Getting fit can be a struggle, and I don’t just mean the struggle to find the time to exercise or prep meals. Actually, IMHO that’s not even the biggest part of the struggle. Sure, it SEEMS like it would be the biggest part, because you’re actively working when you do these things, you’re not able to do anything else while you’re exercising or chopping and sorting food for the week. But, when you think about it, that’s only maybe an hour a day (if you’re doing a longer program) during the week and maybe 2 hours on the weekend, so….let’s call it 8 hours a week where you’re actually DOING something toward your fitness, and you can’t do anything else at that time.
But what about when you make the choice NOT to do something about your fitness? You’d think you have those 8 hours BACK, right?
I’m disagreeing.
See, here’s what happened with me when I decided (for years) to ignore the fact that I wanted to lose weight, but I wasn’t doing anything about it.
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- The War Within
This is just a SHORT conversation that would go on in my head, three minutes of my day. That doesn’t seem like much, right? Well, it was MUCH. Because I’d have this conversation, or some variation of it, ALL.DAY.LONG.
* I’d get up to make breakfast and berate myself for not eating healthier.
* I’d make breakfast for the kids and berate myself for not feeding them healthier foods.
* I’d tell myself EVERY DAY that I was going to exercise that night.
* I’d stand in front of a mirror 15 times a day and examine my butt and stomach from various angles.
* I’d ask my husband at least once a day if he thought I was gaining weight. YOU CAN IMAGINE that this was not great for my marriage.
* I’d get frustrated with myself, eat a whole bag of chips and then just feel worse, if that were even possible.
* I’d starve myself at least once every few weeks and tell myself that if I just ate less, I could lose weight.
* I’d “duck walk” around the room after I put my jeans on because they didn’t fit, and I’d tell myself it was the dryer.
And you know what? I DID THIS EVERY DAY!
Let me tell you that I would much rather devote 8 hours a week to my fitness than 18 hours a day to hating myself for not making the changes I wanted to make. (I say 18 hours because I did sleep).
Working out and eating right is WAY less stressful.
Sheila
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