Most of the health and/or weight loss programs I have tried have faltered on occasion. I try to make excuses but these are always at least partially breakdowns on my part. Today I did not do my MMA workout. Trisha is out of town, but I am perfectly capable of doing an intense workout. But the social pressure of meeting her was not there. My calves are still hurting some, and my knee could use the rest. So I decided to skip it.
This is not a Greek tragedy, the project is not doomed to failure. The key is to pick this up again and not lose ground on the gains that I have already made.
The biggest problem that I see is that since this project is an adjustment as to lifestyle and not just a 60-day project, skipping parts and mental lapses may in fact become a habit.
I know myself well enough that I can easily slip into shoddy habits where significant parts of my plans slip. I know that individually these minor lapses don’t matter – AS LONG AS I KEEP THE OVERALL PLAN GOING!
I need support. I need someone looking over my shoulder, someone to discuss it with. In the case of this project, I have you, my faithful readers, and I have Trisha, with whom I discuss the ongoings of the project. I find that discussions with Trisha are more fruitful if I set goals and have a framework so that she can follow along and ask about them during our sessions.
I have to keep in mind that HEALTH IS IMPORTANT! The weight loss is important, the goals for epigenetic age are important, the cosmetic improvements are important, and the scientific nature of the results is important.
And again, I need support. I believe most weight loss and health programs fail because the proper support mechanisms are not there. Success is a combination of human influence, motivation and methods that do not require an overabundance of suffering and pain.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this!
Tim vs. Aging – T minus 8 days – Choosing the Epigenetic Test
Tim vs. Aging – T minus 4 days – Stretching and Weightlifting
Tim vs Aging – Day 8 – Anyone want to knock 20 years off of their biological age?
Tim vs Aging – Day 11 – Some Baseline Data, and Maintaining Consistency
Tim vs Aging – Day 12 – Over the First Hump, plus Do Bodybuilders Die Sooner?
Tim vs Aging – Day 13 – Fasting Day, Ketosis Explained, plus What the Heck is a Niacin Flush?
Tim vs Aging – Day 17 – No Weight Soreness, Gotta Have Pudding! – Develop Your Support System
Tim vs Aging – Day 18 – Torture by Trisha, Support Systems (cont.)
Tim vs Aging – Day 19 – Fasting Day, and Bacteria to Lose Weight
Tim vs Aging – Day 20 – Torture, but not too bad – plus a Cult progeny that is Good For You!
Tim vs Aging – Day 21 – Travel Day Screws the Schedule. And I am Officially Young Again!!!
Tim vs Aging – Day 22 – Still Traveling. Let’s talk about ‘Caloric Restriction’
Tim vs Aging – Day 23 – Travel Second Day – Plus Transhumans and Cutting Edge Biotech
Tim vs Aging – Day 24 -Travel Third Day – plus Potential for Brain Cell Repair
Tim vs Aging – Day 25 – Homebound – Makeup for lost time – lost weight – Oysters!!
Tim vs Aging – Day 26 – MMA workout – plus Hair Color Restoration?
Tim vs Aging – Day 27 – A Bit Sore – plus Criticism of the Hyberbaric Chamber Strategy
Tim vs Aging – Day 28 – Fasting – plus Will Immortality Lead to Overpopulation?
Tim vs Aging – Day 29 – Fasting is easy – plus Why Don’t People Exercise???
Tim vs Aging – Day 30 – Half Way There! Some Subjective Results
Tim vs Aging – Day 31 – Minor Schedule Break – plus Extending Life with Stem Cells
Tim vs Aging – Day 32 – All is Normal – plus Fish Oil, good or not?
Tim vs Aging – Day 33 – Feeling my Oats! Relief from Muscle Pain, Disappointed in Tae Kwon Do
Tim vs Aging – Day 34 – On Track – Plus my Theory on Foot Massages
Tim vs Aging – Day 35 – Fasting, a Shot in the Arm, Plus Creatine
Tim vs Aging – Day 36 – Trisha Rained Out – Plus Human Growth Hormone (HGH)
Tim vs Aging – Day 37 – Saturday Downtime, Plus Do Eating Right and Exercise Help? Maybe Not…
Tim vs Aging – Day 38 – Back to Weights! – Plus Very Expensive Skin Cream
Tim vs Aging – Day 39 – Monday Sucks – Plus Should You Eat “Processed” Foods?
Tim vs Aging – Day 40 – MMA All the Way – Plus The Ultimate in Stem Cells for Anti-aging
Tim vs Aging – Day 41 – In Between – Plus More about Fisetin – Myths?
Tim vs Aging – Day 42 – Fasting Day – Plus Five Fitness Factor for Longer Life