Learning a Lesson vs Learning the Ropes
Comments(2) So, I learned a lesson this week. I mean I already knew, but it was really driven home to me when I got on the scale this morning. FAST FOOD IS NO GOOD. I lost 3 lbs this week and I had to stop and think about what I had done this week as opposed to the last 3 weeks when I either gained or maintained. I worked out, I tried to eat breakfast, I still can’t manage to remember to drink water, so what was it? Then it hit me, …MCDONALD’S. Now, I can’t lie and say that I didn’t have McDonald’s this week, or any other fast food, because I hit the trifecta: Mickey D’s, Pizza and Chinese/Japanese. However, instead of burgers, I had chicken. Instead of 2 slices and a coke, I had 1 slice, a bottle of water and a fruit cup, and instead of chicken wings w/ fries or general tso’s I had tempura and singapore mei fun. Now, I am not listing all this food to make anyone hungry or to tempt you to fall off the wagon, but to keep it real. This is a drastic reduction of the way I have been eating for the last 3 weeks. And every time I got on the scale, I got depressed and say forget it, this can’t happen and I would just eat more. I didn’t actively try and cut back this week, it just happened. (I mean its TOM time, so I fully expected to have gained more weight due to bloating.) What I am trying to say is this: How much more weight could I have lost if I hadn’t had any fast food, if I had drank 8 glasses of water a day, and squeezed in one workout between Monday and Saturday? So, I have learned a lesson, but how do I learn the ropes? How do I learn to stay focused, to stay goal oriented, to keep my eye on the prize? I have lost a lot of weight in the last 11 months, unfortunately, I haven’t been able to keep it off. I look at my 19 lbs, and wonder can I ever hit my next mini goal, much less my goal. My biggest weight losses have only come when I put the rest of my life on the backburner, but I can’t do that. I have a job, which takes a lot out of me. Working out takes a lot out of me. Cooking and planning meals takes a lot of time. Yet, I don’t want to waste a lot of time by saying, “Well, I’ll get really serious this summer.” I’ve been doing that my whole life and getting bigger every year. Well, that’s all I have to say. Here’s to hoping I can figure this out.
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