Commit To Fit!

Does anyone else start evvveeerrrryyy Moooonday morning with, “today I’m going to start my diet.” “this week I’m going to lose two pounds,”  “this week I’m going to start exercising,” to only fail miserably at it week after week, after week?  I go through my weeks torturing myself over M&M’s, cookies, portions to the size that are meant for a linebacker, ice cream cones (damn you Schwan’s man, just go away!)  Come on ladies, isn’t there a less stressful, less painful way to go about these simple goals?  I mean, I’m not trying to train for the Olympics here!  I’m just trying to peel my ass off of the couch and go for a jog.  I’ve been putting some heavy thinking into my failures at this dieting gig.  Why is it so hard?  Why can’t I just do it?  I’ll feel so much better about myself if I just do it!  I’m not alone here, right?  I’ve concluded that I’m over-thinking, over-analyzing, over-stressing, obviously over-eating, and under-doing.  So here is my new approach to this vicious cycle, I’m putting a ban on that nasty word…..diet.  I’m not going to make each week a diet, I’m going to make a better lifestyle and make smart/realistic choices.  Going for a 30-45 minute walk/run 3 or 4 times a week, that’s realistic.  Instead of hardly taking the time to sit my purse down before my face is in the fridge after work, how about I go change into work out clothes or take Harley out to play?   This way I haven’t already disappointed myself with a priming session for supper.  This reminds me of a pop-art coaster I have that is a picture of two women with their glasses in the air toasting “I suggest we drink before we go out drinking!”  Instead in my case it’s “I suggest I eat before I eat!”  I know what my body needs and what it doesn’t.  Some days I may feel like my body does need that peanut butter cookie, well damnit I’m going to have one.  But I’m not going to have three more after that.  And then have another one the next day.  That is where those pounds like to sneak up on a person!  Don’t deprive yourself of anything your body wants.  This is when you find yourself at ten o’clock at night eating an entire bag of Cheetoh’s or a carton of chocolate brownie fudge ice cream, mmmmm…Snap out of it!  Portion, portion, portion!  I think this is key.  Am I going to get as much gratification from that 30^th Cheetoh as I did the fifth or sixth?  Probably not, so quit eating them!  So this is going to be my new diet, oops I mean lifestyle. ;)  I think I’ve heard it takes two months to make or break a habit?  Well with the holidays literally right around the corner it’s important I take this serious.  The way our vendors bring us food at work, you would think we all worked at the dang food pantry.  So be strong ladies!  Know when enough is enough, or even better know when to just stay away.  I hope my little self pep talk can help pep anyone else who is looking for some motivation to better their lifestyle.  And remember, nothing tastes as good as feeling skinny, HA!  Happy Hump Day! xoxo