Excuses.
That is the only word you need to know, excuses. I have plenty of them. I am tired. I don't have enough time. I'm to hungry. I don't feel like cooking. I don't feel like running.
Over all, I am just lazy. I am a fat lazy dummy who thinks that sitting on the couch eating some potato chips is better for me than getting up and running for a 1/2 hour. Losing weight is tough, but getting started is even harder. Not only do you have to change EVERYTHING about you, you have to fight the old you in order to do it. Once you get used to the new you, it is a little easier (in my opinion anyway).
I am used to eating whatever I want, whenever I want and pretty much doing it while sitting on my butt for hours upon hours. In order to lose weight, I have limit what I can eat, when I can eat it and quite frankly, I shouldn't do it sitting down... get what I am saying?
Not only do I have change what I eat, I have to change WHERE I eat. Have you read that when you eat a certain location, your body starts to associate that location with food? For example, when I was in high school, I would eat in my bedroom... needless to say, I would always get hungry when I was in there. Now, I eat in my living room on the couch in front of the TV. Since I spend most of the time in the living room, when I am sitting there, I just seem to be hungry ALL the time.
Now, I have dining room with a table and chairs so there is NO reason why I have to eat in the living room. This is going to change.
When I am at work, I really should switch to eating in the break-room instead of at my desk because I do find that I eat more than I really should. But that is something that I will deal with at a later time.
I am all about baby steps. I am done jumping right into everything because I am failing, majorly. Taking little steps to the bigger picture. Changing this here, and this there. It will be slower, but it will get me to where I want to be.
March Goals
- Eat at the dining room table for all meals I am home for.
- Eat 2-3 servings of veggies (at least).
- Eat 1-2 servings of fruits (at least).
- Exercise for at least 30 minutes, 3 days a week.
Sounds easy right? Wrong. This is a HUGE change for me even though they are baby steps. But it all adds up to the bigger picture, a more healthier me. I will start today. No excuses. If I can't get do my C25K program tonight, then I need to do some other type of cardio workout at home, no if's, and's or but's.
I will check back in soon!
