I’m not a fool. I’ve never wanted to be one or make other’s feel like one. So, no jokes from me. Just truth.
April started off great here! Despite having this cold I decided to go for a walk and knocked out three miles. I didn’t feel better afterwards but I was happy to have started on my 25x25x25 challenge for the month.
In Janetha’s latest post she mentioned how hard it is to get back on track and once you fall out of good habits getting back into them is hard. I so agree.
Somewhere in the last week I got out of my good habits. I forgot about the wedding diet. My long term goals slipped from my mind and cupcakes and other things took over.
It started last weekend when I reintroduced gluten/wheat to my diet. Things quickly spun out of control for a few days and I’ve been trying to regain control since then. Part of it is being sick because when I’m sick certain foods I normally eat (er, vegetables) sound horrible to me and I just can’t eat them. So I’ve been on a carb & sugar fest for the last few days that is not good for my goals and it’s not making my body feel good. This week has been rough.
It’s so hard to get back on track sometimes. I’ve been promising myself for the last few days that I’ll stop. I’ll go back to eating healthy salads for lunch and cut back/out the gluten. I know it will make me feel 100% better overall but I’m struggling to get back into the swing of things yet. I’m still clinging to the excuse that I’m sick. And yes, at this point it’s just an excuse.
I don’t need excuses, I need action. I need to get back on track. I’ve not mad much progress with the wedding diet in 2 months so I need to use April to my advantage and make some major progress. Like lose 10 pounds get under 200 finally progress.
What can I do to make that happen? What are the things that make me feel healthiest/best about myself? What things do I want to be doing right now that I’m not?
- Exercise every day. Even if it’s just walking for 30 minutes. I started this finally yesterday even though I didn’t want to do it.
- Drink enough water. My throat has been hurting so this has suffered a lot this week. It’s hard for me to swallow so I’ve been avoiding water. That then makes me get dehydrated and I make bad food choices. I want to drink 4 water bottles worth of water, which would be close to 100 oz a day.
- Eat fruits and vegetables. I feel better when I eat lots of these. Doesn’t everyone? My goal is at least 5 servings a day of either.
- Track my calories on Daily Burn. I tend to let a more things slide when I’m not tracking calories. And I tend to start the day tracking and then quit later on which leads to calorie destruction. So I want to track my calories every day for the next week and be accountable for doing this, meaning I will post them. Also, get back to tracking on my food blog. I’ve been slacking even though I know it can help me make better choices.
- Take my vitamins daily. I tend to get low on iron often and need to take vitamins. But have I? Nope. I need to get back on this.
- Say no to sugar. I use being sick as an excuse, obviously. Did I need ice cream two days in a row because it made my throat feel better? No. Just an excuse. I need to stop them and say no to sugar.
I was doing these things just a week ago! And I felt great! I felt better than ever really. Then I reintroduced gluten, felt bad, caught a cold, and everything fell apart. But I’m not letting it go any further than this week. These things are all coming back.
I was watching Shedding for the Wedding last night and it just reminded me of my goals for the wedding. That and I counted down to the wedding and realized it is a little more than 6 months away. Time really flies and I can’t believe we’ve only got six months left. I need to stop letting things fall apart and instead actually work to achieve my goals. Even if I’m scared (which I am) or convinced I can’t do it (which I am) or unsure that I can stick to it (which I am) . Whatever. I just need to do it. I’m not a fool.
Do you like April Fool’s jokes? Did you play one this year? What’s the best one you saw?
How do you get back on track after being sick or going off plan?
It is certainly not easy to get back on track after a slip up. I had a bad month and my pain got the best of me. I turn to food to comfort me and after seeing 7 lbs creep back on I had to say ENOUGH! :-/ I went back to the basics of the Weight Watcher plan because that is what works best for me. I try to limit my carbs- if I know dinner will be heavy on the carbs, I make sure breakfast & lunch is lighter. Planning for myself that way helps. :) oh and I lost 2.6 this week! :)
Hope you start feeling better soon! You’ve been sick a lot since you moved! :(
Great job TJ! I totally understand the food as comfort thing. It’s good that you’ve taken control now before letting it get worse. Smart decision!
Yeah I have been sick a lot. It’s been frustrating. :(
I am thinking of trying something that sounds so simple,but I really ahve never done,but I am FED UP with my weight.
Thinking of trying a “small portions” method.Yup, just continue to try and eat healthy,but whatever it is i am going to eat to try and cut down the size portion by a LOT. I eat too much and exercise too little.I wille at healthy meals mostly,but just way too big portions or seconds….
I have even google “small portions diet” and come up with some helpful hints.
for example here is one-
http://www.livestrong.com/article/291825-a-small-portions-diet/
I know exactly what you mean … I’ve been waffling between high-carb and low-carb days for the last week or so and I feel much better on low-carb days.
As for good April Fool’s jokes, our paper runs a good one every year. Here’s this year’s:
http://www.azdailysun.com/news/local/article_dfc8eb4c-8ec0-561e-b6fe-1c8b45d342a5.html
The comments are almost as funny as the story itself.
I hate (and that’s a word I don’t use often) April Fool’s Day. So silly!
You’re right, half of the things we tell ourselves are just excuses. As much as I believe that we need to be patient with ourselves, we also need to make sure that we’re not just indulging our bad habits. I equate it with parenting – there’s a difference between being patient with a toddler and being permissive. The first one is teaching him, the second one is spoiling him. We are no different. We get so bogged down in our excuses and justifications that we end up going nowhere.
I want to be under 220 pounds by the end of the year. For me that means consistency. I had a good day yesterday. It was hard, but I did it. Nothing motivates like success, so today I am committed to having another good day.
We can do this!
It’s pretty black and white with me. When I lost my weight, I stayed on plan and never fell of because I knew I couldn’t . When I do something I do it obsessively when I lose interest I can’t even force myself. So, falling off plan was always a dooms day for me. So hard to get back into it. I always found it helpful to re-evaluate my motivations and goals though – that seemed to help some!
Hi Mary :) Those cupcakes look so yammi. I have been going on and off with my diet as well. But I usually try to cheat by eating delicious protein bars that taste like candy. What I figured out about fitness in general, is once you get in shape you just have to maintain it. It took me a few years to change my metabolism, because before it wasn’t really fast. But after 2 years working really hard at it, I am at a point that even if I cheat or skip working out for a week, I still look pretty much the same. But it wasn’t always like that, before I use to eat something sweet and gain weight almost right away. But ever since I dedicated my self completely for 2 years without cheating and constantly working out, it’s finally payed off.
Yesterday I got an april fool’s joke, and It kind of got me mad because it wasn’t a very funny one, and it was the same joke from two of my friends. I don’t like jokes like that because i get upset and worked up right away.
thanks for reminding me i forgot to take my vitamin! :) i like reading april fools jokes online but i dont like doing them or having them done…theyre usually kind of annoying so luckily no one did one to me this year! :)