Day 14 - Feeling good, but that scale awaits...

Last day of summer really. I know not officially, but tomorrow the regular routine begins again.

I'm not all that different from a school kid tonight. This past week I have been on vacation, relaxed, doing lots of fun things, all outside my normal routine.

On the one hand tomorrow marks the end of that, back to work, back to the stress of deadlines, projects, back to waking up early and braving traffic.

On the other hand tomorrow also marks the return of familiar patterns, routine. When you're trying to make a lifestyle change like I am, routine is your friend.

This past week I've kept a nice routine with working out. I've not shied away from putting the work in. But to be honest my food, especially the last few days has been a bit sloppy. Being away from routine will do that. Its too easy to grab an extra snack. I'm on vacation and I'll take a drink or two, eat a few things I shouldn't.

Now in the past I would have had quite the feeding frenzy over the last few days, this is nothing like that. This is more normal small indulgences. That said, it still has an effect.

Tomorrow, aside from being the first day back to the routine, also marks my return to the scale. I am not going to be at all surprised to step on it and find no decrease or even a slight up tick.

Will I be disappointed? Sure, a little. Will I say to hell with it and take a giant leap backwards?

I will not.

I'm 14 days into a 100 day start to the rest of my life. I do not expect this to be a perfectly smooth journey. No one should, whatever you are trying to do in your life, success looks nothing like a straight line. If Michael Jordan can get cut from his High School basketball team, I can handle a minor setback on my trek to health.

Tomorrow, no matter what it says, I will blog about it, I will workout, I will re-enter my routines.

What I won't do is look at the scale and say I failed. I said a couple weeks ago, this is not just about weight loss. This is about a long term change. This is about a lot of things.

Tomorrow is one measure, 15 days later at the 30 day mark is a whole bunch of measures.

But the real measure is at Day 100. And it won't be in inches, pounds, or a personal best time at something. It will be in how I feel, how consistent I was, and how many of you I have inspired.

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