not subject to change, and we hold them sacred--then we're free to be perfectly imperfect as we consistently make our way forward along this road.

In the past, as soon as I sacrificed my baseline fundamental elements--that's when the scary detours started. My baseline fundamentals were a little different than they are now because I've added reinforcements in the accountability, support and dietary/nutritional departments. But they were still clearly identified during my initial weight loss. Now, they're reinforced--a little stronger, I'd like to believe! Identifying, adjusting, adding to them, then ratcheting up the importance level all the way to "sacred," is critically important.

I did a 5K in the park this evening. It's the same trail where I started walking on Day 1 when I weighed over 500 pounds. They're replacing another part of the trail with brand new concrete. I sure would like to get a chunk of the old trail concrete. Just a small chunk for my apartment decor. I suppose I'm sentimental like that. It represents something to me. Kind of like when people buy an old seat from a stadium being renovated. I might make a call or two tomorrow. That's a neat idea.

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Strength,
Sean
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