Bacon Wrapped Truth
They say that if you wrap something in Bacon it is ALWAYS better. Tonight I'll try that with truth seeing how it is already pretty hard to swallow.
The truth is that I was a big ol' slacker last week. I kept to my workout routine while on my business trip but I didn't on the days I was home or yesterday when I worked from home. It sounds an awful lot like an excuse by work is kicking my ass right now. We are short staffed and it is the worst time of year to only have a skeleton crew in our department. I've been doing this since the end of August and it is starting to catch up with me. The result? I don't workout, I don't write my blog, and I slow the progress I've worked so hard to continue. I was just exhausted and not writing was the sacrifice I made to recuperate.
This morning I am back in business though. I started the day off watching the sun rise on my walk. When I returned from my walk to a news story about how about an hour of exercise a day is perfect to ward off heart disease, breast cancer and becoming a slug. This was a small sign from the universe that I am on the right path. When I started this journey, I remember thinking "imagine how much closer to your goal you'd be if you had just stuck with it." That is all I kept thinking again when I didn't write last week or get my workout in. Luckily the habits that I've changed in my diet have kept me from sliding backward fast. It was just a hiccup.
I think I'm not alone though. If I had kids or any one of 1000 other factors that make it hard for people to carve out an hour a day to work out, I would be in a lot worse shape than I am now. I don't have it that bad and I am lucky to be able to carve out an hour to spend making myself a healthier person. For that fact alone, I should keep going.
In my blog absence I also thought a lot about dieting and food choices. I've been losing weight but it feels like it isn't coming off fast enough. I know I need patience because it doesn't happen over night but I think there are things I could be doing to help it go a little faster. I am coming close to the 20lbs mark and it doesn't feel much different. I don't notice my pants are falling down or anything and I feel like I am relatively the same size. I think this is why a lot of people can't fall off the chip truck.* You feel like you're working so hard and have nothing to show for it. It makes getting up early, making sacrifices, and skipping desert seem like it isn't really worth it. If it doesn't feel worth it, you won't do it.
I did go back and read some of my blog entries while I wasn't writing and I have to say that it did help me remember why it is worth it to me. I have about 40lbs left to go and there is no way I won't feel different then. I think of it this way: it is like the present that got lost behind the tree that you don't find until Mom rearranges the living room in February. Delayed gratification.
I also heard a really great story on Snap Judgement that helped me put things back into perspective. The story is by Caitlin Gill and was recorded Live at Snap Live in Ann Arbor.
She talks about being a big kid and how getting hit by a van can do wonders for a girls self-image. While I don't think I'll be following in her footsteps, she said something that really inspired me. She said that you have to learn how to see yourself as beautiful. For her it was how much she hated her body until it was broken and then how much she wished to have it back it was the day before. I stopped treating my body like it was a prison years ago but I think I've ignored it for too long. I've ignored it like that good-looking boy that you can't believe likes you even though he doesn't have a job, is using you, and treats you like crap. This is the point where, if my body were a boy, I'd dump his ass for one just as good-looking but has some merits beyond what you see at first glance.
<3 Katie
Day 127
194lbs (Ben Certified)
Feeling liberated
* I feel that it makes a lot of sense to call losing weight falling off the chip truck instead of the wagon because wagons don't make you fat. Chips do.
The truth is that I was a big ol' slacker last week. I kept to my workout routine while on my business trip but I didn't on the days I was home or yesterday when I worked from home. It sounds an awful lot like an excuse by work is kicking my ass right now. We are short staffed and it is the worst time of year to only have a skeleton crew in our department. I've been doing this since the end of August and it is starting to catch up with me. The result? I don't workout, I don't write my blog, and I slow the progress I've worked so hard to continue. I was just exhausted and not writing was the sacrifice I made to recuperate.
This morning I am back in business though. I started the day off watching the sun rise on my walk. When I returned from my walk to a news story about how about an hour of exercise a day is perfect to ward off heart disease, breast cancer and becoming a slug. This was a small sign from the universe that I am on the right path. When I started this journey, I remember thinking "imagine how much closer to your goal you'd be if you had just stuck with it." That is all I kept thinking again when I didn't write last week or get my workout in. Luckily the habits that I've changed in my diet have kept me from sliding backward fast. It was just a hiccup.
I think I'm not alone though. If I had kids or any one of 1000 other factors that make it hard for people to carve out an hour a day to work out, I would be in a lot worse shape than I am now. I don't have it that bad and I am lucky to be able to carve out an hour to spend making myself a healthier person. For that fact alone, I should keep going.
In my blog absence I also thought a lot about dieting and food choices. I've been losing weight but it feels like it isn't coming off fast enough. I know I need patience because it doesn't happen over night but I think there are things I could be doing to help it go a little faster. I am coming close to the 20lbs mark and it doesn't feel much different. I don't notice my pants are falling down or anything and I feel like I am relatively the same size. I think this is why a lot of people can't fall off the chip truck.* You feel like you're working so hard and have nothing to show for it. It makes getting up early, making sacrifices, and skipping desert seem like it isn't really worth it. If it doesn't feel worth it, you won't do it.
I did go back and read some of my blog entries while I wasn't writing and I have to say that it did help me remember why it is worth it to me. I have about 40lbs left to go and there is no way I won't feel different then. I think of it this way: it is like the present that got lost behind the tree that you don't find until Mom rearranges the living room in February. Delayed gratification.
I also heard a really great story on Snap Judgement that helped me put things back into perspective. The story is by Caitlin Gill and was recorded Live at Snap Live in Ann Arbor.She talks about being a big kid and how getting hit by a van can do wonders for a girls self-image. While I don't think I'll be following in her footsteps, she said something that really inspired me. She said that you have to learn how to see yourself as beautiful. For her it was how much she hated her body until it was broken and then how much she wished to have it back it was the day before. I stopped treating my body like it was a prison years ago but I think I've ignored it for too long. I've ignored it like that good-looking boy that you can't believe likes you even though he doesn't have a job, is using you, and treats you like crap. This is the point where, if my body were a boy, I'd dump his ass for one just as good-looking but has some merits beyond what you see at first glance.
<3 Katie
Day 127
194lbs (Ben Certified)
Feeling liberated
* I feel that it makes a lot of sense to call losing weight falling off the chip truck instead of the wagon because wagons don't make you fat. Chips do.
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