THE OFJ WEEKLY - Week 18 Recap

Real progress. No shortcuts. One week at a time.

Author

Steve Fisher
October 13, 2025

THE WEEK THAT WAS…

Sunday, October 5 – Saturday, October 12

  • Starting weight: 251.8

  • Ending weight: 259.0

  • Change: +8.2 lbs

  • Total steps: 76,199

  • Average per day: ~10,885

  • Pushups/Sit-ups: Missed Wednesday

  • Calories: Too many — plain and simple

This one wasn’t pretty. Between the Louisville show, long days, dinners, and events, the week just got away from me. I didn’t hit my steps, didn’t stay tight on calories, and fell short of the 40-pound mark I’d been chasing.

By midweek, I knew I’d lost the rhythm — and instead of forcing it, I just let the week go. It happens.

The key is not pretending it didn’t, but learning from it. The reality is that this is part of the process. I’ve made too much progress over the past four months to let one week knock me off course.

I got a little soft, a little complacent, and a little too comfortable. But that’s fixable.

THE UPCOMING WEEK…

Sunday, October 13 – Saturday, October 19

  • Step goal: 12,000+ per day (morning walk to anchor travel days)

  • Pushups/Sit-ups: ✅ Mon–Fri

  • Calories: Stay mindful Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu

  • Planned evenings off on Friday and Saturday: Evenings out with some friends, but just skipping calories, not steps.

    This week is about one thing: resetting.

    Back to tracking. Back to walking. Back to the habits that built the progress in the first place.

    I’m heading back on the road for a few weeks — driving, visiting customers, and getting into the rhythm that usually helps me stay focused. Beth flies down Friday, and will travel with me for a couple of weeks.

    No gimmicks. No crash corrections. Just getting back to normal and rebuilding the habits that work. Falling down isn’t the problem — staying down is.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”

— Margaret Thatcher

This journey isn’t a straight line. Some weeks are clean, others are messy, and sometimes you have to fight the same battle again — and again — until you win it.

Last week was one of those battles. The weight came back fast, but so will the focus. The real win is in standing back up, dusting off, and taking the next step forward.

That’s how this works.

Until next time,

Woody - The Old Fat Jogger