CRASH AND BURN!
For those of you who thoughtfully wrote to congratulate me on my resisting the temptation to snack inappropriately while alone at the cabin…not so fast! It turns out that I was better at resisting temptation alone than I am with a crowd. I ate a terribly unhealthy breakfast this morning, then pledged to eat smart the rest of the day. Then came lunch…failed! Then came cookies and milk…failed miserably! And now do I feel like exercising? Not in a million years! The cruddy, sluggish feeling that has overtaken me is akin to the way drunks feel after an all night binge at the bar. Basically, I have eaten myself right into yet another “fat-guy-hangover”! Question: Why do people get drunk and party all night when they know they’re going to feel like dog crap all the next day? Answer: I don’t know, but we fat people do the exact same thing—our drink of choice…Syrup-N-Grease!
Resolution: I’m going to pry my grease-drunk butt off this chair and do some physical activity even though it feels like the last thing in the world I would ever want to do. At least I might be able to get the crud flowing in the right direction.
I hate to come on line and post about days like today, but for those of you laboring under the delusion that this is magically easy for me, and unexplainably harder for you…now you know! This is war! We’re all in the trenches together and the enemy’s shells are raining down on me as well as you. But we can’t stop! Bad nutrition days are still in my future but they are going to become fewer and farther in-between! Right now is a new hour and tomorrow is a new day and I am swearing to you that I will make it great; that I will eat the right things and do the right kinds of activities.
Please hold me to it!!! If you read my blog tomorrow and don’t feel that I toed-the-line, I expect (NEED) to hear from you! If you feel like coming down hard on me today…I wish you would. Even if you’ve just had a lousy day and want to take it out on me…do it! At least your frustration will be taken out on a guy who needs his butt kicked more often than he’s getting it! Oh, and thank you in advance for kicking my trash!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Thank you for sharing the bad days as well as the good. Because this has to be a life-long change, I've made Sunday my "free day"... I still try to eat responsibly, but I had some delicious cheesecake my daughter made last night, and I don't exercise on Sundays. Don't know if this is your answer, but I feel good about it. Just get back on the horse:)
ReplyDeleteThe hangover is your punishment. And the difficulty of starting over as well. I think starting over is worse than just keeping things going. The torture is that after you've binged, there is more temptation--it would be so easy just to quit, and we often rationalize and keep the binge going a little longer and a little longer, kind of like you did today.
ReplyDeleteI have had so many junk food hangovers that I am to the point where many times I can look at it and say, "I know I won't feel good if I eat that, and the enjoyment only lasts until I swallow, so it's not worth it."
Brent, don't give up what you want most for what you want right now. Temporary pleasure is just that...temporary. (Am I kicking your behind hard enough?)
By the way, it was so good to see you and your mom tonight! I am eight days vegan today, but not all raw. I've lost 15 since December 8th. Still need to up the exercise, but I did do it today.
Hey Brent, are you up for a competition? I need to drop 20lbs and I am having a difficult time getting motivated. I would like to compete against you on your next twenty pounds. If your interested let me know. It is much easier to loose weight when something in on the line. And you know me, I love competition. Are you in? We can discuss the terms anytime. Don't be chicken. I know you Juab boys are used to running from us Millard boys but I think you will be up for the task. As you can tell i am trying to provoke you a little.
ReplyDeleteLadies, thanks for the posts!
ReplyDeleteRyan, be glad that I didn't address you as one of the ladies as well!!! Bring it chicken!!!
Tell me what you want to wager (non monetary due to the fact that I am broke) and it is on! I guess it can just be for bragging rights as well. Don't get your hopes up on winning becuase I never loose. I will weigh in Friday morning and tell you what my start weight is and from there it will be the first one to drop 20lbs. I will also need to know your start weight for the 20lb challenge as well. Good Luck!
ReplyDelete