After a week…

So it’s been a week since I flew from Japan, and a heck of a week at that.  The jet lag recovery was massively difficult and stretched all the way through Thursday.  Pushing through to get the workout done was certainly in the category of ‘grim enthusiasm.’  Combine that with trying to navigate a method of being a cheerleader for my wife as well as reconstructing my dietary habits.

The trip was amazing and I wouldn’t trade the time I got to spend with Patrick in the midst of the PCP training.  That said, it’s really been a shock to my routine on so many fronts that I wonder a bit if I’m going to get quite everything I had hoped for.  I had a great conversation with Patrick about ectomorphs, those with my body type, and how my body works with a program like this.  I don’t remember vast amounts (I have such a terrible memory), but I do remember him mentioning that my measurements (biceps, chest, etc) weren’t really going to change.  I suppose that’s fine, so long as I the definition I’m forming becomes clear to those that don’t have to see me half-naked. 

I’ve thought a bit about the idea of new clothes and my thinking has certainly been influenced by the trip to Japan.  In Tokyo you see so many guys in these great looking suits – well cut, fitted nicely – and it makes me want to get one.  However… there isn’t much reason for me to have one!  It’d be pretty counter to my “have only what I need,” philosophy that I committed to a few months ago because this suit would just hang in the closet waiting for the perhaps one occasion a year to wear it!

So… grim enthusiasm FTW.  JFD cookie monsters… JFD indeed.