Thankfully I am almost back to 100% fitness after a few days of disability. My final fitness tests will be tomorrow and Saturday, with Friday being the big one, the one I have been cramming and working hard towards. Saturday will be a re-run of the Rapaki hill to see if my cardio has improved enough to get me up there in under half an hour.
We're at the 99% mark now, and I know I could have done more, eaten smarter, tried harder, pushed further and so on. But this 20 weeks has been about more than just getting a result. Yes, I'm lighter, smaller and more muscular, but I wanted to improve myself in a sustainable way. The goal was to get some results, and be able to maintain those results with little or no adjustments to my life. Kinda like living the 20 week challenge full-time. That was my goal, and I have succeeded there I think.
Case in point - last weekend was a write-off for food, exercise and health in general. I weighed 101.5KG on Monday morning, and yet with a few days of managing my diet and staying active, I'm back down to 98.9 this morning. While I have been 105-110KG forever, I now intend to be in the 98-99 bracket and celebrate my double digits. I do not want to drop below 95KG, and with the muscles I'm putting on, I don't see that happening. The more my tummy goes away, the more my muscles pop out. I like that trade-off and weight has no relevance in that way.
This week my activity has been low, but not nil. I'm trying to convince myself that it's resting my body before the final push. Tuesday and Wednesday saw me doing the sessions in the park as per usual with the time passing extraordinary fast. Tomorrow will see me do a fitness test either at lunchtime instead of the PT session, or in the morning in the snug warmth of home. I will also have my 'after' photos and measurements taken. Tomorrow. Wow. 20 weeks sure did fly by!
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