One of the biggest hurdles people face when they diet or start exercising, or basically make any life change is how to balance that with the competing interests of… I don’t know… work, family, social life, etc. Personally, I not only work full time, I also am a part time student finishing my MBA and I’m also a single parent. Luckily, the kiddo is basically old enough to get himself around town without much interference needed, but I also have to consider that.
What I’ve found is that you make the time. I don’t watch as much TV or movies or read Facebook as much, because I feel like blogging is important. I trade off nights out for long walks or yoga. Is it hard to make these changes? YES! Does it happen all in one day? NO. Do I and others like me fall off the wagon from time to time? Certainly.
Take last night for example. I wanted a Dr. Pepper. Usually I don’t even drink pop, and I am allowed 2 diet sodas a day on my plan. But I didn’t want DIET Dr. Pepper. I wanted regular Dr. Pepper. So as I kept ruminating about it all day, I finally made a deal with myself. “Drink the dang pop… but only drink 8 ounces.” And sure enough, that did it. It satiated me and kept me from going overboard. And I think we all have those moments. Even my most physically fit and healthy of friends have a beer once in a while, or have that elusive piece of chocolate cake. That is what makes us humans. We have needs.
So what will I do next time? Well, aside from hope there isn’t a next time, I ate really clean today as usual and drank some extra water. I’m going to bed early and starting over fresh in the morning. I do have to weigh in at some point tomorrow, after all. And, my friends, the scale doesn’t lie.
Yours in good health, Meg 🙂
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