After meeting 2 of the Gaelic lads yesterday for hill sprints I realised I’m not alone in this and it could be happening to a lot of people
One of the lads mentioned that he is close to hitting 79kgs for the first time in his life
For the past few years I have hung about the 85kg mark
When taking a lot of classes and/ or playing football I might come down to 84kg
When there’s no football and/ or not many sessions being took I might creep up to the low 86kgs
But I can never remember a time when I hit 87kgs
and the past few days this week I have been on the brink of it
^^^^^ Scary
So I was having a moan with Lorraine and decided to make some changes
When taking sessions or playing football my steps could be anywhere from 15000- 30000 or more
and obviously you have the high intensity of the football as well in there
so then on my days off hitting 10000 steps is just to keep me moving
whereas now I’m not getting those really big activity days (even though I’m working out 6 days a week) so I’ll have to balance it out someway
One way is to get closer to 15’000 with my steps
If this weather stays good that will be much easier as I have stuff to do outside
The other is too watch my calories
Over the Easter wkend motivation hit a bit of a low as “normality” seems as far away as ever
Going by social media I don’t think I was alone in this
So after the beers on Saturday and the extra chocolate over the wkend I am hanging perilously over the cliff of 87kgs
It will be an anxious step on the scales for the next few weeks now
Not that it will be the end of the world either but it’s definitely a little kick to have some manners
So yesterday morning I got up I was 85.8kgs so my work has helped so far and I might keep doing that until I have a 84kg morning
Now you may be think
“But Dutchy, you guys always go on about how the scales don’t matter and we shouldn’t stress over them”
and that is still correct
I’m far from stressing
I just know I need to give myself a kick in the arse
And when other lads are noticing it happening to them then it’s important that people realise they arn’t the only one
and it’s also important to realise that this “Keeping fit and in shape” game is full of highs and lows
we all go through them and adjust things on the fly
So I hope you are training away and not hitting “Historic Highs” like myself
But if you need any help or want to join our at home workouts just shoot me a message here
Think Big And Kick Ass
Darragh
