why is it so hard???
219lbs.
Why is it so hard to do what is good and right and healthy for my body? Why is it easier to sit in front of the T.V. and eat chocolate cheesecake than to do my Matt Furey and my pell work and eat a tossed green salad with a broiled chicken breast? Does the body not have an instinct for self preservation? Why is doing unhealthy things so damn pleasurable and doing healthy things so damn hard? Do I not want it enough? I have spent the better part of my life now trying to lose weight and get fit and healthy......what am I doing wrong? Because except for a few brief losses, my attempts have been an utter failure! I have worked in the natural foods and health industry for nearly 10 years, I have been exposed to more information that the average person regarding weight loss and fitness, I have had access to experts on a myriad of different diets, supplements and exercises, and still the changes that I seek elude me. It would be easy to blame it on society, the media, the food industry, my mother, my father, or my husband but I wouldn't be being honest with myself, the problem and the answer lie within me, I can blame no one else......so......what IS the problem??? We have talked about "willpower" and "won't power" but until I figure out why I am holding on to the fat, I don't think that my progress will be great.
Some questions to ask myself:
What benefit do I get from being fat, in constant pain, in poor heath and out of shape???
What is the downside to being fat, in constant pain, in poor health and out of shape???
What are the benefits to being at a healthy weight, pain free, in good health and fit???
What is the downside to being at a healthy weight, pain free, in good health and fit???
I have some thinking to do about what I want, why, and how to get it without going insane......
Later,
Bou
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Thank you Soly! As always, you know the right things to say to me!
Hugs for you!
Bou :0)
Hon, don't beat yourself up. Asking why it's easier to eat chocolate cheesecake than salad is silly - you KNOW chocolate cheesecake tastes WAY better than salad any day of the week, hands-down. It's not easier to be healthier, it's harder. Way harder. Because you're having to overcome YOURSELF, not just some armoured weenie-head across the list field from you. If you could hit your weaknesses with a stick, they'd be gone by ... well, supper. You're not doing it because it's *easy*, you're doing it because it's *necessary*. If it was easy, EVERYONE would be skinny, and salad would be comfort food.
This train of thought is good, in that it shows you are seeking a cause, but it's also dangerous, because it can lead you into a helpless spiral... there is no perfect answer, no simple solution. You know what the upsides and downsides are. You know everything you need to know. Now you need to do it. One step at a time. For yourself. Because you can, and because you deserve it.
Hugs for you.
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