Desperation
I’ve been reading alot of what has been posted lately in blogs and forums, and I must ask Why are we so Desperate to lose the weight?
We didn’t gain this weight overnight, and we didn’t frantically try to lose it each day either. Then one day each of us woke up and decided that we couldn’t take it anymore……
I think part of our problem is desperation. We get all paniced and we think we must lose it quickly and be done with it. Basically we are setting ourselves up for failure.
We must stop being desperate to lose the weight. We’ve gotta start living for the moment. Live each day as if it were our last. Each morning wake up tell ourselves that today we are going to live healthy. Choose to eat right and get in more exercise that day. Don’t worry about tomorrow or 10 years from now. Worry about the here and now.
Today for me, I’m going to work at 7:30 am and I’ll be getting off of work at 4:30. I’m going to try and eat 1 egg and 3 slices of bacon for breakfast. I read somewhere that bacon actually doesn’t have many carbs in it so it’s better for you. It’s the carbohydrates that are worse for you than fat. So i’m going to be choosing my foods for a while based on the number of carbs vs. how much fat it has.
There are 3 flights of stairs in my office and I plan on getting up and down them at least 3 times today. I also plan on getting my exercise ball out in just a few minutes and putting in some time.
Once I leave work I have to work at the ball game this afternoon. Then I’m coming home and hopefully fixing a good healthy dinner.
Have a Great healthy day everyone!
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Good luck to you. Hope you eat healthy today!
Great words! Hope you have a great day!!!
You are quite right. Most people are obsessed with their weight, rather than worry about health. If we all made daily choices that were healthy, we probably wouldn’t need to lose weight. But, so be our society. We give in to our weaknesses and then, struggle to take off the weight.
My only caution about the bacon is the cholestrol. It’s not rated as good cholestrol and, over the long run, won’t be so good for you. However, you are still young so it won’t affect you now. However, there are good quality fats found in yogurt, olive oil and so on which may be healthier and provide better fuel during the day.
As for carbs, there are two kinds - complex and simple. Simple are broken down and stored into fat but complex are necessary for survival. A rule of thumb is that if it doesn’t cook for at least 20 minutes, then it’s simple. If you exercise extensively, especially run, you will need complex carbohydrates to fuel yourself. So, the carb thing is a myth but so is the fat.
The biggest thing people don’t understand is that low fat products have a high content of sugar. Sugar is a killer when it comes to weight gain and provides no nutritional value.
Nowadays, there are also low sugar products on the market but manufacturers replace the sugar with sodium (and really high amounts of it), which is really hard on blood pressure for people who are older.
I guess what I’m saying is that there is a lot of myth about food and diet. It’s best to visit a nurtionist or a doctor and ensure that your diet choices are healthy.
Cheers and happy holidays,
Everybody has their own path–the main thing is to remember that this is a life path–not a short detour into “diet land.”
Keep hanging in there–I so agree with you that we’re after the long term result, not short term.
Amen! This is exactly my new train of thought…I was that desperate person…I didn’t mean to be, but I set myself up for disappointment each and every day…all of a sudden life seems to be a little clearer now and I had an AH-HA moment—and I get it and I couldn’t have said it better myself—you’re right on the money!