johnsresolutions

Numbers Started the month at 165, tentatively hoping to see 162 before my BJJ competition. I saw 162 on the scale two days before the competition, and then again the day before, and then on the day of - 161!! I felt weird after the competition and couldn’t stop eating and within a couple days was up to 170, but then I felt more like myself after that and my eating returned to baseline and my weight quickly corrected and by the end of the month I was actually down to 162 again. For BJJ, musculation, and cardio, the goal was weekly consistency as usual, with the possibility of a deload week before the competition, and I did what I aimed to do - weekly consistency and a deload before the competition, though the intensity was definitely down a bit for a while after the competition.  I had a post about the cruising mindset this month. I want to keep working hard but my goal is maintenance of what I’ve achieved and am happy with, not pushing myself too hard to make progress. Just do the ...

Competition is a week away! Weight is on target, strength feels good, grappling feels good, cardio feels great. I was thinking. This is an idea I’ve mentioned before at some point, but it’s time to apply it to some new concepts: I need to think of myself as being in maintenance mode for all these goals, even if I’m actually still making progress. I find it’s a kind of relaxing shift. Here’s the basic concept: “I’m happy with where I’m at in terms of [fat/muscle/cardio/grappling/whatever]. I never thought I’d be at this point. I’d love to make even more progress, but even if I only ever just sustain what I’ve already achieved, I’ll still be happy. I’ll keep doing the same amount I’ve been doing, with the understanding that that will be at least enough to maintain the progress I’ve already achieved. Maybe I’ll make further progress too while doing it and that would be great, but that’s not the point for me anymore and I’m not going to push myself to achieve more or be disappointed if I’m...