I had a horrible day today (much like yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that). And I was just about to go to KFC, when I happened to glance at myself when I walked by my full-length mirror. Wearing short shorts (the ones I'd NEVER ware in public, because they actually show my legs), and WHAM! I scared myself right back onto my diet!
Were those really my legs?!?! Yikes!!
So even though I eat way too much today, I ate fast food twice, and had nothing healthy once-so-ever. I'm not going to let it stop me. I'm just not going to have anything else for the rest of the day (since its 5pm, and I have to go to bed early today, thats not gonna be hard), and I'm gonna go for a walk, and then spend some much-needed time with my handweights and ab-lounge.
Hi, I am glad you made the decision to get back on track. I were shorts all the time, I have good legs, until you get to the thigh, hips, butt, and stomach, now if I saw that in the mirror showing I probably would faint.
lol.
cheryl
Have you tried just making small changes? Maybe it's too overwhelming at this point to think about changing everything at once. The first thing I did was cut out fast food. Completely. Even stuff that could pass for healthy fast food, since going to get the healthy thing would make it way too easy to get the garbage I really wanted. Do that for a week, and you'll see how much better you feel, plus you'll have some success under your belt. Then layer on walking, cutting out easy to lose foods (like regular soda, etc.), take a closer look at your overall calories. Something along those lines. Nothing will make you feel more powerful than taking control of even the little things. Sometimes when we try to do everything at once, it's really easy to slip in one area and decide you might as well let everything else go to pot.
Another thing I did was have a long talk with myself about who I want to be and what I want my life to be like. And let me tell you, NONE of it included being fat, unhealthy, out of shape, a slave to junk food, or sitting on the sidelines because I was physically unable to participate in life.
So what do you want from life, Lalique? Who do you want to be? And what kind of effort are you going to have to put in to get there and STAY there?
I hope this isn't too heavy handed, it's just that with as many "horrible" days as you say you've had it sounds like you might need a light bulb moment. It's deeper than just not liking the way you look in those shorts. It's figuring out what you truly want out of life and uncovering why you consistently sabotage yourself by turning to food.
Mirrors can be scary sometimes. Good job on skipping KFC. It's tempting...always so tempting...but you made a good choice. Hope you enjoy(ed) your walk!
Have you tried just making small changes? Maybe it's too overwhelming at this point to think about changing everything at once. The first thing I did was cut out fast food. Completely. Even stuff that could pass for healthy fast food, since going to get the healthy thing would make it way too easy to get the garbage I really wanted. Do that for a week, and you'll see how much better you feel, plus you'll have some success under your belt. Then layer on walking, cutting out easy to lose foods (like regular soda, etc.), take a closer look at your overall calories. Something along those lines. Nothing will make you feel more powerful than taking control of even the little things. Sometimes when we try to do everything at once, it's really easy to slip in one area and decide you might as well let everything else go to pot.
Another thing I did was have a long talk with myself about who I want to be and what I want my life to be like. And let me tell you, NONE of it included being fat, unhealthy, out of shape, a slave to junk food, or sitting on the sidelines because I was physically unable to participate in life.
So what do you want from life, Lalique? Who do you want to be? And what kind of effort are you going to have to put in to get there and STAY there?
I hope this isn't too heavy handed, it's just that with as many "horrible" days as you say you've had it sounds like you might need a light bulb moment. It's deeper than just not liking the way you look in those shorts. It's figuring out what you truly want out of life and uncovering why you consistently sabotage yourself by turning to food.
Take care of yourself!!
I have been trying to make those small changes just as you said. After I discovered that changing everything at once wasn't going to happen. Still seem to be having a hard time. I seem to fall into a pattern. I eat something I shouldn't of so therefore I think the whole day is ruined, and I continue to eat what I shouldn't, and not do any exercise. I just have to get out of that mind set. Even though I may have a "flub" once in a while, it shouldn't stop me from doing my exercise, or saying no to the next unhealthy food...
What I really want is to be healthy, skinnier, in turn looking/feeling better, so I can do the things in life I've always wanted to.
Eek! I scared myself back on track.
