Don't Quit!
Did you ever have one of those days where you just didn’t feel like doing this fit lifestyle crap? I know that I have. Worse, I have one and the next day it seems I have a worse one. It's one of the big reasons I can't have cheat days - they end up as cheat weeks.
I confess, it's been hard to stay focused.
Yesterday I had a day surgery for collecting biopsies. I wasn't allowed to eat for two days prior. Trust me I thought about sneaking in a few Doritos, some cheese, a sausage and bacon pizza, an egg sandwich, a donut, and some left over Chinese food - washed down with a gallon of coffee.
Why is it always about food? It's always the damn food!
The food has been my problem since I was 41. Before that it was cigarettes and drinking and kids; I have a lot of kids. ;) At 41 I went from 165-175 to 230 pounds and then to around 300. I was working on getting my own zip cade. I have struggled with my weight ever since. I put smoking and drinking behind me decades ago, many decades.
And my youngest started 8th grade yesterday and she will be on her own in a few years.
Lately it seems that I eat out more, cook less, and don't pay attention as much. I dread making lunches and snacks. Sure the scale is only a few pounds up, but it's bothering me. I am working hard to stay in the day and just live one at a time.
You certainly can't outrun a bad diet. Not even training for a marathon will do that.
Granted I have a lot going on in my personal life: with healthcare, a new job, training for Berlin and planning a wedding.
Nothing is impossible - well, for me, nothing is impossible with God.
The flip side of having a lot of stuff to deal with in life? Having a lot of ways to counter it. I put things in my life that are worth looking forward to. I purchase something small online that I need so the pile of medical bills seems smaller when I get to the mailbox. Of course I run. I register for local races, I go to art classes (I will be teaching one in October), take an occasional ride with my love, and I even get to the shooting range now and again.
Some days I just sit on the bed and enjoy some of the blessings I do have.
If quitting is not an option, then entertaining myself, visiting my kids, and being a smartass online is a positive response.
When I am doing those things, I am not eating or thinking about it.
I was going to write 10 things to help lose weight or maintain your fitness. I can only think of one.
DON'T QUIT!
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