Commit to working harder on my abdominal muscles

Alright. So I don’t write this while I sit here with a 6-pack stomach. Instead I sit here as an active participant in my own life and aware of the increase in [core] strength and physical symmetry that I am creating with my sticktoituitive-ness.

In a couple of months I’ll post some side-by-side comparison shots. I’ve lost 25 lbs over the last 3 months and I have roughly 20 more to go. With the work I’m putting in I should really see things start poppin’ over the next 6 months.

Boo-yeah.

Soooooo….

I never worked very much on this and if I think really hard about it I don’t recall any point in my life during which I worked very hard on my abdominal muscles specifically… even when I weighed a considerable amount less because of other working out.

Recently I’ve employed the assistance of a personal trainer and in laying out my [end-result] goals to him I am forced to work on said abdominal muscles. The good thing is that he shows me more than crunches and I love an option.

We shall see.

I’m going to insert an excuse here:

Please refer to my recent entry on goal “Move Out of My Grandmother’s House”.

I got wrapped up and preoccupied with taking care of my grandmother following her last surgery that the gym took a back seat, not health, just the gym.

Now, thankfully, things are improving and I’ve been back in the gym for a couple of weeks doing what ultimately needs to be had: creating balance.

For about a month, prior to my grandmother’s surgery, I was going to the gym and only doing interval cardio and abs. I’ve still got too much fat around the gut for anything to “pop” regardless how much I’m working my abs out. So, hopefully in the next few months I’ll start seeing some serious results…

[Beginning] this week I’ve finally made it back to gym in a structured capacity.

I am focusing on targeting and tightening my core during my circuit workout or my running.

Soon to come? Responsibly integrated Pilates [again].

So, as far as this goal is concerned to say I’ve been lax would be far, far too forgiving.

I’m well aware of and making no excuses for my behaviors contributing to the actual further [seeming] deterioration of my midsection.

Part of my problem is that I ruin myself in my perfectionist goals and am defeated, by my own hands, far before I even begin.

Does that count as an excuse or am I allowed to attribute this as necessary transparency to ultimately create me actively mindful and proactive in exercise?

Dear Visceral Fat:

I must bid adieu to my muffin top of a mid-section by means of a sincere commitment to parting ways with you.
I work out hard and feed my body in a way which should promote healing and progress, but instead of treating my abdominal muscles as targeted because they are being worked as a secondary muscle, I must work them directly.

Dear Hidden Lovlies:

Better known as my solid core. I’m coming for you… fret not.