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Last month I failed miserably, but this month... More to come soon

So after a pathetically long 5 weeks of doing sweet fuck all, besides struggle with life, here I am. Trying to get positive, trying to get motivated and trying to get on top of this beast called living. Only one goal, get out to the shed and get my head sorted! This means getting the iron therapy happening. Enough is enough.

Better Late than Never Challenge #6- September 12 - October 22 Well, its been a while....almost a year if I'm not mistaken, and I considered not even bothering to start anything since there was only 3 or so days left of this challenge, but I figured the "I'll do it tomorrow" mindset was what got me into this mess in the first place so I might as well just buck up and post something for this challenge, and try to continue it through the next. Life got pretty bad for a while, from terrible teaching classes and relationships to family trouble and just about everything in between, my real life seemed set on kicking me while I was down. Pass a few hard months and I finally started to get my work and romantic lives together but my health and fitness really started to decline. A few more months pass and I'm in a happy relationship and work is going much, much better but my health and fitness is the worst its ever been. So I'm getting back on here in hopes that the community and accountability will help me get back into the best physical shape of my life, like I was the last time I was a very active user on here. I know the new challenges are 4 weeks but since I'm coming in at the last minute I'm planning on just continuing mine through the break and into the next challenge roughly about 6 weeks in total, anyway without further ado: Goal One: Go to the gym/workout 3x per week ____/18 One of the reason that my fitness started to decline was that I just stopped going to the gym, and working out really at all. Video games and just watching Netflix became what I did when I got home instead of working on my body. Its time to fix that and take control of my life again. Goal Two: Loose 6lbs and 2%BF Start: 172.3lbs Goal: 166lbs Start: 22.1% BF Goal: >20% Not shockingly when you're not exercising or eating right you tend to gain weight I'm currently the heaviest I've ever been lbs wise and my BF is a very sad 22%. I've got a long way to go to get it back down to where I was and where I want to be. Goal Three: Record all food intake in MFP (MyFitnessPal) for 6 weeks _____/ 42 I need to get my diet back in order to get to where I want to be. So the goal is to just get into the habit of logging my food, good or bad, in MFP. Hopefully that will help and seeing the calories will help me make better choices. Goal Four: Read Spartan Fit ___/1 Reading about diet and exercise and the Spartan mindset is sure to help, so instead of watching TV at night I'm going to try and read this book. Loot: New workout Shoes $$$ towards a Spartan Race Dip Belt New Book (Level Up Your Life) Throwing Knives Starting Photos: [Incoming] Starting Measurements: Abs/Waist: 33.25 Arms (unflex/flex): 12.5/13.5 Calf:14 Chest: 40 Hip: 34 Shoulders: 46.5 Thigh (R/L): 22/22 Butt: 40 Neck: 14

Need some encouragement, Rebels. This weekend, a hectic schedule and poor planning resulted in me going over my daily calorie intake Sat and Sun, some processed foods, some diet sodas, and missing a strength training session. And this morning it's raining so I can't go on my regular walk at work before my first meeting. Part of me thinks "You can't even get it perfect your first week in, why even bother". I realize that is defeatist, and frankly it's the easy way out. But it is discouraging that I can't stay on track for more than 3-4 days at a time. True, this is real life and things come up and in order for this to be a real lifestyle change I need to accept that and continue on. It's a marathon, not a sprint, but I want what I want and I want it now!