Right. This is it. The gloves are off!!! or are they on ? Who knows !!! LOL
What I’m trying to say is I really need to get stuck in and have a good week. I need to be above average, to really try harder. I need a loss this week. I need to get back on track but I’m also wary of building myself up and then letting myself down. I most definitely know the scale isn’t the be all and end all but I still need to measure my progress or lack thereof. If I don’t I know I will fool myself into thinking everything is all right while all the while my jeans get
tighter and tighter. Long term though I do intend to dump it once and for all. I’m just not quite there yet.
So my plan this week?
Well for starters no scale visits allowed apart from with my trainer and my own weekly weigh in for this blog. Other than that I vow not to step on the scales or…… (and this is just coming to me right now) maybe I should make my training weigh-in the official one and be done with my own personal weigh in? One scale visit a week only ??? and that would be outside of my home so my own scale could go in the attic or somewhere equally as difficult to get to? The dump ?!?
Hmmmm I’ll have to mull that idea over.
Anyways back to the planning……
Secondly I’m cutting back on the processed carbs, sugar and alcohol. I try to cut them back anyway but lately I’ve been overdoing it and they just do not agree with me. My exercise is really good these days and I find I’m doing something nearly ever day. It may not be intense each time but that’s ok. I just try to get out and move every day at the very least with probably 3 intense 30 or 60 min workouts per week. However I feel I’ve been totally wasting this effort by the crap I’ve been putting in my mouth. It angers me so much too. I just want to jump out of my body, give myself a good shake and say “What are you doing?! You know what to do, you can do it but yet you don’t! Wake up and take control of your life!”.
So today I’m trying to do that… I’m just taking baby steps and most definitely trying not to think too far ahead. I’m going to try to focus on all the positive things I’m doing and remind myself that when I eat crap I feel like crap. Maybe I should just start to write that on post-its and stick them all over the house?!?! and the car… and work…. and my in-laws house… and my friends houses…. and the supermarket and……. um that might be taking it a teeny weeny bit too far eh 🙂
To end here’s yet another quote that makes me stop, think and re-evaluate:
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination ~ Jimmy Dean
Love that quote 🙂 It’s exactly right…changing your perspective is the key to most issues.
Focusing on how you feel after eating “crap” I think is a great idea. And, the scale…if you use it as a tool linstead of obsession I think you’ll find this all easier. It’s hard, but it’s really just a number and just a tool!
You can do this!
Baby steps are great – just take that first step now & you’ll be well on your way.
Losing the scale, for me, is somewhat freeing. I missed (a little) my weigh in this week, but at the same time *not* having a scale to hold me accountable made me look harder at things like my food/beverage/exercise.
Lose (or cut back) on those extras & you’ll see the pounds melt away with all that fabulous exercise you’re doing. Plus, you’ll feel great!