"The past does not define you, the present does." - Jillian Michaels
HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
4 comments:
Anonymous
said...
It was an OK day. Started out with 20 min on the treadmill ... good, healthy breakfast. Got to work (packed a healthy lunch). Did great until I went to eat lunch and someone put a *&%$^#^@ chocolate layer cake in the break room. Unfortunately, I gave in to the temptation. Came home and walked on the treadmill for 30 min at midnight (after work).
I've got the meals down with no issues whatsoever. It's the snacks and temptations that get me every single time. I can hear my head screaming NO, NO, NO!! But once I think about it, it becomes an obsession and I just HAVE to have it. If I do end up beating the urge... I feel like a million bucks (like I just won a huge prize fight)..... but it is SO difficult.
Anonymous--don't beat yourself up too bad. Did you have a smaller piece of cake than you would have 10 weeks ago? I bet you did. AND--you got in 50 minutes on the treadmill! It takes time--and there will always be temptations. And, sometimes, you have to indulge. When you do, enjoy it. It's a bit of a mind game. Our world places food as a pleasure to be indulged in...instead of something to keep us going. It takes time to convince your brain of that (and sometimes, the pleasure troll still enters). Before I became a PLANner, I did the same things...healthy meals...and lots of not so healthy snacks. Now, I bring in healthy snacks--and if you want "sweets" try some different fruits--the cantelope this year is so sweet...like eating candy. Now, don't think that I do it right all of the time--I don't. Just most of the time. Maybe this crazy story will help...A few years ago, I was out walking (pre-plan, so probably not being an efficient exerciser:)). I tripped, fell and made a mess of my knees (I can show you the scars!:)). I sat on the sidewalk for about 5 minutes, feeling like a fool. Mad at myself for being so clumsy. I wanted to just stay there and "give up". I realized that at some point, I was going to have to eat, use the bathroom, go to work...So, I picked myself up and walked back. If we think of food in the same way--falling into eating unhealthy--we still have to pick up and go on. After many years of trying every diet known to "man", I finally have figured that part out. So, today is a new day--and you can PLAN! Tammi
AGREED!!! yesterday is the past and the thing to dwell on is the exercise part that you did. Congratulations on your exercise yesterday!!!
Would it help to leave th break room for 5 mnutes and write your emotions and then have the unhealthy snack if you still want it?
The exercises that we present in THE PLAN can be revisited. Last year Donna enlightened us on her struggle with smoking. She finally realized her craving would go away in 5 minutes. If she could just do something else for 5 minutes she was good.
Use anything you can to let those cravings pass. Positive afirmations about your success will make you stronger every time.
Have a great day everybody is it your day off or a workoutday?
He has become a global phenomenon and spends a lot of time flying to and from the UK to appear on TV shows and public appearances. AWESOME! Artists cleverly put out their new CDs just in time to be purchased as Christmas gifts.
4 comments:
It was an OK day. Started out with 20 min on the treadmill ... good, healthy breakfast. Got to work (packed a healthy lunch). Did great until I went to eat lunch and someone put a *&%$^#^@ chocolate layer cake in the break room. Unfortunately, I gave in to the temptation. Came home and walked on the treadmill for 30 min at midnight (after work).
I've got the meals down with no issues whatsoever. It's the snacks and temptations that get me every single time. I can hear my head screaming NO, NO, NO!! But once I think about it, it becomes an obsession and I just HAVE to have it. If I do end up beating the urge... I feel like a million bucks (like I just won a huge prize fight)..... but it is SO difficult.
Anonymous--don't beat yourself up too bad. Did you have a smaller piece of cake than you would have 10 weeks ago? I bet you did. AND--you got in 50 minutes on the treadmill! It takes time--and there will always be temptations. And, sometimes, you have to indulge. When you do, enjoy it. It's a bit of a mind game. Our world places food as a pleasure to be indulged in...instead of something to keep us going. It takes time to convince your brain of that (and sometimes, the pleasure troll still enters). Before I became a PLANner, I did the same things...healthy meals...and lots of not so healthy snacks. Now, I bring in healthy snacks--and if you want "sweets" try some different fruits--the cantelope this year is so sweet...like eating candy. Now, don't think that I do it right all of the time--I don't. Just most of the time. Maybe this crazy story will help...A few years ago, I was out walking (pre-plan, so probably not being an efficient exerciser:)). I tripped, fell and made a mess of my knees (I can show you the scars!:)). I sat on the sidewalk for about 5 minutes, feeling like a fool. Mad at myself for being so clumsy. I wanted to just stay there and "give up". I realized that at some point, I was going to have to eat, use the bathroom, go to work...So, I picked myself up and walked back. If we think of food in the same way--falling into eating unhealthy--we still have to pick up and go on. After many years of trying every diet known to "man", I finally have figured that part out. So, today is a new day--and you can PLAN! Tammi
AGREED!!! yesterday is the past and the thing to dwell on is the exercise part that you did. Congratulations on your exercise yesterday!!!
Would it help to leave th break room for 5 mnutes and write your emotions and then have the unhealthy snack if you still want it?
The exercises that we present in THE PLAN can be revisited. Last year Donna enlightened us on her struggle with smoking. She finally realized her craving would go away in 5 minutes. If she could just do something else for 5 minutes she was good.
Use anything you can to let those cravings pass. Positive afirmations about your success will make you stronger every time.
Have a great day everybody is it your day off or a workoutday?
He has become a global phenomenon and spends a lot of time flying to and from the UK to appear on TV shows and public appearances. AWESOME! Artists cleverly put out their new CDs just in time to be purchased as Christmas gifts.
Post a Comment