Well, I knew that keeping up with a blog was not going to be easy. Adding one more thing into an already busy schedule...
Mission 2 of 52 Weight Loss Missions is to take a reality check. The point that stood out to me in this was that "I couldn't lose weight by having it as a background goal. I had to make it a focus. I had to invest time. I had to get serious."
It is certainly true that I have fantasized about having the weight magically come off. I'd imagine just riding bikes with my kids more, and going to zumba more, and the next thing I know, I'm dropping pant sizes! It's a nice fantasy, isn't it? And really, that's how it happened for me in junior high, when I went from being a chubby kid to a slim teenager. I took a dance class, got a growth spurt, and the next thing I realized, I was slim. But that is just not going to happen to me now. I'm 30+. I'm so busy that fitting in the basic exercise is an effort, not to mention all those extras I think about doing. And it's all too easy to eat foods that are overindulgent; the effort is in finding food that is lean and nutritious. I can't have this as a background goal, or I will, in my preoccupation with the many other activities in my life, just go for what's easiest.
Which explains the latter half of last week, when I fell off the wagon. Today is the start of a new week, and hopefully getting back on track.
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