After the shock of finding out about my actual weight yesterday, today I am both craving a candy bar and am debating if I want to swim after work. I've been at the center three times so far this week (treadmill on Mon and Wed, pool on Tues), have to pick up my food (which can stay cold in the trunk of the car, so that's no excuse), and am tired, but that could be me justifying the fact that I am just being whiny and lazy today. I really do have the time to get everything done tonight that I need to, and swimming makes me feel good afterwards, but I'm so blah right now that the thought of expending all that energy just wears me out.
Here's the thing, if having the candy bar and/or skipping swimming will derail you long term, don't. If skipping the candy bar and/or forcing yourself to go to swimming will derail you long term, don't.
If keeping to your program is going to keep you motivated, do it. If giving yourself an indulgence so you won't feel all denied will help keep you motivated, do it. A lot of this is mental. One candy bar or one missed exercise session never made anyone fat. It's the habitual candying up, and not swimming that's gonna hurt you. Choose the thing that's going to keep you away from the bad habit.
If keeping to your program is going to keep you motivated, do it. If giving yourself an indulgence so you won't feel all denied will help keep you motivated, do it. A lot of this is mental. One candy bar or one missed exercise session never made anyone fat. It's the habitual candying up, and not swimming that's gonna hurt you. Choose the thing that's going to keep you away from the bad habit.
Such good advice. I've had to learn that skipping or indulging is also not an excuse to beat myself up or give up completely or bargain with myself.
I have been keeping Cheerios and tangerines in my desk at work specifically to keep myself from succumbing to the dread vending machines what have Cheetos and ice cream bars.
I used to get stuck on the give-up-completely track, and it's happened both when I've denied myself, and when I've "cheated" (which is a term I don't use any more, where food is concerned -- because I never pledged my troth to salads and boneless, skinless chicken).
Or, I could just wait a few minutes and see if the hunger pangs disappear.
Yep, they're gone! I'm thinking they were in my head instead of my stomach.
Yep, they're gone! I'm thinking they were in my head instead of my stomach.
You outfoxed your hunger. Very tricksy.
You know what I had for lunch that was healthy and yummy. Raw snap beans and grape tomatoes with light dressing. Snap beans are awesome.
One candy bar or one missed exercise session never made anyone fat. It's the habitual candying up, and not swimming that's gonna hurt you. Choose the thing that's going to keep you away from the bad habit.
This is such good advice. When I was on this diet back in 1999, I started "supplementing" after nine months of being really strict with it and losing 80 pounds. Two years later, I had put on all the weight I had spent that year losing, and then put on another 50-60 pounds in the four years since. All because I threw in the towel and went right back to my old eating and not-exercising habits. That's what I'm kicking myself over now.
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