Why Does This Always Have to Be a Battle?!
Posted on 6/12/2018 by dsjohndrow
I don't know about you, but even though I am not afraid of being mugged my a chocolate cake with vanilla icing (is this profiling?), this effing food thing is tough. I does not care how fit you are, or what you do; when you consume more calories than you burn, you gain weight.
This should be easy - easy after 7 years. It's not.
Most of you know that since I first logged onto MFP I became a marathoner. I have run 10 of them. The real deal, the 26.2 mile kind! I have run about 80 other distances as well as a 60-mile charity run across Massachusetts, and a near 30-miler across Rhode Island. I do love running, but it is not a weight loss program.
You cannot outrun a bad diet.
Marathons are a lot different than shorter distance races. You need to have lots of rest before and lots of recovery time after. With a 3 week taper leading up to the race and a week or two of recovery, you don't get a lot of exercise for over a month.
But you are hungry, really hungry!
The problem is that it is hard to cut down on your food intake. Well it is for me. I need to be in a highly controlled environment. That means nothing that I should consider an occasional treat can be within walking distance. I can't have left over birthday cake, chips, dips, and other types of snack foods close by.
I just can't do it!
I have to divide up portions meat, fish, chicken, and turkey when I get home from the grocery store. It's SO easy to toss the second turkey burger in when I get home from work and I am hungry. If there is more than one in a package, I will eat them all.
The good news is that when I run (the 8 or so hours after), I am a lot less hungry.
Now that the taper and recovery are over from running London, I have gained almost 4 pounds. I made lots of good food choices. I am back to running regularly. But....
What I haven't done is control portions.
One of the things I know about failing is that we give ourselves permission to do it. We make excuses. "It's only once", "it's vacation", "it's OK to start over tomorrow", "it's just a stressful time" and the hits keep on coming. In 7 years on MFP I have seen a lot of people come and go - a lot - thousands in fact!
Overeating is an enemy of mine.
The fact still remains that 55% of those who lose weight will not keep it all off, 20% will return to their previous weight and 20% or so will gain even more weight then they lost. That leaves 5% to win the championship and make a true lifestyle change.
I want to be one of them.
My failure in a nutshell... I couldn't put it better myself. Seriously. My daughter makes cookies all the time. She knows now to put them away where they're not on the counter, otherwise my hand is putting them in my mouth even though internally I am telling myself I shouldn't be eating them, they're still going in my belly... Chips, pretzels, cupcakes, a container of frosting with a spoon in it.... SMH
I used to be a very heavy smoker. It took 14 tries to stop.
And, cigarettes aren't around me constantly.
I think it just takes time, but if we persist in having that goal of being a member of the 5% we'll get there.
Even individually wrapped treats doesn't work as I told myself it would. .
I've left half a cheesecake for the next day so I'm winning. Lol
Best weight and quickest weight loss came when I had to get rid of my car. Hated doing it but it's had a plus. Still slow at a stone in a year but progress.
Willpower is such a huge issue for me.
Now I often eat 1 homemade cookie so I don't feel deprived and really enjoy it. But I know a second one would be enjoyed less so put it away and out of sight. A few days later I may want another and have room in my calories so eat another one. After a week or so, I know the remaining cookies will be stale, so toss them into the trash (which is a very empowering act).
I feel losing weight is a side effect of my permanently changed eating habits and nutrition planning and fully expect to maintain after I go from morbid obese to normal bmi.
I love the comment "I feel losing weight is a side effect of my permanently changed eating habits...." that is an outlook I am really going to get on board with! Thanks for this post
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