I am sick and tired of being sick and tired! I’m tired of my clothes not fitting right, of those nagging back pains. I know you know the feeling. If you’re listening right now, you probably do. Have you experienced the yo-yo dieting effect?

As you know, I’ve been preaching about avoiding that type of thing, about thinking about the long haul, the big picture. But once again I am facing a crisis. I have my biometrics screening in less than two weeks. Not the end of the world, I suppose, if I don’t pass the waist measurement test that stands in for BMI which I definitely won’t pass.

Strategy is the big picture, long-term war plan. Tactics – that’s the battle plan. So I’m doing a little tactical planning here for the rest of this month. I’m not doing terrible right now, my body fat is still below 30%. But I haven’t made any progress. So I’m making a tactical adjustment which I think will not make me a complete hypocrite, but falls a little outside the range of my big picture plan.

I’m combining a little more cardio with a little less weight training, and tightening up my diet. The diet will be similar to the Remmington James diet that I tried for a while. I know that’s not something I’d want to do long term or could do long term. But it did help me lose body fat. So I’m keeping my 1/2 serving steel cut oats breakfast with coconut oil. Going with 4 oz of grilled chicken for lunch. And maybe 8oz of beef for supper. No supplements. That’s about 813 calories. Then I’ll play racquetball 3 times a week, and on the other days walk, or hike, or skate, or do some light weights.

Hopefully this will get me in the ballpark on that waist measurement.

Weight 7-day Avg. (change since Jan 2018): 227 (-48)
Workout time: 0 Minutes
Total Distance (total since Nov 2017): 0 Miles (576.02)
Steps: 2,892
Muscle Mass 7-day Avg. (change since Aug 2018): 158.27 (+16)
Body Fat 7-day Avg.: 30%
Daily Sleep Duration 7-day Avg: 7 hours
2019 Goal: 15% Body Fat