Big lesson learned this week...and I'm still learning. Last week when I wrote I reported having a fairly decent week. It wasn't without its challenges but over all it was a successful week. I was doing so good and feeling so good, that I let my guard down. I feel like I have been "good" for so long...I navigated through Super Bowl without completely blowing it. I navigated through my kids baking a cake for random reasons. I navigated through my own birthday celebrations. I navigated through the emotions of my Dad's death, sinus infections, & my own kids being sick. However, I did not have the same will power navigating through Valentine's day. This holiday fell on a week when I was feeling weak. I had some false-confidence having made it through so much that I allowed myself to indulge and ended up on a very slippery slope. I ate 3/4 box of Malley's mints and 1/2 a box of chocolate covered pretzels over the course of 2 days. Yep, it was ugly.
The main lesson I learned is this: In the fight to lose weight, I can never let up. I also have to be even more firm & clear with how my family & friends can support me.
There will be times when I want to stray from what I know to be the healthy path to losing weight. I need my family & friends to know that especially in this early stage, I have to say "no" to certain things...the cupcake, the one more beer, the eating out, the routine of dessert after dinner. I feel like I can't put myself in certain situations that I used to because I know food will be involved and I'll be temped without the support to help me make the right choice. Someone once said (and I used to say this too but won't again) that "you gotta still live your life even though you are trying to lose weight." I understand the meaning behind it in that a small indulgence once in a while can't hurt and the idea that "living life" means enjoying food too. But it is really all wrong! A small indulgence can hurt me if I've not yet learned how to balance being able to stop at one small indulgence. I'll be "living life" when I am healthy (including a healthy weight). And that a good life does not have to revolve around food! When I think about it, it's a crazy thought that is not supportive. Eating these chocolate pretzels IS NOT living life. Living life is going skiing in the Alps! LOL
Thankfully, I continued to do great with my workouts. When I couldn't work out on my normal days & times, I ended up working out on a Saturday and one other occasion I did Billy Blanks boot camp video. I also continued to run 2 miles consecutive without stopping which has become my new "bar" and I did this 4 times over the past week. I plan to continue to step up the poundage used when I incorporate weights.
My regrets this week revolved around giving into eating lots of chocolate and overdoing it in terms of quantity consumed. I am fortunate that I only gained 1 pound, leaving me at 157lb to date.
I feel good today. I believe I look good & can see improvements to my body since this year began. I know what I need to do and I WANT to do it. I want to look & be fit (This, I can almost taste). This week's lesson was a necessary eye opener. Bring on a new week!
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